Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) and AgustaWestland test pilots have successfully flown the first prototype of the T129 attack helicopter at the latter’s Cascina Costa facility in Italy.
A version of the Italian army’s AgustaWestland A129 anti-tank helicopter, the aircraft is being developed by the companies in partnership with Turkish firm Aselsan under the ATAK programme.
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Four additional LHTEC T800-powered prototypes will be built for the test programme, including two at TAI's facilities.
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The ATAK team intends to provide 50 firm and 41 optional attack and tactical reconnaissance helicopters for the Turkish land forces command with locally supplied avionics, hardware and software.