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L-UMTAS was developed by the state-controlled missile-maker Roketsan primarily to operate from attack helicopters. In 2016 the system was qualified and integrated into the T-129, a Turkish attack helicopter built under license from AgustaWestland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The aircraft also features other locally developed ammunition including CIRIT, TEBER, HGK and LGK. In addition, it can use inertial navigation system\/GPS-guided bombs, conventional bombs, non-guided rockets and machine guns.\u00a0 <br\/> <br\/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2256\" height=\"1501\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/tai-hurkus-c-signing.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-113673\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/tai-hurkus-c-signing.jpg.jpg 2256w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/tai-hurkus-c-signing.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/tai-hurkus-c-signing.jpg.jpg?resize=768,511 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/tai-hurkus-c-signing.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,681 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/tai-hurkus-c-signing.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1022 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/tai-hurkus-c-signing.jpg.jpg?resize=2048,1363 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2256px) 100vw, 2256px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span>The contract signed between TAI and SSM calls for the armed trainer program to maximize its use of locally developed software and hardware, including in the design and integration stages.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span>Photo Credit: Turkish Aerospace Industries<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The armed Hurkus features armored body parts, a self-protection system, data link, laser tacking, an electro-optical and infrared pod, an external fuel tank, and advanced avionics, according to TAI. With its 1,500-kilogram payload that can be utilized through seven external hard points, the Hurkus-C will perform light-attack and armed reconnaissance missions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Hurkus-C close-air support and lightweight attack helicopter is an armed version of the turboprop-powered basic trainer Hurkus. Last July, TAI was awarded European Aviation Safety Agency certification for the Hurkus-A, the civilian variant. The company hopes to deliver the armed Hurkus to the Turkish Armed Forces in 2018.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">TAI expects the armed Hurkus to be widely used in Turkey&#8217;s increasing counterinsurgency fight against pro-Kurdish and Islamic militants both inside Turkey and across its Syrian and Iraqi borders.\u00a0 <br\/> <br\/><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">TAI&#8217;s engineers began to design the Hurkus in 2004. 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