Ka-27/29/31 Naval Helicopters

Russian Navy refurbished Ka-29 helicopters

December 21, 2016 JSC "Helicopters of Russia" (part of the State Corporation Rostec) reported that the party has completed the shipment of naval transport and combat helicopters Ka-29, which took place at the facilities of repair in Kumertau Aviation Production Enterprise.

"Helicopters have passed all necessary tests and will soon be made available to the air base of the Pacific Fleet of the Russian Navy. For helicopters Ka-29 were produced works on capital repair of columns rotor motors and gearboxes as well as updated the paint."



Comment bmpd. Apparently, we are talking about the transfer to Russian Naval Aviation of six overhauled helicopters Ka-29, for the repair of a contract which was listed in the work plan of JSC "Kumertau Aviation Production Enterprise" (KumAPP) for 2016. The contract value is 435 million rubles. (Thus the price of the repair of the helicopter is 72.5 million rubles).

This transfer will significantly increase the fleet of existing helicopters Ka-29 in naval aviation of the Russian Navy, as at present, in flying condition in the Russian Navy were only four Ka-29 - two cars bearing the number "38 Yellow" (RF-34194 registration number) and "39 yellow" (registration number RF-34188) are operated in 859th Center of deployment and training of flight crews for Russian Navy aviation in Yeisk and helicopters Ka-29, tail number "23 red" and "75 red" in part of aircraft in Northern fleet (the last two are currently at war patrol aboard the heavy aircraft-carrying cruiser "Admiral of the fleet of the Soviet Union Kuznetsov").

Total from 1977 to 1988 were built three prototypes and 59 series helicopters Ka-29, seven of which after the collapse of the USSR were ceded to Ukraine (two of them are now in flying condition).

The modernized Ka-27M

Several photos without interest past the first production batch modernization at JSC "Kumertau Aviation Production Enterprise" (KumAPP) anti-submarine helicopters Ka-27M Offshore Russian Navy aviation. The picture shows the Ka-27M with yellow hull numbers "30", "31", "33" and "36" (as well as two previous repair of sea transport and combat helicopters Ka-29 with yellow hull numbers "90" and "94").

Pictures allegedly made in December 2016. As we already reported, to February 1, 2017 modernized Ka-27M with the hull number "31 Yellow" has already arrived from Kumertau in the 859-th Center deployment and training of flight personnel of the Russian Navy Naval Aviation in Yeisk.

Recall that the December 19, 2016 announced the transfer of the Navy Naval Aviation Russian first commercially upgraded to KumAPP Ka-27M, get a new hull number "14 Yellow" (registration number RF-19190).

In early 2013 JSC "Kamov" and KumAPP concluded the Russian Ministry of Defence contract for the modernization of a production of the first eight drill Ka-27PL of embodiment Ka-27M. Initially commissioning of the first eight modernized Ka-27M assumed by 25 November 2014, then it was postponed to the end of 2015, but in the end, this batch of helicopters was commissioned in December 2016 (the first four Ka-27PL received on KumAPP for Continuous modernization in December 2014).

KumAPP also has another contract of the Ministry of Defense of Russia (presumably 2014) for the modernization of 14 drill Ka-27PL of embodiment Ka-27M, of which 12 are the first machines were to be handed over in 2016, but in fact, apparently, the contract will be implemented only in 2017.

According to the financial statements KumAPP of 2015, the value of the first contract KumAPP on repair and modernization of the eight helicopters Ka-27M is 2.785 billion. Rub., And a second contract for the modernization of 14 helicopters Ka-27M is 5.311 billion. Rub. Thus, the contract price of repair with the modernization of a machine is respectively 348 and 379 million. Rubles.

The modernization program of the Ka-27M has a long history, and in the current version (the product "27D2") as the prototype uses two modernized Ka-27PL - tail number "0909 Black" (serial number 09-09, was converted in 1998 by theme year, then further upgraded as the first prototype of the Ka-27M in the mid-2000s), and the "blue 48" (serial number 012-01, converted in 2008). On completion of state tests of the Ka-27M it was reported in 2015. Ka-27M features developed by JSC "Corporation" Fazotron-NIIR "new" radar command and tactical system "consisting of new acoustic and magnetic systems, SIGINT systems, information systems and on-board radar," Spear-A "with an active phased array antenna bars.

