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Paris Air Show le Bourget 2011
International Aviation & Aerospace Exhibition
Paris - France
20 - 26 June 2011 |
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Turkish
Aerospace Industries at Paris Air Show / Le Bourget 2011 |
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| Tuesday,
June 21, 2011, 10:44 PM |
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| Turkish
Aerospace Industries TAI presents the new multirole combat
helicopter, the T129. |
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At
Paris Air Show 2011, the Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI)
present a new combat helicopter, the T129. The TAI/AgustaWestland
T-129 (AgustaWestland designation AW729) is an attack helicopter
currently under development for the Turkish Army.
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Turkish Aerospace
Industries is Turkey’s centre of technology in design,
development, modernization, manufacturing, integration
and life cycle support of integrated aerospace systems,
from fixed and rotary wing air platforms to UAVs and satellites
and ranks among the top hundred global players in aerospace
and defence arena.
Turkey announced
on 30 March 2007 that it had decided to negotiate with
AgustaWestland to purchase 51 (+40 optional) A129 helicopters.
Based on the A129 International, they will be assembled
in Turkey by TAI as the T-129. The deal is reported to
be worth $3 billion. The final contract was signed on
7 September 2007.
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The all new T129 features high power
engines and uprated rotor dynamics to deliver superior “hot
and high” performance which enables sustained operations
in the most challenging littoral and land environments.
The improved power and performance are complemented by and
advanced Mission System and supporting architecture which
delivers a significant weapon capability to the Battlefield
Commander.
The T-129 has several key improvements over the original
A129 inline with the requirements of the Turkish Army.
The T-129 will carry 12 Roketsan-developed UMTAS anti-tank
missiles (Turkish indigenous development similar to Hellfire
II). It will use the more powerful LHTEC T800 (CTS800-4)
engine.
The T-129 will feature a 20 mm Gatling style cannon on
a nose turret. It will be able to carry combinations of
70 mm rocket pods, Stinger air-air missile pods, and gun
pods on its stub wing pylons.
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