TR Attack & Utility Helicopter Programs

[Tuvan]

I've been brainstorming about how will manned helicopter roadmap will/could develop with the recent developments. I wanted to make an account to share it.

T-625 enters service with LHTEC engines and later with TS1400.

Navalized T-625 in development.

Maybe TS1400 military variant in development for navalized T-625 and T-629.

2024 - TS3000 development starts.

T-629 reprioritized instead of ATAK 2 for next phases of T-129 and export market. T-629 will solve inherent limits of T129.

T-925, new design resembles T-70 and meant to fulfill needs of all military branches compared to the previous design. Similarity with T-70 program will ease development and adoption. I assume it should be using western engines for the prototypes and early production until TS3000 in 2030s.

T-925 ATAK 2 prototype with TV3 engines converted into test-bed aircraft if viable. Used for R&D for next-gen ATAK and other programmes. MUM-T development, system integration/tests etc.

 

[Saithan]

No need to brainstorm just had to read this thread from beginning to end and you'd have come across all of those.

 

[BaburKhan]

We need to scale up prototype/frontier projects such as Titra Alpin, Bvlos Jackal, etc. several times larger and get muscle up unmanned rotary wing attack platforms suitable for military offensive purposes. These helicopters should be capable of carrying multiple numbers of mini loitering, swarm capable missiles/drones. I'm talking about higher lift capacity, more advanced systems, basically, many times more expensive aircrafts.

But, Electric propulsion is not essential. We already have a rotary wing engine, TS1400. It should be a platform that can accompany the T-129 with its light armor and operational range with the 3-4 ton mtow. The attack helicopter's gunner assistant pilot should have direct control access to these rotary wing unmanned attack aircraft. Today's autonomy capabilities make it possible to carry out already a large part of the mission autonomously, so pilot is just needed for final decision making, which again, AI system could give accurate decision support to operator.

In short, we need to synthesize the progress we have made in unmanned systems with conventional close air support systems.

It seems like TITRA will Upgrade the Design of Alpin unmanned Helicopter, Alpin-II should carry more Payload. It will have a greater Rotor and would be driven by a Turboshaft Engine.

https://turdef.com/article/titra-aims-for-bigger-payloads-in-alpin-rotor-uav-family

 

[boredaf]

It seems like TITRA will Upgrade the Design of Alpin unmanned Helicopter, Alpin-II should carry more Payload. It will have a greater Rotor and would be driven by a Turboshaft Engine.

https://turdef.com/article/titra-aims-for-bigger-payloads-in-alpin-rotor-uav-family

This would be great to have on ships to launch (or rather drop) sonobuoys, which doesn't weigh more than 20-25kgs as far as I know, if they can find a way to attach them without hindering the uav.