Russia has struck a deal with Egypt to deliver 46 Kamov Ka-52K navalized attack helicopters, the director-general of the state-run Russian Helicopters aircraft maker said Wednesday.<\/p>\n
Ka-52Ks were designed for\u00a0French-made Mistral helicopter carriers that were to\u00a0join the Russian Navy last year, before\u00a0France cancelled the deal over\u00a0Ukraine. The warships are now being bought by\u00a0Cairo.<\/p>\n
“In the outgoing year, new contracts were signed with\u00a0Russian and foreign helicopter users,” Russian Helicopters Director-General Alexander Mikheev said in\u00a0a statement published in\u00a0the corporate magazine.<\/p>\n
In a statement marking the end of the 2015 trading year, Alexander Mikheyev said that despite the difficult business circumstances created by sanctions against Russian since March, the company managed to clinch multi-million dollar deals as new contracts were signed between Russia and foreign helicopter users.\u00a0Deliveries are expected to be completed before the end of 2017.<\/p>\n
The Ka-52K (NATO reporting name Hokum-B) is a naval attack variant of the Ka-52 Alligator attack helicopter. Its distinguishing features include a folding rotor head, folding stub-wings and reinforced landing gear intended to support ship-borne attacks. Its weapons pods are capable of holding and launching Kh-38 and Kh-35 cruise missiles.<\/p>\n
Russia and France officially terminated the 1.2 billion euro (some $1.28 billion) contract on\u00a0the delivery of\u00a0the warships in\u00a0August following\u00a0French President Francois Hollande\u2019s suspension of\u00a0the supply late last year over\u00a0the Ukrainian conflict.<\/p>\n
In October, Cairo and Paris signed a contract for\u00a0Egypt’s purchase of\u00a0the warships originally built for\u00a0Russia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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