According to the made in early 2015 to First Deputy General Director and General Designer of JSC "Corporation" Fazotron-NIIR "Yuri Guskov, according to an embodiment of the Ka-27M is planned to modernize 46 Ka-27PL.


Also in December 2016 the Russian Navy Naval Aviation were transferred to the first six KumAPP overhauled helicopters Ka-29, for the repair of a contract which was listed in the work plan for 2016 KumAPP. The contract value amounted to 435 million rubles. (Thus the price of the repair of the Ka-29 amounted to RUR 72.5 million). The news on the transfer of the party appeared refurbished helicopter Ka-29 with on-board "yellow 85" number).

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Russian Helicopters deliver upgraded Ka-27Ms to Defense Ministry

The first of the delivered helicopters was already dispatched to its Baltic Fleet home base

MOSCOW, January 9. /TASS/. Russian Helicopters (part of Rostec) have delivered a batch of Ka-27M helicopters to the Russian Navy, the company’s press service reported on Tuesday.

"The first of the delivered helicopters was already dispatched to its Baltic Fleet home base. In addition, Ka-27Ms will be deployed to the Pacific and Northern Fleets. Upgrading Ka-27Ms is part of the state defense order," Russian Helicopters said in the statement.

The Ka-27-class multirole helicopters of various versions are the core of the helicopter units of the Navy’s marine aviation. They are built to conduct air reconnaissance at sea, provide anti-submarine protection of ship groups, search for, detect, track and destroy submarines and surface ships, as well as conduct search and rescue operations for crews of ships and aircraft in distress at sea and perform transport tasks to support the actions of ship groups.


More:
http://tass.com/defense/984289

January 17 2018 images of #Kamov-29 50 & 86 Yellow at Knevichi (VVO). Guess they are from Nikolaevka(?) Seems like they've been overhauled(?)

Russian naval aviation to get about 50 modernized Ka-27 helicopters by 2020

MOSCOW, February 7. /TASS/. About 50 modernized Ka-27 shipborne anti-submarine helicopters (NATO reporting name 'Helix') will enter service with the Russian naval aviation by 2020, Navy spokesman Capt. 1st rank Igor Dygalo said on Wednesday.

"Those shipborne helicopters have already demonstrated their best capacities and high efficiency. At present, about 20 modernized Ka-27M helicopters have already entered service. Some 30 more are expected to enter service by 2020," he said.

More:
http://tass.com/defense/988792

Just a pretty pic via reddit

I love the smell of napalm in the morning...

Baltic Fleet Aviation Received Five More Modernized Ka-27M Helicopters

As the head of the press service of the Western Military District, Colonel Igor Muginov, reported to the TASS news agency on October 5, 2018, the Maritime Aviation of the Baltic Fleet was armed with modernized Ka-27M helicopters to search and detect submarines.



Comment bmpd. With the receipt of these five modernized Ka-27M anti-submarine helicopters, the total number of modernized Ka-27M helicopters in the Baltic Fleet aviation, according to known data, reached seven units, and in the Naval Aviation of the Russian Navy as a whole - 22 units.

Recall that the modernization of the Ka-27PL antisubmarine helicopters into the Ka-27M variant is carried out at the Kumertau Aviation Production Enterprise JSC (KumAPP, part of the Russian Helicopters JSC). In December 2016, KumAPP transferred the first eight serially upgraded Ka-27M helicopters to the Russian Navy, which were upgraded under a contract with the Russian Ministry of Defense dated January 2013. Of these, six helicopters entered the aviation structure of the Northern Fleet, and two - in the composition of the 859th Center for combat use and training of the flight personnel of the Naval Aviation of the Russian Navy in Eisk.

