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TAI T129 ATAK

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Attack and reconnaissance helicopter, based on AgustaWestland A129CBT. Includes the variant T629, a 6 tonne attack helicopter demonstrator.

Lift type

Rotary wing

Assembly

Factory-built

Control

Piloted

Engine type

Turboshaft

Application

Attack, Surveillance

Design & construction

The aircraft as engineered: what it is built from, the systems it flies with, and its configuration — each box a theme.

Airframe & structure

Landing gear

Retractable tricycle

Ice protection

None

Pressurisation

Unpressurised

Systems & avionics

Flight controls

Full FBW digital

Autopilot

3-axis

Avionics architecture

Integrated glass suite

Configuration & certification

Rotor configuration

Single main + tail

Certification

Military

Minimum crew

Notable technologies — each tag names a technology on our research record for this aircraft, with its fitting status: Primary, Standard, Option or Planned.

Composite fuselage (primary structure) Standard Head-up display Standard

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Type variants

Variant	Launch / first flight	Production end	Notes
TAI T129 ATAK	2007 / 2009		Attack helicopter used by Turkish forces.
TAI T629	2020 /		Medium-weight helicopter, inbetween T129 ATAK and T929 ATAK 2, includes unmanned variant.

Airframer

Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI)

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