9. KAI Surion
The Korean Aerospace Industries Surion shows how increasingly skilled South Korea is in helicopter manufacture and design. Advanced technologies abound in this medium-lift utility helicopter: a glass cockpit, four-axis autopilot, health and usage monitoring systems, etc.). With outstanding hot-and-high performance, the Surion can carry either 16 fully equipped troops or 4,000 kg of cargo. Its modular architecture and sophisticated composite materials permit rapid configuration adjustments between several mission profiles. Highly capable in many operating conditions, the modern avionics suite of the helicopter consists in tactical navigation systems, digital maps, and weather radar.
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