TR Attack & Utility Helicopter Programs

[Cabatli_TR]

Mr Kotil:

"We will develop a 3t utility helicopter later. It is child's play for us but First 10t Atak-2 and Utility helo, then 6 ton (T629) attack helicopter"

 

[Cabatli_TR]

He’s been saying that for a year. Where are the helicopters?

3 Gökbey will be delivered to Gendarmerie In August

 

[MADDOG]

He’s been saying that for a year. Where are the helicopters?

They are stationed at the flightline hangars

 

[Agha Sher]

They are stationed at the flightline hangars

Why have they not been delivered yet. Is there a problem with them?

 

[MADDOG]

Why have they not been delivered yet. Is there a problem with them?

Sertification simply takes a lot of time.

 

[Fairon]

So apparently T925 will be too big for ship hangars and developed for Anadolu. Do we intend to develop Seahawk equivalent or go with the Wildcat route and make navalised T625 to be main helicopter for our ships?

Or alternatively, try to get a license to customize T70's for naval use? (Not Seahawk but our own version)

 

[uçuyorum]

So apparently T925 will be too big for ship hangars and developed for Anadolu. Do we intend to develop Seahawk equivalent or go with the Wildcat route and make navalised T625 to be main helicopter for our ships?

Or alternatively, try to get a license to customize T70's for naval use? (Not Seahawk but our own version)

I feel like 925 could have a variant that's more like seahawk, there was a black mockup a short while ago, while this red one is specifically for fire fighting

 

[TheInsider]

So apparently T925 will be too big for ship hangars and developed for Anadolu. Do we intend to develop Seahawk equivalent or go with the Wildcat route and make navalised T625 to be main helicopter for our ships?

Or alternatively, try to get a license to customize T70's for naval use? (Not Seahawk but our own version)

It probably depends on the hangar size. Someone should have asked Temel Kotil.

 

[Stimpy75]

 

[Agha Sher]

T-625 crossed 15.000 feet. Yet, still no deliveries…

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1687189861730582528

 

[Sanchez]

Delays happen and they are to be expected. But saying a helicopter that did not yet take its 15k feet test will be given to gendarme for use, is iffy.

 

[Heartbang]

T-625 crossed 15.000 feet. Yet, still no deliveries…

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1687189861730582528

If this bad boy aces its next test (20k ft altitude test) it will be flying higher than the Blackhawks. Its already flying higher than the Seahawks!

 

[uçuyorum]

It might have been talked in IDEF thread but since T925 at least the version we know is too big for our ships and dipping sonar is being built for Gökbey I would really wanna see a concept of it in grey and with those equipment. Anyone good with photoshop ?

 

[Agha Sher]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1693229323228950676

T-925 to fly in 2024?

I preferred the older design relative to the current mock up

 

[Sanchez]

Gendarme's 20 T625s will come equipped with MWS, flare launchers, search light and door winch. Some will be equipped with AselFLIR-R400D. First 3 will be designated as T625J EDH and will be 250kgs heavier. Some issues with miniaturizing components? Maybe that's the reason for the delay. Deliveries to be started 2023Q4. Not clear when the delivery of following 17 will start.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1696602954386518259

 

[uçuyorum]

Is putting machine guns on sides also an option? Shouldn't be too difficult if needed right? I wonder if 12.7 or even Venom LR would be possible, would be interesting

 

[Sanchez]

Is putting machine guns on sides also an option? Shouldn't be too difficult if needed right? I wonder if 12.7 or even Venom LR would be possible, would be interesting

Should be possible physically. Wildcat has it.

 

[uçuyorum]

Should be possible physically. Wildcat has it.

It seems like we have everything needed to make a wildcat except seaspray radar. We have the heli of same weight and size, we have engines of same power level in fact aren't they same engines on first 3 ? We have the ASELFLIR400D for electro optics, we have Kuzgun TJ instead of Sea Venom, we have dipping sonar, we are making lightweight torpedo. It seems we just need to make helva?

 

[Sanchez]

It seems like we have everything needed to make a wildcat except seaspray radar. We have the heli of same weight and size, we have engines of same power level in fact aren't they same engines on first 3 ? We have the ASELFLIR400D for electro optics, we have Kuzgun TJ instead of Sea Venom, we have dipping sonar, we are making lightweight torpedo. It seems we just need to make helva?

It seems to be heading this way. T925 is not possible for frigates. Unless we get more Seahawks, it'll be T625 for the navy. Ant it will have to be a specialized version as well.

Specialized naval helis are damn expensive and are very complex. It'll be a hard task.

Per Sünnetçi, first 3 for gendarme will be powered by the T800, while for the second batch of 17 they are planning to use the TS1400, which is not yet certified. I think we won't see the second batch for at least a year after the first 3 are delivered. So it's good news, but also bad news.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1696612417508159911

 

[Khagan1923]

https://x.com/brahmsnnetc1/status/1698998250521468948?s=46&t=VVCq6eT3J7GfxF42OPg3EA

Following the successful entry into service of GÖKBEY, it is expected that the T629 (ATAK 1.5), which will have the same engines, transmission and rotary assembly as GÖKBEY, but will be an armed version of it, will also be on the agenda. If this happens, the remaining T129 ATAK order can be converted to the T629, and the embargo-related problems currently experienced with the ATAK helicopter, as well as the helicopter's technical capabilities, can be solved with a 6-ton class indigenous armed helicopter with a higher payload capacity and slightly more powerful engines.

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I talked about this possibility years ago. Looks like it might happen.