韩国轻型武装直升机临时宣布适合战斗

韩国轻型武装直升机临时宣布适合战斗

韩国国防采购计划管理局(DAPA)

已临时宣布适合战斗的大韩航空航天工业(KAI)轻型直升机(LAH)。

KAI轻型直升机(LAH)

KAI在12月11日的声明中宣布,DAPA的评估是在LAH项目启动五年零六个月之后进行的,

为直升机的大规模生产“打下基础”,其开发将在2022年下半年完成。

RoKA计划从2023年起收购约210个LAH。

The helicopter, which is capable of carrying out ground-attack and close air support operations,

is armed with a chin-mounted 20 mm Gatling-type gun, and fitted with stub wings to carry 70 mm unguided rockets as well as the locally developed Chungum anti-tank guided missile (ATGM), which has a stated range of about 8 km.

The LAH also features a nose-mounted electro-optical/infrared (EO/IR) sensor, multiple missile and radar warning receivers, as well as upwards-directed exhausts to reduce its infrared signature.

The rotorcraft is powered by two Arriel 2L2 turboshaft engines co-developed and built by Safran Helicopter Engines and Hanwha Techwin.

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