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The project aims to design and produce an long-range anti-tank missiles with different
effective and advanced attack helicopter with high guidance systems and air-to-air missile systems.
maneuverability and performance that is capable of
carrying a large useful load, resistant to challenging Speaking at the signing ceremony, Demir noted that
environmental factors and equipped with state-of- the heavy class attack helicopter will add strength to
the-art technology target tracking and imaging, the TSK and they expect the helicopter to be ready
electronic warfare, navigation, communications and for flight in the prescribed time, like the Gökbey.
weapon systems.
“Different versions and advanced models of our
The project also aims to maximize the use of helicopters should not lag behind new technologies,”
domestic systems to ensure supply security and Demir said.
export freedom.
Emphasizing that the helicopter will add strength
The Heavy Class Attack Helicopter Project is expected to the TSK, Demir said, “After five years, we expect
to play an important role in reducing external our helicopter to go on a mission with a much
dependency in the defense sector, implementing richer inventory than the ammunition and weapon
domestic, national and innovative solutions with inventory we have today.”
the fund of knowledge gained in current domestic
projects and increasing the effectiveness of the TSK. TAI Chairman Oğuz Borat noted that the project
is aimed at producing helicopters with higher
The helicopter to be developed will have a takeoff ammunition carrying capacity and higher
weight approximately twice that of the current ATAK operational performance and will be designed by
helicopter and will be among the top-class attack Turkish engineers as part of localization studies.
helicopters with only two examples in the world. The
first test flight of the helicopter is scheduled five According to Borat, the helicopter will provide
years from now. mobility not only in Turkey but also in the global
market with its new generation duty equipment,
The technical properties of the helicopter, which increased locality ratio, operational superiority and
will be in the 10-ton class, include two turbo high capacity. “While no company on an international
shaft engines. The new helicopter will be able to scale produces helicopters in both light and heavy
accommodate over 1,200 kilograms of useful load classes, the designation of this strategic task to us
and will have a tandem cockpit, capable of working has increased our excitement at TAI,” he said.
in high altitude and high-temperature conditions
and be resistant to environmental factors. With TAI General Manager Temel Kotil said that the
advanced electronic warfare and countermeasure helicopter would be 100 percent local and national
systems, the helicopter will be equipped with high- because it will be designed from scratch.
caliber cannon, new generation 2.75-inch rockets,

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