Subsequently, KumAPP implemented the following contract of 2014 with the Ministry of Defense of Russia for the modernization of another 14 Ka-27PL combat helicopters for the Ka-27M variant, ten of which were commissioned in 2017, and another four - in 2018. Including two modernized Ka-27M helicopters (commissioned in 2017) entered the Baltic Fleet in early 2018, and now five more Ka-27Ms upgraded under this contract have been transferred to the Baltic Fleet. According to available information, of the rest of the Ka-27M helicopters upgraded under this contract, six (commissioning 2017) arrived in 2018 in the Pacific Fleet, and another in the 859th Center in Eisk.

In September 2018, the management of the Russian Helicopters JSC announced the conclusion in the near future of an additional contract for the modernization of two more helicopters under the Ka-27M variant.

According to KumAPP’s accounting statements for 2015, the cost of KumAPP’s first contract for the repair and upgrading of eight Ka-27M helicopters was 2.785 billion rubles, and the second contract for upgrading 14 Ka-27M helicopters was 5.311 billion rubles. Thus, the contract price of repairs with the modernization of one machine amounted, respectively, 348 and 379 million rubles.

The Ka-27M modernization program has a long history, and in its current version (product "27D2"), two modernized Ka-27PL helicopters with tail numbers "0909 black" were used as prototypes (serial number 09-09; year, then additionally upgraded as the first prototype Ka-27M in the mid-2000s) and "48 blue" (serial number 012-01, re-equipped in 2008). The act of completion of state tests Ka-27M was signed in the summer of 2017. The Ka-27M helicopter is equipped with a new "radar command and tactical system" developed by JSC "Phazotron-NIIR", including a new acoustic and magnetometric systems, a radio intelligence system, an information and computing system, and an on-board Kopje-A radar with an active phased antenna lattice.

According to the statement made by Yury Guskov, First Deputy General Director and General Designer of Phazotron-NIIR Corporation, JSC, at the Ka-27M version, 46 Ka-27PL helicopters are planned to be modernized (later other sources in the Russian Ministry of Defense announced the figure of 50 machines by 2020).

https://bmpd.livejournal.com/3368262.html

Flight of the first modernized antisubmarine helicopter Ka-27M of the Baltic Fleet aviation

As the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported on October 18, 2018, at the aerodrome Chernyakhovsk (Kaliningrad Region) flew the first modernized Ka-27M anti-submarine helicopter from a batch of five units recently received by the Baltic Fleet naval aviation.


The upgraded anti-submarine helicopter Ka-27M Naval Aviation of the Baltic Fleet (tail number "41 yellow", registration number RF-34181). Chernyakhovsk (Kaliningrad region), 10/18/2018 (c) Ministry of Defense of Russia


During the first flight over the Kaliningrad region, military pilots worked on the Ka-27M take-offs, landings and flights at altitudes up to 3000 m, checked the flight and maneuvering characteristics of equipment at various speeds, as well as the operation of systems and mechanisms of helicopters under loads and overloads.

The crew of the Ka-27M has already made a flight to Donskoe airfield to the place of permanent deployment, where its crew met the squadron command and personnel of the aviation unit.

The next step in the training of helicopter pilots will be the fulfillment of combat training tasks at sea ranges in the Baltic Sea.

Five received Ka-27M helicopters arrived at one of the airfields in the Kaliningrad region last week. Representatives of the industry and technical staff are currently conducting maintenance and seasonal maintenance work on the updated helicopter aircraft.


From the side of bmpd, we recall that the receipt of a batch of five modernized anti-submarine Ka-27M helicopters by the Naval Aviation of the Baltic Fleet was reported on October 5, 2018. With the receipt of these five modernized Ka-27M anti-submarine helicopters, the total number of modernized Ka-27M helicopters in the Baltic Fleet aviation, according to known data, reached seven units, and in the Naval Aviation of the Russian Navy as a whole - 22 units.

