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The most up-to-date variant of the 129 platform, modifications by TAI - second phase of T-129 project for Turkish Armed Forces.
Modifications on wings, aft and rear of the platform include Radar Warning Receivers, Radio Frequency Jammers and Laser Warning Receiver
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Apologies for the late response, haven't exactly been active here.Philippines to receive some T-129s soon
just curious, does Augusta make any money or anything for T-129s sold?
I am wondering what agreement Augusta has with TAI
1st batch of Turkish T129 attack choppers to arrive in December
MANILA – The first batch of the six Turkish-made T129 "ATAK" attack helicopters will arrive in December, Philippine Air Force (PAF) commander Lt. Gen. Allen Paredes said Tuesday night."Deadly...coming this December. The T129 Attack Helicopter of the Philippine Air Force," Paredes said in...www.pna.gov.ph
Any differences from the standard one?NAVAL T-129 possibly in pipework's for Turkey's LHD
Naval model at Turkish Naval Academy
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Any differences from the standard one?NAVAL T-129 possibly in pipework's for Turkey's LHD
Naval model at Turkish Naval Academy
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According to some reports, Germany is already in talks with Leonardo and the Italian MoD about a possible replacement of the German Army’s Eurocopter Tiger helicopters with the AW249.
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According to some reports, Germany is already in talks with Leonardo and the Italian MoD about a possible replacement of the German Army’s Eurocopter Tiger helicopters with the AW249.
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CrossFit dudeWhat have they done to my gorgeous Mangusta?
Chris
What have they done to my gorgeous Mangusta?
Chris
Someone stopped skipping leg dayCrossFit dudeWhat have they done to my gorgeous Mangusta?
Chris
This was the proposed naval attack version to Italian Navy.From Aviation magazine 1987.
I just came across this thread… actually the US SOF were interested at some point in getting a small batch of A129 when LHX folded, Agusta teamed with Martin Marietta and presented a series of proposals meeting the requirements (which included quick disassembly to fit into a C130 and quick reassembly, and esternal operator transport), but it did not go throughI can not but think of all that money and time wasted on the US Army LHX program.
I always thought the A-129 & A-129 LBH (A-139) as a perfect cost effective answer to the US Army’s need – but then again it was not American – was it!
Just think these two variants in answer to the LHX could have been in operational service a decade ago or more!!!!!
Regards
Pioneer
Thanks for that interesting snippet of information Fly101.I just came across this thread… actually the US SOF were interested at some point in getting a small batch of A129 when LHX folded, Agusta teamed with Martin Marietta and presented a series of proposals meeting the requirements (which included quick disassembly to fit into a C130 and quick reassembly, and esternal operator transport), but it did not go throughI can not but think of all that money and time wasted on the US Army LHX program.
I always thought the A-129 & A-129 LBH (A-139) as a perfect cost effective answer to the US Army’s need – but then again it was not American – was it!
Just think these two variants in answer to the LHX could have been in operational service a decade ago or more!!!!!
Regards
Pioneer
From Aviation magazine 1987.
From Aviation magazine 1987.
What was this,a light bulbs or lamps ?.
What exactly dose the a-129 do that a super cobra couldn't? LHX was at lest stealthy so had a survivability advantage. It isn't even newer really thanks the the ah-1Z.I can not but think of all that money and time wasted on the US Army LHX program.
I always thought the A-129 & A-129 LBH (A-139) as a perfect cost effective answer to the US Army’s need – but then again it was not American – was it!
Just think these two variants in answer to the LHX could have been in operational service a decade ago or more!!!!!
Regards
Pioneer
Cjc, what the A129 and A129 LBH offered in the original LHX competition was it's ability to fill the US Army's so-called operational requirement in both a timely and cost effective manner.What exactly dose the a-129 do that a super cobra couldn't? LHX was at lest stealthy so had a survivability advantage. It isn't even newer really thanks the the ah-1Z.I can not but think of all that money and time wasted on the US Army LHX program.
I always thought the A-129 & A-129 LBH (A-139) as a perfect cost effective answer to the US Army’s need – but then again it was not American – was it!
Just think these two variants in answer to the LHX could have been in operational service a decade ago or more!!!!!
Regards
Pioneer
Comanche was terminated, in part, out of necessity to modify all of the existing Army aviation platforms to function in the hot/high conditions of Afghanistan and Iraq. When the, then, Vice Chief of Staff of the Army (GEN Cody) terminated the program he received Congressional permission to retain the funds for the other aviation platforms. This was actually was quiet something as everyone in the Army was trying to adapt to the new mission set.Cjc, what the A129 and A129 LBH offered in the original LHX competition was it's ability to fill the US Army's so-called operational requirement in both a timely and cost effective manner.What exactly dose the a-129 do that a super cobra couldn't? LHX was at lest stealthy so had a survivability advantage. It isn't even newer really thanks the the ah-1Z.I can not but think of all that money and time wasted on the US Army LHX program.
I always thought the A-129 & A-129 LBH (A-139) as a perfect cost effective answer to the US Army’s need – but then again it was not American – was it!
Just think these two variants in answer to the LHX could have been in operational service a decade ago or more!!!!!
Regards
Pioneer
One can not and should not forget that the US Army's wet dream soon went south in terms of massive cost blowouts and IOC, to the point that to save the original conceived program to replace AH-1, OH-58/OH-6 and UH-1's, they elected to scrap the utility transport component of the LHX.
As to your 'What exactly does the A129 do that the Super Cobra couldn't?' Well the A129 for all intent and purposes is a newer design; it is smaller and lighter and cheaper.
Ironically, in the end the US Army and the American taxpayer ended up with very little for the stupendous money [US$6.9 billion] spent on the LHX for what?
If this wasn't bad enough, as you would appreciate, the US Army then tried to compensate its utter failings by initiating its Armed Reconnaissance Helicopter program; resulting in the Bell ARH-70, itself a non-stealth design being selected and developed. With much irony, on 16 October 2008, the US Army again cancelled this program, reportedly due to cost overruns on its development.
With much irony, the US Army specified that the ARH concept would use commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) technology - another simple and cost effective solution would have been a derivative of the Agusta/AgustaWestland A129 Mangusta.......
Now there's the time old fallback argument that 'the LHX/Comanche program wasn't a complete and utter waste of time and money, on the grounds of 'the technology derived from it was implemented into other programs.....'. Well in truth, I don't buy that and only Defence would get away with such convoluted argument and justification for such ineptness.
Regards
Pioneer
Very interesting and perceptive analogy my dear Kiltonge!One of the early hindrances with selling the A129 were the Gem engines; hearsay is that the engine design was very highly stressed and required a lot of maintenance. This reputation was apparently well known in the mid-1980s and was one of the killers of the WG.30.
My layman's opinion is that Agusta would have been better starting the A129 design with the PT6T Twin-Pac with which they were already familiar in the 212.