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Wednesday, January 31, 2007

The history of the Black Shark (Part1)

Kamov Ka-50 Hokum Helicopter GunshipIn late 2006, wire services said the Arsenyev-based Progress Central Specialized Design Bureau in Russia's Maritime Territory had resumed tests of the famous Kamov Ka-50 Hokum (Black Shark) helicopter gunship.

Production of this unique helicopter, which had stopped in the mid-1990s, has now resumed completely, a Progress spokesman told RIA Novosti. "This made it possible to involve about 3,000 workers in this state contract. We plan to build four Ka-50s for the Russian Armed Forces in 2007," he said.

In mid-2006, Russia's Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov said the State Armaments Program called for buying 12 Ka-50 helicopters in addition to the three operational Ka-50s by 2015.

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