Could Rooivalk make a comeback

[yugocrosrb95]

wasn't that turkish indigenous chopper essentially a rooivalk design ?

here in this pic you can see how much they borrowed from mi-24 hind

Turkish attack chopper isn't a Rooivalk... It a modified A129 Magusta.

Well the major hurdle to rooivalk is cost on a few fronts. With most of the development done in the original chopper and the new cost being electronics the development cost is low, but the unit cost is likely in the $30-35M range. With PA operating AH-1Z and going for Mi-35 Hind (unless the numbers stay low and specialized) the race between z-10 (updated) and rooivalk could be close. The Z-10 wouls likely be much cheaper, but many of the costs of rooivalk could be offset by local manufacturing (it would drop unit price and would inject money into local markets through jobs) so while the cost may come down by$3-5M per unit, the total loss would slightly offset by new local money.

I suspect you will only see one other type of chopper in PA (AH-1Z and Hind will be used in special roles like COIN and Assault) but gunship duties will be Z-10 or rooivalk with an outsode chance for Mi-28. T-129 will not be available unless Turkey wources non US parts... Why would US allow our parts on ATAK whem u could spend that $$ on more cobras

Rooivalk was never mass produced, if mass production starts then they will be able to sell it for at a lower price...

I doubt it will be 35 million, 30 million is likely maybe even 25 million if they produce it like madman like 100 units per year.

 

[AZADPAKISTAN2009]

If Pakistan spends x amount of dollar and we don't get a Helicopter that is technologically at present world standard then it is colossal waste of money, buying a 60's or 70's generation helo and then with avionics that are obsolete