ZHUHAI (China), (Sputnik) — The first batch of Ka-52 helicopters manufactured for foreign purchasers will be ready for delivery in 2017, Russian Helicopters holding Deputy CEO Igor Chechikov said.
"Our factory is booked with export orders until 2020. We are planning to manufacture the first batch of Ka-52 Alligator helicopters [NATO reporting name: Hokum B] in the beginning of 2017," Chechikov told RIA Novosti in an interview.
On October 18, Anatoly Punchuk, the deputy director of the Russian Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation (FSMTC), said that Egypt had appealed to Russia to supply Ka-52 helicopters for Mistral helicopter carriers.
Russia's Ka-52 Alligator reconnaissance and combat helicopter is designed to destroy tanks and other armored vehicles. Ka-52 could also perform fire support operations, as well as patrol and escort missions.
Ka-52 Alligator attack helicopter and Bal coastal missile system during bilateral drill of the Pacific Fleet's naval infantry brigade and the motor-rifle brigade of the 5th Combined Arms Army of the Eastern Military District
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