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What's T-629 and why i haven't heard about it before?
I don't know what is lying behind this decision but TAI wanted to keep this program a little secret. It was the first time in 2017 SSB told that a 6t attack helicopter to be based on T-129 Atak will be developed but The name was revealed at the end of 2019.
October 2017: İsmail Demir stated that "TAI will develop a six ton attack helicopter using the same powertrain, gearbox and rotors with T-625."
02 May 2019: Temel KOTİL; Atak-II will need a new engine and so 3000shp turboshaft engine will be developed indigenously. Atak-2 will have two engine 3000 x 2 : 6000 shp.
October 2019: Temel Kotil announced that "it was being designed a six-ton attack helicopter that would fill the gap between the five-ton T129 ATAK and the upcoming 10-ton ATAK II Heavy Strike helicopter, and its name was identified as T629."
April 2020: Temel Kotil stated that "We are working on an helicopter that will be more indigenous than Atak helicopters. You know T-129 Ataks were being produced under the licence of Italy. I mean The helicopter that will be solely ours will make its maiden flight in this year."
01 Feb 2020: Temel KOTİL; “We have 3 years left for the first flight of our Atak 2 heavy class attack helicopter, after which we will finish the test and deliver it.”
I think T-629 will most probably look very similar to the one staying on right hand side. Left one is Atak-2.