Modernization of anti-submarine helicopters Ka-27PL in version Ka-27M is carried out at JSC Kumertau Aviation Production Enterprise (KumAPP, is part of JSC Helicopters of Russia). In December 2016, KumAPP transferred the first eight serially upgraded Ka-27M helicopters to the Russian Navy, which were upgraded under a contract with the Russian Ministry of Defense dated January 2013. Of these, six helicopters entered the aviation structure of the Northern Fleet, and two - in the composition of the 859th Center for combat use and training of the flight personnel of the Naval Aviation of the Russian Navy in Eisk.

Subsequently, KumAPP implemented the following contract of 2014 with the Ministry of Defense of Russia for the modernization of another 14 Ka-27PL combat helicopters for the Ka-27M variant, ten of which were commissioned in 2017, and another four - in 2018. Including two modernized Ka-27M helicopters (commissioned in 2017) entered the Baltic Fleet in early 2018, and in early October 2018 five more mentioned Ka-27Ms upgraded under this contract were transferred to the Baltic Fleet. According to available information, of the rest of the Ka-27M helicopters upgraded under this contract, six (commissioning 2017) arrived in 2018 in the Pacific Fleet, and another in the 859th Center in Eisk.

In September 2018, the management of the Russian Helicopters JSC announced the conclusion in the near future of an additional contract for the modernization of two more helicopters under the Ka-27M variant.

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This clip says that while based in Crimea, the Ka-31 radar covers the entire Black Sea: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jh_mZtP7hsw&t=360s

The maximum east-west extent of the sea is about 730 miles (1,175 km), and the shortest distance between the tip of Crimea and Cape Kerempe to the south is about 160 miles (260 km).
https://www.britannica.com/place/Black-Sea

2 Ka-31s can cover 2x that with some overlapping, enough for surface & airborne target detection around a CBG.

It's impossible that ka-31 covers the entire black sea.

From Crimea if flown South, if it can see as far as Turkish coast at 260 km away, it will cover almost all area outside & between the EEZs of Bulgaria, Romania, Turkey, & Georgia.
For comparison, the E-2C radar sweep covers 6 million cubic miles. It is capable of detecting aircraft at ranges of 342 mi (550 km) or more.
https://www.militaryperiscope.com/weapons/sensorselectronics/airborne-radars/anaps-145

Then, 2 Ka-31s=1 E-2C. A VMF CBG will have at least 4 of them.

Maybe they mean if the Ka-31 is flying in a circle south of Crimea it can cover the whole area.

Even then, a midway between Crimea & Turkey is at 130 km; Bulgaria & Georgia is at 587.5 km, so flying just 327 km East or West of it is enough to cover either coast. Radar operators in 2 helos can see the entire huge area.

Ka-31 radar is weak. And the chance the ka-31 survive an attack from f-16 with amraam are 0. Its radar has a range of around 150km against fighters.

A su-35 or su30SM would do the job much better.

Isos wrote:Ka-31 radar is weak. And the chance the ka-31 survive an attack from f-16 with amraam are 0. Its radar has a range of around 150km against fighters.

In a CBG, they'll be assisted by Su-33s & MiG-29Ks.
2 Ka-31s on both sides of it will create a 300km, 4 Ka-31s=600km bubble around it, 50km more than a single E-2C. Not bad, considering all the defensive armaments on those ships!

Tsavo Lion wrote:

Isos wrote:Ka-31 radar is weak. And the chance the ka-31 survive an attack from f-16 with amraam are 0. Its radar has a range of around 150km against fighters.

In a CBG, they'll be assisted by Su-33s & MiG-29Ks.
2 Ka-31s on both sides of it will create a 300km, 4 Ka-31s=600km bubble around it, 50km more than a single E-2C. Not bad, considering all the defensive armaments on those ships!

But that's only for a defensive position and still very limited.

RuN wants a carrier with E-2 like awacs.

Isos wrote:Ka-31 radar is weak. And the chance the ka-31 survive an attack from f-16 with amraam are 0. Its radar has a range of around 150km against fighters.

A su-35 or su30SM would do the job much better.

