Editing Kamov Ka-50 (section)

===Ka-50-2 "Erdogan"===
In 1997, [[Israel Aerospace Industries]] (IAI) in cooperation with the Kamov bureau entered the Ka-50-2 ''Erdoğan'' in a Turkish design competition for a $4&nbsp;billion contract for 145 (later changed to 50) combat helicopters.{{citation needed|date=February 2023}}

The Ka-50-2 is a [[tandem]] cockpit variant of the Ka-50. It featured a modern, Israeli-made "[[glass cockpit]]" avionics and a turret-mounted folding (for landing clearance) 30&nbsp;mm cannon instead of the fixed cannon on the Ka-50. It features combat-proven avionics and advanced anti-tank guided missiles for a high level of combat effectiveness. It is equipped with IAI's flexible modular avionics suite, which can be readily tailored to meet the TLF's operational requirements and provides growth potential.<ref name="glob_sec_Ka-50-2">[http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/russia/ka-50-2.htm Ka-50-2 Erdogan] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100219221449/http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/russia/ka-50-2.htm |date=19 February 2010}}. globalsecurity.org, 9 November 2008.</ref>

IAI and Kamov performed flights of the variant with IAI's Core Avionics. These flights demonstrated the helicopter's "glass cockpit" with multifunctional displays and Control and Display Unit (CDU) driven by centralized mission computers. Also tested were its flight navigation and the operation of the Helicopter Multi-Mission Optronic Stabilized Payload (HMOSP) targeting system. The demonstration flights included night mission capability demonstrations using [[Night Vision Goggles]] (NVG) and the day/night targeting system.<ref name="glob_sec_Ka-50-2"/>

Turkey initially selected an improved version of the [[Bell AH-1 SuperCobra]] over the Erdogan, [[Eurocopter Tiger]], [[AH-64 Apache]], [[Denel Rooivalk]], and [[A129 Mangusta]]. In the end, the contract was awarded to the A129 in 2007.<ref>[http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2007/04/10/213155/turkey-picks-a129-in-delayed-attack-helicopter-competition.html "Turkey picks A129 in delayed attack helicopter competition"] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100822160917/http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2007/04/10/213155/turkey-picks-a129-in-delayed-attack-helicopter-competition.html |date=22 August 2010}}. Flight International, 10 April 2007.</ref>