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Kamov Ka-32

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Twin turboshaft medium utility helicopter with co-axial contra-rotating rotors. Includes Ka-28, Ka-29 and Ka-31 military variants and the Ka-32A11M fire-fighting helicopter.

Lift type

Rotary wing

Construction

Factory-built

Control

Piloted

Engine type

Turboshaft

Application

Attack, Cargo, Search & rescue, Surveillance, Utility

Fleet facts business use worldwide · as at August 2026

In business use

28 aircraft

Production years

1987-2007

Average age

26.3 years

Main base countries

Spain (11), Moldova (4), Switzerland (1), Indonesia (1), Canada (1)

Figures cover the worldwide fleet in business use — airline and military examples are not included. Fleet data: Business Air News research.

Design & construction

Primary structure

Aluminium

Landing gear

Fixed tricycle

Ice protection

None

Pressurisation

Unpressurised

Flight controls

Mechanical

Autopilot

3-axis

Avionics architecture

Standalone glass

Environmental control

None-unpressurised

Rotor configuration

Coaxial

Certification

Part 29

Minimum crew

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Type variants

Variant	Launch / first flight	Notes
Kamov Ka-32	1969 / 1980	Multirole helicopter, derived from Ka-27, includes shipborne version Ka-32S.
Kamov Ka-3211BC	1999 / 1999	Sole promoted variant since 2013, BC: British Columbia where it was first used.
Kamov Ka-32A11M	2021 / 2021	Modernised firefighting variant.

Airframer

National Centre for Helicopter Engineering, Kamov

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