The airframe is coated with an infrared adsorbent material for detection evasion, allowing for some level of "stealth" to be achieved, at least with a smaller radar signature. Construction is mostly of composite works while the fan blades feature Kevlar with carbon reinforcement. For added survivability, the fuel tanks feature polyurethane foam so direct hits are not as fatal. Interestingly, the Ka-60 features a fully-retractable tricycle landing gear system though the main gears are positioned at the front of the design (just aft of the pilot seating area) and a single rear landing gear is positioned at the base of the tail unit. The main rotor consists of four blades with swept back ends and sits tightly atop and between the engine housing. The blades are also of composite material and is touted as being able to resist the hit of a 23mm shell. The tail rotor is encased in a ring for added survivability and features a full-eleven blade arrangement. In terms of internal systems, the Ka-60 features the Arbalet millimeter wave radar, Otklik laser warning and Pastel radar warning receiver. The Arbalet system is located in the nose assembly while the other two systems make up the meat of the helicopters electronic warfare suite. Systems redundancy is achievable through duplicated systems on either side of the aircraft. The helicopter is expected to be able to mount a variety of light munitions in the form of rocket pods and various suppression-effect machine gun systems.
The Ka-60 was unveiled in July of 1997 at Lyubertsy and first flew on December 10th, 1998. Production began in 2003 at the RSK MiG LAPIK plant in Lukhovitsky. as of this writing, only some 7 or 8 systems have been delivered though an order of 200 is in place.
The Ka-62 began flight-testing in May of 2016.
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