Turkish Indigenous Helicopter Program

[yasotay]

... nice engines B)

 

[stimpy75]

and a bigger one......from this angle it reminds me of the Rooivalk!

 

[kcran567]

Looks very much like s. African Rooivalk?

 

[stimpy75]

another cgi
and an article to it
http://www.arabianaerospace.aero/turkey-joins-the-rotary-club.html?utm_source=googleNews&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=news_feed#commentsForm

 

[TomcatViP]

WHat is the use of the little wedges on the tailplane tips? ... Is that a sign that another "freaking designer" made its way in the serious business of building Helo's?

 

[stimpy75]

First prototype not naked anymore!
Name Gökbey

 

[stimpy75]

some more pics of Gökbey(roughly tranlated Mr.Sky?!?)

 

[stimpy75]

the last one for today

 

[hesham]

Congratulation.

 

[yasotay]

That's a mighty fine looking helicopter. Bet they will sell a number of them.

 

[stimpy75]

Atak II 10t Combat Helicopter from a promotional video of the Turkish Defence Indusrty Administration on twitter

 

[stimpy75]

...and another one,sry in turkish

 

[fightingirish]

defence-blog - Turkish aerospace giant to develop new heavy attack helicopter
Here the video, where the above screenshots are from:
https://youtu.be/4x5s3CIuers

https://youtu.be/4x5s3CIuers

 

[stimpy75]

here a mockup at this years IDEF2019
i will be there wednesday
will share the pics here too

 

[stimpy75]

not only directly aerospace related but nonetheless,feel free to share
https://photos.app.goo.gl/hSSBM66MUsiYTteC8

 

[stimpy75]

that´s the 10t helicopter on which TAI is working,it will benefit from the work on the ATAK II

 

[stimpy75]

i totally forgot to share my pics from last years TeknoFest in İstanbul, feel free to share them
https://photos.app.goo.gl/X9shvAcTjnexkr7x8

 

[stimpy75]

and some more pics of T-625

 

[stimpy75]

another one of the Atak-2, here the radar is on the rotor hub, while the one i shared before was under the belly, which will be fitted time will tell

and a model

 

[Deino]

another one of the Atak-2, here the radar is on the rotor hub, while the one i shared before was under the belly, which will be fitted time will tell

and a model

Thanks a lot for the update, but I must admit I see all these fancy models as nothing but fancy models: Turkey has not a fitting powerplant nor did it design a comparable before. It offended its most reliable source on engines - aka the US as we see just for the T.129 deal with Pakistan - that they won't unlikely get an even more powerful one from there and given their lets say it politely "unique" way of interacting with other possibles suppliers in the EU I think from here they wont get an engine too.

 

[stimpy75]

as you know Herr Ruprecht the engine for the Atak 1 is currently in the fine tuning process as you might have seen @PDF with currently 1500hp and hopefully later 1600hp
and in order to not pay for licence fees they will use dynamic systems of the T-625 Gökbey( which you also know from PDF) for the fully turkish version of the Atak 1
3000 hp version, well that's another matter but keep in mind that Bayraktar and Motor Sich made a joint venture company for the twin engined UAV, ok just Al-450 i believe was the model but that's just the begining i hope.
i would like to share a video of the CEO of TEİ( i shared it @PDF) but it's rather long and in turkish
from this video i think we will achieve most of our goals
Rom wurde auch nicht an einem Tag erbaut

 

[Combat-Master]

Mock-Up T629 (ITAR free) tandem seat Attack Helicopter.

Cockpit

 

[TomcatViP]

ITAR free... The madness has crossed the med... From Paris to Ankara, who would have thought of such symbiosis?

 

[Grey Havoc]

Interesting times indeed.

 

[Combat-Master]

T629 - Electric Unmanned Technology Demonstrator version

 

[Grey Havoc]

I suspect a Cyberpunk fan was involved in the selection of the colour scheme...

 

[Combat-Master]

T625 Gokbey - In gendarmerie colours

 

[Combat-Master]

T-129B PII for Turkish Police Forces - police version is absent of the electronic warfare features that the Army has.

 

[Combat-Master]

T-70 utility helicopter - Integrated with Avionics from Aselsan of Turkey.

 

[yasotay]

Regardless of the color scheme - the fact that they are exploring the idea of unmanned attack helicopter is pretty bold.

 

[TomcatViP]

I vividly remember the destruction of one of their AH-1 by a MANPAD shot point blank in mountainous terrain. They are probably in dire acute need.

 

[Combat-Master]

More information released on the unmanned combat helicopter, propulsion will be Hybrid fossil fuel and electric.

 

[Combat-Master]

I vividly remember the destruction of one of their AH-1 by a MANPAD shot point blank in mountainous terrain. They are probably in dire acute need.

AH-1 had serious issues that the Turkish Army command relayed to the Defence Ministry, it's missile warning system was subpar to the threats Turkey had encountered. Hence why T-129 replaced AH-1 entirely in south-east of Turkey, and received an additional MWS on the belly of T-129. So, no - Turkey isn't in dire need of an unmanned attack helicopter - Turkey is attempting to innovate with an unmanned attack helicopter with an hybrid propulsion system.

 

[helmutkohl]

https://www.dailysabah.com/business...-engine-in-its-heavy-class-attack-helicopters

 

[Combat-Master]

https://www.dailysabah.com/business...-engine-in-its-heavy-class-attack-helicopters

Yes, Ukrainian engine to be used as the domestic 3000shp engine would not be ready by 2023. ATAK-II (T-929) is expected to fly/shown to the public in 2023 the Centenary of the Turkish republic. Also Temel Kotil says, that ATAK-II will be far superior to the latest variant of the AH-64 - rather ambitious claim

"Preliminary studies for the 3,000shp TS3000 Turboshaft Engine to be used in the T129B Mk-II/ATAK-II Heavy Class Attack Helicopters started in the second half of 2019. TEI General Manager Faruk AKŞİT also conducted an interview with a TV channel on December 9, 2019 and announced that the work on the TS3000 had begun. The TS3000 Engine, which has been developed by TEI, is expected to also be used in the 10-Ton Class Utility Helicopter Project to be developed by TUSAŞ. The 10-Ton Class Utility Helicopter is expected to have a maximum speed of 170 knots and a cruise range of 1,000 km."
https://www.defenceturkey.com/en/co...e-3-000shp-turboshaft-engine-requirement-4305

 

[Grey Havoc]

Current developments in what is left of the aerospace industry in the Ukraine may derail this plan though.

 

[Combat-Master]

More information released on the unmanned combat helicopter, propulsion will be Hybrid fossil fuel and electric.
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T-629 - 6 ton Attack Helicopter [mock-up]

T-625 - 6 ton Utility Helicopter

And the TEI-TS1400 - 1400shp engine that will be powering them.

 

[shin_getter]

More on Turkish police helicopters
https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/40122/turkish-cops-now-have-their-own-attack-helicopters
Wonder what would proper mission systems for normal police use be. Laser dazzler and microwave anti-human and anti-vehicle weapons seems a fit. Still weird place in the force structure in general.

 

[Combat-Master]

T929 - 9 ton Heavy attack helicopter [Latest rendering] First flight expected in 2023

Above the rotor blades is MILDAR MMW Helicopter Fire Control Radar

 

[Combat-Master]

T929