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 "icao": "KA52",
 "name": "Kamov Ka-52 Alligator (production)",
 "manufacturer": "Kamov",
 "category": "helicopter",
 "military": true,
 "family": null,
 "url": "https://aircraft.intelsystems.ai/aircraft/KA52/",
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  "length_m": 16.0,
  "rotor_dia_m": 14.5,
  "mtow_t": 10.8,
  "max_kmh": 300,
  "cruise_kmh": 260,
  "range_km": 460,
  "ceiling_m": 5500,
  "engine": "2 × Klimov VK-2500 turboshafts",
  "first_flight": 1997,
  "in_service": 2011,
  "power": "2 × 2,400 hp (takeoff)"
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 "specifications_source": "AirwayControl spec register, curated from Wikipedia and manufacturer pages",
 "wikipedia": {
  "title": "Kamov Ka-50",
  "summary": "The Kamov Ka-50 \"Black Shark\", NATO reporting name Hokum A, is a Soviet/Russian single-seat attack helicopter with the distinctive coaxial rotor system of the Kamov design bureau. It was designed in the 1980s and adopted for service in the Russian army in 1995. The Ka-50 is manufactured by the Progress company in Arsenyev. It is used as a heavily armed scout helicopter and has a rescue ejection system, rare for helicopters.",
  "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamov_Ka-50",
  "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
  "license_url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/",
  "retrieved": "2026-10-11"
 },
 "license": {
  "drawings": "CC BY 4.0",
  "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "attribution": "Drawing of the Kamov Ka-52 Alligator (production) by AirwayControl Aircraft Library (https://aircraft.intelsystems.ai/aircraft/KA52/), CC BY 4.0"
 },
 "source": "AirwayControl Aircraft Library",
 "updated": "2026-10-11"
}