Egypt buying fifty Ka-52 Alligator helicopters from Russia, supplies of deck-based version possible

MOSCOW, September 23. /TASS/. Russia and Egypt have signed an agreement on supplies of fifty helicopters of the Ka-52 Alligator family and Moscow does not rule out delivery of the deck-based version of these helicopters that were designed for the defaulted Mistral project, a well-connected source in the sphere of defence technologies told TASS. "An agreement on the supplies of fifty Ka-52 helicopters has been signed," he said. "If the Egyptian side finds it necessary, the sea-based version of the helicopters will be supplied." Officials at the state weaponry trading company Rosoboronexport refrained from commenting on the information. Elysees Palace said earlier on Wednesday the French government had reached an agreement on the sales to Egypt of two Mistral-class helicopter carriers that were originally built for the Russian Navy. Russia placed the order for the Mistrals in the summer of 2011 but the contract was broken up at the beginning of August 2015. A sea-based version of the Ka-52 Alligator helicopters - Ka-52K. Military-diplomatic sources told TASS on the sidelines of the recent MAKS-2015 international aerospace show Egypt had ordered the Ka-52 helicopters but he did not specify the number. Read more