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Iamandi

Posted: June 30, 2005 08:06 am

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New Russian Night Hunter chopper flies at 5-meter altitudes
06/29/2005 11:05
The Night Hunter will gradually supersede the Mi-24 combat helicopter currently in service with the Russian Air Force

Flight tests of a brand-new Russian combat attack helicopter Mi-28N (Night Hunter) have commenced. According to Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Air Force Gen. Vladimir Mikhailov, the Russian military has great expectations of the new helicopter. Mr. Mikhailov expressed his confidence that the Mi-28N would enter service with the Russian Air Force in 2006.

"Four or five more units" of the Mi-28N type helicopter are being built these days as a series of flight test is still under way, according to Gen. Mikhailov. The Night Hunter will gradually supersede the Mi-24 combat helicopter currently in service with the Russian Air Force. The Mi-28N is designed to search and destroy enemy tanks and other armored targets. It is also designed to search and destroy enemy air targets and troops on the ground. The helicopter was developed by Moscow's Mil helicopter plant using Mi-28 combat helicopter. The lot production preparations had been completed for the Mi-28 at the Rostvertol plant.

Developers of the new helicopter at the Rosvertol plant aimed at using technological production equipment of the Mi-28 to capacity and therefore the new helicopter underwent minimum modifications with regard to its airframe, control and armament systems, active and passive defense system. Major modifications were carried out on the power plant, load-bearing framework and on-board electronic equipment. The Mi-28N is capable of conducting daylight or nighttime all-weather operations at ultra-low altitudes utilizing landscape conforming navigation in both manual and automated modes. The electronic equipment enables the crew to have on-board access to electronic cartographic data and has 3-D landscape image synthesizing capacity. The target searching, detection and identification systems also enable the crew to conduct group combat operations involving automated target redistribution between the helicopters and air or ground control centers.

Data provided by on-board radar and infrared system are shown at color LCD indicators mounted in the cockpits of a pilot and a navigator/weapons operator. The helicopter is capable of flying at ultra-low altitudes ranging from 5 meters to 15 meters. According to Gen. Mikhailov, the Russian armed forces are planning to purchase 300 Mi-28N's by the year 2010. He added that the Rosvertol company had built an excellent helicopter over a short period of time. He said that "production cost of the new helicopter is not high."

Mr. Mikhailov promised that 50 new helicopter would be delivered to the Russian army for the time being. "The Mi-28N is one of a kind as far as foreign combat helicopters are concerned, it is the world's most advanced combat helicopter at the moment," said he.

From the Pravda...

I found this on sinodefence forum.
Well, a powerfull giant will be send to second line. A more powerfull and agile... one "mosquito" will be "the one". So, western thinking style is the winner! That means... we will see an uniform concept? Was more interesting to observe different concepts...

Iama

SiG	Posted: June 30, 2005 03:33 pm
Fruntas Group: Members Posts: 86 Member No.: 616 Joined: June 29, 2005	IIRC the original Mi-28 was bested in comparative trials by the rival design Kamov Ka-50. Why the Russians choose to further develop the Mi-28 instead of the Ka-50 is puzzling me.

Iamandi	Posted: July 01, 2005 08:49 am
General de divizie Group: Members Posts: 1386 Member No.: 319 Joined: August 04, 2004	Well from years i follow the news about this contest, between Ka-50/52 and Mi-28/N. It is surprising. Kaov also developed this two-seat version to counter sceptics vision over the one-seat hellicopter... I saw in Mi-24 a superb hellicopter. Sure, is not one dedicated to attack - is more like an assault/multirole hellicopter. Maybe they will work at least for a while, as a team. Both types. Like Apache or Cobra and UH-60 in "gunship" settings. Iama

tomcat1974	Posted: July 06, 2005 01:09 pm
Plutonier Group: Members Posts: 263 Member No.: 427 Joined: December 20, 2004	it was all about politics... When Ka50 won the completition , Mil started to say twin rotor is not battle proven, that single pilot is not that good etc.. Russia tested Ka50 in Checenia and they where very happy about it.

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