Ka-52K Kitai

It was reported 11 September 2021 that China had bought Ka-52 helicopters from Russia to be used in 075 LHD. - RIA Novosti. The delegation from China visited the Arsenyev Aviation Campaign "Progress" for the first time, where they were presented with the Ka-52 Alligator attack helicopters and their ship version of the Ka-52K, the press service of the Russian Helicopters holding told reporters on 21 September 2020.

This visit was organized on behalf of the Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation of Russia with the participation of representatives of Rosoboronexport and Russian Helicopters. "Enterprise" Progress "was first visited by a delegation from China led by the Minister-Counselor of the Embassy of the People's Republic of China in the Russian Federation, Major General Wang Haitao. attack helicopter Ka-52 "Alligator", - said in the message.

According to the report, the special interest of the Chinese delegation was caused by the ship-based Ka-52K helicopters, which is a continuation of the line of "sea" helicopters developed by the Kamov design bureau.

This vehicle is designed for patrolling, fire support for landing troops when landing ashore, solving anti-amphibious defense tasks at the front line and in tactical depth, in any weather and at any time of the day. Modern on-board equipment provides the helicopter with navigation in the absence of landmarks at sea.

China is one of Russia's traditional partners in the military-technical cooperation sphere. The largest of the ongoing contracts for the supply of military equipment in the interests of Beijing is the agreement on the purchase of 24 Su-35 generation 4 ++ fighters, which are planned to be handed over to the customer by 2019. In addition, China became the first foreign buyer of the Russian S-400 anti-aircraft missile system.

In addition, the parties are developing cooperation in the field of joint development of civil and dual-use. So, today projects of a Russian-Chinese heavy helicopter and a wide-body long-range aircraft are being worked out.

The Ka-50 gunship is a special gunship developed by the Kamov Design Bureau of Russia, and the Ka-52 is a two-seater version of the Ka-50. Kamov, Ka-50 "Black Shark" (Kamov Ka-50 Chornaya Akula, NATO code name: "Hokum A") is a Russian single-seat attack helicopter, using the coaxial reversed double rotor developed by Kamov Design Bureau system, a subsidiary of Rostec Russian Helicopters.

Ka-52 Alligator is a next-generation reconnaissance and combat helicopter developed by Russia, designed to destroy tanks, armored and unarmored ground targets, enemy troops and helicopters in the frontline and tactical reserves. The helicopter can operate around the clock or in all weather. Ka-52 can provide target acquisition and designation for helicopter fleet and ground force command and control center. It can also provide fire support for troops landing, flying routine patrols and escorting military convoys.

Ka-52 is designed to be a small, light, and flexible helicopter with strong survivability and attack power. The design goal is to achieve the fastest speed and agility in the smallest and lightest range, and it is also the only single-operated attack helicopter. After the end of the Soviet-Afghan War, the Kamov Design Bureau came to a conclusion that future helicopters must automatically perform mechanical actions such as low-altitude flight, target capture, weapon launching, navigation, etc.; without the pilot being too involved in these operations, they only need efforts spent on the research and judgment of the task content; however, this is still an unsolvable problem, because many drivers of Ka-52 still feel that the overall workload of driving is not small.