Russia Commits to Multi-Year Buy of 67 Mi-28 Attack Helicopters

Defense Industry Daily ^ | 20-Jul-2006 05:52

[sukhoi-30mki]

Russia Commits to Multi-Year Buy of 67 Mi-28 Attack Helicopters

Posted 20-Jul-2006 05:52

The Mi-28A "Havoc" first appeared at the Paris Air Show in 1989, but was never produced in numbers due competition from the Ka-50 "Black Shark" and Russia's financial situation in the aftermath of communism. An improved Mi-28N (see also Rostvertol profile) with full day/night capabilities was introduced as a prototype in 1996, but the Mi-28N would wait until 2004 for the first flight by an improved second prototype, and only began flight testing with the Russian Air Force in June 2005.

Defense-Aerospace relays a July 18 Rostvertol release, noting that Vice Prime Minister and Minister of Defence of the Russian Federation Sergey Ivanov repeated the 2003 pledge that the Mi-28N helicopter would be the basic attack helicopter for Russia's armed forces; conflicting pledges from various officials and generals now exist regarding the Ka-50 "Black Shark's" future role. Ivanov further pledged that 7 new Mi-28N "Night Hunter" helicopters would be purchased in 2006 , and that "due to helicopters high efficiency in fighting against terrorists... the MoD within 9 years shall buy from the Rostov enterprise 67 Night Hunters." Publicly estimated costs for the Mi-28N range vary considerably from $10-20 million per machine.

[sukhoi-30mki]

Mi-28N

KA 52

[glorgau]

High oil prices are starting to have their effect...

[butternut_squash_bisque]

Sweeeeeeeeeeeeeet-looking machines! Anyone know how they compare to our hardware?

[sukhoi-30mki]

Pinging the usual suspects!!!!

[Simargal]

Mi-28 Analogue of your helicopter AH-24 " Apache ", Mi-28A its modified version, about the superiority of one or other helicopter it is difficult to judge. Flying armored car. КА-50 (Black shark) and КА-52 (Alligator) theoretically have no analogues in the USA, however it is difficult to judge what at your and our militarians there are secrets. Uniqueness of the helicopter is not so much in very powerful reservation, how many in a high maneuverability, it can fly somehow, even sideways, can make a loop. The helicopter-murderer. The flying tank. http://aviaros.narod.ru/foto113.htm http://aviaros.narod.ru/vertol/ka-50.jpg

[RunningWolf]

Wow, looks like they really learned their lessons in Afghanistan (and also being the wrong end of a stinger missile) The Mi-28N for instance has so many changes it should be a Mi-30 or such. There is probably less than 5% commonality to the old ariframe-systyems.

The KA 52 has alway been and interesting platform IMO.

BTW, Sikorsky's fielded a contra-rotating rotor system vehicle way back in 1983 for an early Comanche offering.

W.

[butternut_squash_bisque]

Thanks.

[RunningWolf]

Sikorsky's = Sikorsky

[Simargal]

Any country does conclusions of the last wars. We had Afghanistan and the Chechny,you Vietnam and Iraq. Also it will seems Iran.
By the way why you have mentioned Mi-30, first it not the helicopter (I can't translate word (vintokril)), and secondly it use for civil destination. It isn't fighter.

[Simargal]

U welcome

[Simargal]

Mi-30
http://www.mi-helicopter.ru/rus/img/user/t440ED553.jpg
http://www.mi-helicopter.ru/rus/img/user/t440ED5A1.jpg
http://www.mi-helicopter.ru/rus/img/user/t440ED5C6.jpg

[RunningWolf]

Oh sorry about that. I knew my guess (Mi-30) might designate an current aircraft, also I knew that people (like you) would understand the point.

Well, lets hope we don't meet as direct opponents in Iran.

W.

[Simargal]

I too not the expert in the field of military technics. 8) Simply many of my colleagues have military ranks and advise me. *) By the way in Iran we not opponents, easier, our's countries have the different approaches to the sanction of a problem of Iran. Have a nice day. 8) г=====¬ ¦PREVED¦ L=====- (''')о___о(''') -\ '( о_о )' / --\ \_Ш_/ / ---l . . . . l --/ ./ U \. \ -(„„„)__(„„„)

[RunningWolf]

Oh okay, the tilt-wing, tilt-rotor design. I forgot Russia had one going.

Is it out of the experimental stage? Has it had some of the similar hurdles the V-22 has contended with?

W.

[Southack]

Proximity-fused RPG's, such as those recently acquired in the thousands by Iran, are beginning to make me have doubts about helicopters for all kinds of anti-terror operations...be they U.S. helicopters or Russian.

[Simargal]

Mi-30 is really experimental model. Them some pieces have been let outl. The further development has stopped when in the country reorganization has begun.