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The Tilsitsinian armed forces have issued a requirement calling for a heavy attack helicopter that will replace it's aging fleet of Mi-24 and Mi-35M attack helicopters. Cost per unit will be the main concern, followed by payload, combat radius and maneuverability. The ability to license build machines will also be a requirement.

All manufacturers are invited to submit their products, and a suitable choice will be made from the available selection. This contract is expected to be valued near $3 billion.

Here is MierTech's helicopter:

PX-402 'Critir' attack helicopter
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With a lack of ground support evident in the Phoenixius Airforce, this helicopter was commisioned. Designed to perform a variety of roles, the Critir is handy for quick raids.

Designed by: Phoenixius
Function: attack helicopter
Crew: 2
Length: 20m
Height: 6.5m (wheels down)
Rotor Diameter: 18m
Empty Weight: 7,700kg
Internal Fuel: 20,000 lb
Max Speed: 300 mph
Range: 360 miles
Armament: 1x M82A1 Hailstorm 20mm Single-Barrel Semi-Guided Cannon with 3000 rounds of ammunition, 10x AIM-132/10x hellfires/4x Podded BK-27
Combat Systems:
PHBVS G-III
PDCM G-II
Archangel G-III
CACS G-IV
Deity
PMAS G-II
EMPPS

Unit Cost: $40mil
Production Rights Cost: $4bil

Does there exist anything in the Miertech arsenal that might be heavier? While the PX-402 appears to be an excellent design, we are seeking a more modern counterpart to our current Mi-35M helicopters (http://www.rusarm.ru/p_prod/airfor/im_airfor/mi-35m_8.jpg).

We will however consider the PX-402 as a complimentary machine to a heavier type, with both operating in our service.

OOC: SAH-27A Peregrine Next Generation Attack Helicopter (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=417680) released by Soviet Bloc, I think it's still for sale.

Offered by Kriegzimmer, the RoLu-17:

RoLu-17 Galician Attack Helicopter
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A Macabee/Mekugi Project

Design:
The helicopter design is based on the conventional pod and boom configuration with a tail rotor. The main rotor head has elastomeric bearings and the main rotor blades are made from composite materials. The tail rotor is designed on a biplane configuration with independently controlled X-shaped blades. A new design of all plastic rotor blades, which can sustain hits from 30mm shells. Specifically, the main rotor is a five bladed whisper quiet rotor, as designed by Mekugi Industries.

The helicopter has non-retractable tricycle tailwheel type landing gear. The energy absorbing landing gear and seats protect the crew in a crash landing or in a low-altitude vertical fall. The crew are able to survive a vertical fall up to 12m/s. The Galicia has a fully armoured cabin including the windshield which withstands impact by 7.62mm and 12.7mm bullets and 20mm shell fragments.

Weapon Systems:
The nose turret has a dual weapon system, including a 20mm automatic grenade launcher, with a range of about four hundred meters, as well as a 30mm cannon. Both weapon systems use a liquid nitrogen II coolant system. The rate of fire on the latter cannon is anywhere from 600 to 1,800 rounds a minute.

Each stub wing has three hardpoints. The outer hardpoint carries a 'clip' of two MTAAM-3 Silencer MADAAM air to air missiles, giving the Galicia a total of four air to air missiles, for defense against enemy aircraft. The middle hardpoint, on each stub, has a twenty 80mm mini-rocket saturation cannon, with a range of about six hundred meters. The inner hardpoints give the Galicia a total of sixteen, on both stub wings, anti-tank guided missiles - capable of using any ATGM used anywhere, making the Galicia perfect for export.

Cockpit:
The pilot and gunner cockpits are in a stepped tandem configuration. Both cockpits are equipped with multifunction displays which present information from the Integrated Management System and provide a synthetic waypoint map, navigation data, weapon status, weapon selection, communications, and aircraft/flight data. The displays are equipped with multifunction keyboards.

The helicopter is equipped with an Automatic Flight Control System, which provides nap-of-the-earth flight capability and the level of stability for precise weapon aiming. A Tactical Navigation Display enhances mission management and situational awareness.

The cockpit is also reknown for its structure, and its strength, making it amongst the safest in the world.

Integrated Helmet and Display Sight System (IHADSS)
The Pilot Night Vision Sensor (PNVS) gives the pilot the capability to fly the Galicia at night. The PNVS is a FLIR (Forward Looking InfraRed), or thermal night vision system. Unlike Night Vision Goggles (NVG), a FLIR does not magnify starlight. Instead, it collects the thermal (infrared) energy radiated and reflected from objects. Therefore, the Galicia pilot can see at night regardless of the amount of starlight or moonlight.

The imagery from the FLIR is presented to the pilot through a 1 inch TV picture tube mounted on the right side of his helmet. The image from the TV tube is reflected off a small lens in front of the pilot's right eye. Therefore, the pilot flies with one eye night vision "aided" while the other eye is unaided.

In order to command the movement of the sensor turrets (PNVS and TADS), each of the cockpits has two infrared scanners mounted behind and above each side of the crew seats. These scanners sweep the cockpit interior with timed infrared energy. Four small receivers mounted on the crew helmets detect the infrared energy. A computer calculates the position of the helmet by comparing the reception time of each receiver with the transmission time (sweep) of the scanners. The PNVS or TADS turret is then commanded to move in elevation and azimuth to match the position of the applicable crew member's helmet position. In this way the sensor looks where the pilot or CPG looks.

Other Detection Devices:
The RoLu-17 Galicia also has a 2nd Generation Macabee Gaussian LIDAR transmitter. The transmitter has two charged plates, one positive, and one negative, to create an electrical current. Thusly, the photon wave is charged, and upon striking something it sends back an electrical impulse to a carbon computer onboard the Galicia. The computer, solely for the LIDAR, designates it friendly or foe, and it also uses a doppler and DIAL device to designate between a worthwhile target, meaning the helicopter crew will not have to designate worthwhile targets themselves, and instead are presented with priority readings within seconds.

Countermeasures:
The helicopter's electronic warfare suite includes a Elettronica ELT-156 radar warning receiver and BAE Systems Italia RALM-101 laser warner. The helicopter countermeasures systems include Elettronica ELT-554 radar and BAE Systems IEWS AN/ALQ-144A infrared jammer and chaff and flare decoy dispensers.

Engines:
The RoLu-17 Galicia Attack Helicopter is fitted with two Lu-17-287 turboshaft engines, fitted on either side of the fuselage. Given the design of the frame, and the engines, the Galicia has a maximum velocity of three hundred and ten kilometers per hour.

The engines are also given IR Supression devices, used first on the Rafale, and then on the Lu line of military jets. They're also fitted with Wave-X RADAR Absorbing Material.

Cost: 28 Million

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If you wish to purchase, do so here (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=409787&page=1&pp=15).