History:

The Ka-60 transport helicopter was designed to carry landing troops and deliver weapons and ammunition to the battlefield area. It has a single main-rotor with a four-blade main-rotor of 13.5 m diameter and a multi-blade tail rotor (11 blades) in the tail ring. The airframe has nearly perfect aerodynamic outlines, large door openings on both sides of the fuselage and a retractable three-leg landing gear. The seats of the crew and the soldiers are of a shock-absorbing type. The pilot is on the right-hand seat. The combat survivability of the Kasatka was increased by duplicating and separating all critical systems. The rotor blades and control system links and transmission shafts can be hit from automatic guns and still remain operable. New high-tech materials which make about 60% of the helicopter structural weight make the helicopter more resistant to combat damage and add also to the increased survivability. The tanks are filled with foam polyurethane which prevents the danger of fuel explosion. Higher survivability of the helicopter in the battlefield is also achieved by reduced optical, IR and radar signatures.