Another blanket statement not backed by any references. Only ignorant twits would use some claim about its operational Wattage as
an estimate of its detection capability. The implicit, idiotic, assumption is that the Ka-31 system is analogue. Without any
digital signal processing. As usual Russians are supposedly always 70 years behind.

The Ka-31 is intended to detect low flying threats to ships, which it does an acceptable job.

it can also detect ships at longer ranges & control EW UAVs.
On overseas deployments, more could be added to a group to ensure continuous coverage. For more deck space, a UDK/BDK or converted cargo ship could join it.

Helicopters of the Ka-31R radar patrol transferred to the Black Sea Fleet

As reported by the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on March 13, 2020, naval aviation pilots of the Black Sea Fleet began training flights on a Ka-31R helicopter.


As part of the preparation of crews for Ka-31R control, an instructor pilot conducts training flights together with the students at the first stage - at the helm, and then at the navigator’s place, providing the student with the opportunity to acquire independent piloting skills.

   During flights, helicopter pilots practice taxiing, take-off, helicopter control, the use of a radar station, as well as the landing of the Ka-31R.

   The next stage in the preparation of the flight crew will be the implementation of training flights with takeoffs and landings on the helicopter deck of a ship that performs tasks at sea, both anchored and on the go.

   Due to the significant differences between the Ka-31R and the Ka-27 and Ka-29, the Black Sea Fleet has developed a program for retraining the operating crews of naval aviation helicopters on a new type of aircraft, and training activities for pilots are included in the combat training plan of the fleet.

   In addition to the flight crew, the technical staff, which conducts pre-flight preparation of the helicopter before departure, also masters new equipment.

   Earlier, on February 26, 2020, the press service of the Southern Military District reported that the crew of the reconnaissance helicopter Ka-31R from the naval aviation and air defense of the Black Sea Fleet (Black Sea Fleet) performed practical flights from the deck of the frigate Admiral Makarov in the Black Sea.

   In accordance with the flight mission, the helicopter pilots, in collaboration with the frigate’s crew, worked out take-offs and landings on the ship’s deck on the move and while anchoring.

   As part of the fulfillment of its mission, the Ka-31R crew worked out interaction with the personnel of the frigate's intelligence post for intelligence exchange.

   Also, in order to check the coordination of the work of all systems of the ship’s aviation complex, ship crew training exercises were conducted to ensure helicopter flights.

   In total, during the training, the crew of the Ka-31R helicopter made about 20 take-offs and landings on the deck of the ship.

   Comment by bmpd. Thus, we are talking about the transfer to the 318th separate mixed aviation regiment of the Maritime Aviation of the Black Sea Fleet at the Kacha aerodrome of two Ka-31R radar patrol helicopters, the only ones in the Naval Aviation of the Russian Navy (red side numbers "90" and "91", factory 5232004162714 and 5232004164702).

These two Ka-31R (Ka-252RLD) helicopters were built for the Russian Navy at OJSC Kumertas Aviation Production Enterprise (KumAPP) under a contract with the Russian Ministry of Defense dated November 20, 2008 worth 908.476 million rubles, becoming the first and only production Ka -31R as part of the Naval Aviation of the Russian Navy. Both helicopters were only handed over to KumAPP in 2012, and until recently, according to known data, they were part of the 849th Center for Combat Use and Retraining of Naval Aviation Flight Staff in Yeysk, while in fact for the most part they were at Severomorsk 1 in the Northern Fleet. Although the main purpose of these helicopters was considered to be the use of the Kuznetsov Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union heavy aircraft carrier cruiser, however, due to the long repair of this ship with an unclear completion date, these helicopters, apparently, have now been transferred from the 859th Center to the Black Sea Naval Aviation Fleet. (formerly Zaviv Shipbuilding Plant LLC).



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It was spotted in Syria in 2016: https://vpk-news.ru/news/33248

Many of Ka-27 based helos r in use by civilians:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamov_Ka-27#Variants

A very unseen/unheard of version of the ka-27,
the Ka-29TB an assault version that can carry 16 troops plus weapons obviously intended for commandos etc. Has any seen or heard much about this version. Does Russia use it.