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Mrb,

1997'de baslayan bu hikayenin bugune dek gelismesini ozetleyen haberi asagida bulacaksiniz.

Yazida ilgi cekici bir nokta uslupta; Erdogan gayet iddiali kelimelerle anlatiliyor. Ornegin "dunyanin en guclu helikopteri", "bati aviyonikleri ile donanmis saglam dogu helikopteri", "ustun ucus performansi", "saglam aerodinamik tasarim" vs. Ka-50-2 iyi helikopter de ama gene de insan merak etmeden gecemiyor, acaba bu kadar ovgu gercek mi yoksa gaz mi veriliyor diye..

Asagida goreceginiz gibi, Erdogan'in kokpit elektronigi ve silah sistemleri Israil'den teklif ediliyor. Bu yazida belirtilmeyen ve fakat baska bir kaynakta okudugum proje bedelinin 40%'inin Israil elektronigine ve adaptasyonuna gittigi. Israil elektronigini bizzat isteyen de bildiginiz gibi biziz, yani TSK. Bu oranin bir diger sekilde yorumlarsak, helikopterin uzerindeki elektronik aksam helikopter bedelinin 40%'ina gelmektedir diyebiliriz.

Benim bir diger merak ettigim IL ve Rusya'nin pastadaki paylarindan Turkiye'nin ne kadarlik pay cikartabilecegi. Burada yerlilestirme nasil olacak ? Turk firmalari muhtemelen her iki ana yukleniciye (IAI ve Kamov'a) taseron olarak calisacaklar. Acaba Turkiye istedigi tum sistemleri helikopter uzerine koyup, ilaveten teknoloji transferinde bulunabilecek mi ?
Umarim bu proje de buyuk umitle baslanip, sonucta minimal teknoloji transferi yapilan F4E-2020 veya M60-Sabra projelerine benzemez ve buyuk yerlilestirme potansiyeli olan bir proje bu acidan husranla sonuclanmaz.

Saygilarimla.

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Beginning in 1997 Kamov company, in partnership with IAI, began competing in the tender for a $4 billion contract for the supply of 145 combat helicopters to the Turkish Army. In compliance with the tender requirements, KAMOV/IAI group submitted the required documentation on the Ka-50-2 Erdogan tandem twin-sitter in November 1999. On 06 March 2000, Bulent Ecevit, the Prime Minister of Turkey, announced that Boeing and Eurocopter, French/German company, would be excluded from the list of the Bidders for the combat helicopters supply contract. Among the remaining competitors for the contract award are KAMOV/IAI (Israel Aircraft Industries Ltd.) group with its Ka-50-2 Erdogan, Agusta company from Italy with its A129 Mongoose and Belltextron company from the USA with its AH-1Z King Cobra.

IAI and Kamov teamed together to offer the tandem-seater Ka-50-2, the world's most powerful attack helicopter, in reponse to the Turkish Land Forces (TLF) requirement for 145 attack helicopters. IAI and Kamov complied with the Turkish requirement for a tandem cockpit by reconfiguring the existing side-by-side configuration to a tandem one. The Turkish version of the Ka-50-2 is called ERDOGAN. Another Turkish requirement, which was achieved by IAI and Kamov is the integration of a turret gun instead the original fixed gun. The new ERDOGAN uses a folding turret gun, as an integral part of its armament system.

The Ka-50-2 is the product of a joint effort by Israel Aircraft Industries' Lahav Division, a world leader in avionics modernization and the Kamov Company, the developer of advanced coaxial rotor technology. Kamov is responsible for the helicopter airframe, with its various subsystems, while IAI is responsible for the avionics and weapons delivery system. The integration of a state-of-the-art Western avionics suite with a robust Eastern platform offers best value, in terms of both performance and price.

The Ka-50-2, with its combat proven avionics and advanced anti-tank guided missiles, offers a high level of combat effectiveness. Moreover, the helicopter features superior flight performance, safe and easy piloting and high combat survivability due to its unique coaxial rotor technology and sound aeronautical engineering.

The Ka-50-2 is equipped with IAI's flexible modular avionics suite, which can be readily tailored to meet the TLF's operational requirements and provides extensive growth potential.

IAI and Kamov conducted successful demonstration flights of the Russian helicopter with IAI's Core Avionics. These demonstration flights demonstrated the helicopter's "Glass Cockpit" with multifunctional displays and Control & Display Unit (CDU) driven by centralized Mission and Display computers, flight navigation and the operation of the Helicopter Multi-Mission Optronic Stabilized Payload (HMOSP) targeting system. The demonstration flights included night mission capability demonstrations, utilizing Night Vision Goggles (NVG) and the day/night targeting system.

After eliminating Italy's Agusta (A129-I), it was announced in March 2000 that the US company Bell Helicopter-Textron with its AH-IZ King Cobra had come in first and the Russian-Israeli Kamov/IAI consortium with its KA-50/52-Erdogan had come in second. Disappointed with Turkey's elimination of the French-German Eurocopter consortium from its $4 billion attack helicopter co-production project, French President Jacques Chirac has reportedly decided to suspend his state visit to Turkey this spring.