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===Other=== It has participated in a number of exercises, including "Boundary 2004" at the Edelweiss training center in Kyrgyzstan during August 2004. The "Shark" demonstrated its advantages by operating at a high altitude and an air temperature of more than 30 °C. A Ka-50 provided cover for the landing of troops and then worked on the ground targets using its cannons and rockets.<ref name=Andrey_Fomin /> India issued a request for proposal for 22 attack helicopters for the [[Indian Air Force]] in May 2008.<ref>[http://www.defensenews.com/story.php?i=3554970&c=EUR&s=TOP "India to Buy 22 Attack Helos for $550M"] {{dead link|date=August 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}. Defense News,</ref> The Ka-50, the Mil Mi-28, and the Eurocopter Tiger were the front-runners for this order as of October 2008.<ref>Govindasamy, Siva. [http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2008/10/10/317257/bell-boeing-quit-indian-attack-helicopter-contest.html "Bell, Boeing quit Indian attack helicopter contest"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090710053508/http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2008/10/10/317257/bell-boeing-quit-indian-attack-helicopter-contest.html |date=10 July 2009}}. ''Flight International'', 10 October 2008.</ref> The tender though was eventually cancelled and later India announced a new tender, with revised conditions. Russia again offered the Mi-28N and Ka-52.{{citation needed|date=September 2022}} The [[Russian Air Force]] has accepted 12 Ka-52 helicopters for operational service in 2011, and the total number of completed Ka-52s was already 65 units. 20 Ka-52 aircraft were located at the 575th Airbase [[Chernigovsky District]], [[Eastern Military District]]. 16 were at 393rd "Sevastopol" Airbase [[Korenovsk]], [[Southern Military District]], 12 were transferred to newly formed 15th Army Aviation Brigade of the [[Western Military District]] at the airport of [[Ostrov, Ostrovsky District, Pskov Oblast|Ostrov]], 8 – Torzhok 344th Centre for Combat Training and Flight Personnel Training. Five test aircraft are owned by JSC "Kamov"; two machines were lost in accidents.<ref name="bmdp">{{cite web|url=http://bmpd.livejournal.com/700413.html |title=Поставка вертолетов Ка-52 ВВС России |date=2013-12-25 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151225124803/http://bmpd.livejournal.com/700413.html |archive-date=25 December 2015}}</ref> The Ka-52 was displayed to the international community at the 2013 [[Paris Air Show]].<ref>[http://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/paris-air-show/2013-06-19/kamov-working-naval-alligator "Kamov Working On Naval Alligator"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140423050349/http://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/paris-air-show/2013-06-19/kamov-working-naval-alligator |date=23 April 2014}}. AIN online, 19 June 2013.</ref> In 2013, the AAC "Progress" has completed the contract with the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, signed in 2009, and would begin the next long-term contract for supplying 143 Ka-52, worth about 120 billion rubles (≈[[US$]]3.5 bln).<ref name="NG">[http://www.ng.ru/armament/2014-01-17/1_6plants.html "Шесть заводов под одним крылом"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140201230536/http://www.ng.ru/armament/2014-01-17/1_6plants.html |date=1 February 2014}}. Nezavisimaya gazeta</ref> In June 2015, Sergei Kornev, the head of [[Rosoboronexport|Rosoboronexport's]] delegation, said that Russia has signed its first contracts on the export of Ka-52 Alligator attack helicopters. "We have the Ka-52 in its export model and we have contracts for it, and it's already being spun because it has a good, firm future" he said at the airshow outside Paris. Kornev did not specify the volume of contracts or with whom they were signed.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-06-26 |title=Algeria interested in Kamov Ka-52 attack helicopter |url=https://www.defenceweb.co.za/aerospace/aerospace-aerospace/algeria-interested-in-kamov-ka-52-attack-helicopter/ |access-date=2022-04-05 |website=defenceWeb |language=en-ZA |archive-date=2 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220602045944/https://www.defenceweb.co.za/aerospace/aerospace-aerospace/algeria-interested-in-kamov-ka-52-attack-helicopter/ |url-status=live}}</ref> The [[Algerian Air Force]] is negotiating a sale for 12 Ka-52Es as of 2022. In September 2015, the Ka-52 was presented at [[Aïn Oussera Airport|Aïn Oussera Air Base]].<ref name="Butowski 2022 page=74"/> North Macedonia reportedly bought two Ka-52s (or Ka-50s) from Russia in June 2001 for its [[North Macedonia Air Brigade]]. However, the Ministry of Defense of Macedonia denied this report.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Macedonia's Weaponry: A New Nation Re-Arms and Fights |first=Rob |last=Krott |url=https://www.smallarmsreview.com/display.article.cfm?idarticles=2122 |journal=Small Arms Review |volume=7 |issue=1 |date=October 2003 |access-date=2019-03-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190330233215/https://www.smallarmsreview.com/display.article.cfm?idarticles=2122 |archive-date=2019-03-30 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>[https://theaviationgeekclub.com/air-war-over-north-macedonia-how-ukrainian-mercenary-pilots-fought-against-separatists/] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230601152932/https://theaviationgeekclub.com/air-war-over-north-macedonia-how-ukrainian-mercenary-pilots-fought-against-separatists/|date=1 June 2023}} {{verify source|date=May 2023}}</ref>
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