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MAH-70 Kingmaker Attack Helicopter
Crew: 2 (Pilot, Weapons Officer)
Length: 18.2 meters
Rotor Diameter: 2 x 16.5 meters
Height: 4.2 meters
Width: 3.8 meters
Empty Weight: 7,100 kg
Loaded Weight: 13,100 kg
Max Takeoff Weight: 17,900 kg
Powerplant: 2 x MHD-110 2,300 kw turbine
Never Exceed Speed: 370 km/h
Max Speed: 325 km/h
Cruise Speed: 290 km/h
Combat Range: 690 km
Ferry Range:1,910 km
Service Ceiling: 6,550 m
Rate of Climb: 13m/sec
Armament:
1 x LMAG 150 30mm cannon firing Depleted Uranium shells.
Internal Weapons Bay- 1,600 kg internal space for weapons mounting. Can fit any compatible weapons system. Bombs, rockets, missiles, etc.
One HAAB per side, up to 2,500kg space per HAAB. Can fit any compatible weapons system. Bombs, rockets, missiles, guns, etc.
Total Allowable Weapons Loadout:: 5,600 kg+1,200 rounds, LMAG 150.
Armor: Carbon fiber reinforced polymer/kevlar, aluminum, Ti-10-2-3, AlNO transparent armour for canopy.
NBC Protection: Sealed crew compartments, CBRN overpressure system.
Missile contrameasures: ATGM CMD, Chaff, Active ECM suite.
Avionics:
SACHERI BMS managing-
AN/MPQ-77 Vigilant
ALC RD4A-D 4-beam pulse doppler
integral satellite uplink global positioning system
TFR
Pressure
Radio and laser-based altimeters
F/SLIR
Triple-axis ring laser-based gyro units
2 x double-redundant/independent magnetometers
2 x airspeed/pressure data sensor nodes
assorted low airspeed sensors
Abstract
The MAH-70 is an all-weather, all-terrain, carrier capable, coaxial two-seat attack helicopter. Featuring the most armaments of any attack helicopter in existence with high survivability, the Kingmaker is an aptly named warmachine.
Background
The MAH-64 was a powerful attack helicopter that served the Theocracy well for decades. It was a high power machine that managed to turn the tide of more than one armored battle. A flight of MAH-64 Wildcats helped support a vastly outnumbered Militia armored force in the 199th Kuri Campaign, which saw the Wildcats claim thousands of enemy vehicles over several weeks. This helped earn it extreme loyalty from the nation and a great degree of fame.
However, advances in enemy air defense capabilities would see the Wildcats be taken out of the air several times a year. Though their powerful armament and good speed, as well as fantastic upgrade package, made them highly valuable still, it was clear that the world was not ready to cede to helicopters the rule of the battlefield just yet. As the Long War came to a close, the Theocracy sought new attack helicopter proposals.
However, MIS(Marshite Industrial Surki) the developers of the Wildcat, were unable to design. During the last great Cult offensive the city of Surki was hit by several dozen nuclear warheads. The vast underground development center was put under rubble, and MIS's efforts took a hit as communication was poor. In this time the Theocracy chose the Reaver until such a time as MIS could design a competitor.
It would take several years for MIS to do so. When they did, they decided to do something somewhat radical in an effort to increase armaments that could be brought to bear. Marshite Industrial Pushania and Mushania worked together with MIS, and the MIS-70 was rushed into testing. It showcased increased survivability and, more importantly, greatly increased armament. Passing it with flying colors, it was renamed the MAH-70 Kingmaker.
Construction
As an attack helicopter, durability and combat survivability are a high priority. Without stealth being a major consideration, Covenant Arms decided to focus on the ability to take hits and continue active warfare. The MAH-70 Kingmaker features a high-strength armoured body and skin, capable of taking multiple 30mm cannon hits, with the exception of the most vulnerable points of the transmission. The composition of the platform's chassis is 70% carbon fiber reinforced polymer/kevlar, 11% aluminium, and 19% titanium, by volume.
The composites are molded by means of a process called ‘Resin Transfer Molding’, which differs from conventional compression molding in that the mold can be made from composites for low production cycles or with aluminium or steel for larger production. The differences between the two types being that metal has better heat transfer, hence quicker cycle times; metal lasts longer and deforms less, but at a higher cost. The main problem with this production route is that air can be trapped in mold and hence a method must be incorporated for allowing this air to escape. A number of solutions to the problem exist including extending one level of reinforcement beyond the cavity (with a 25% resin loss), appropriate vents and creating a vacuum in the mold (which also improves quality). Larger structures, better properties (less movement of fibres), increased flexibility of design and lower cost are some of the advantage this process has over compression molding due mainly to the low pressure injection.
Given the very high amount of composite material on the MAH-70 Kingmaker, this is an appreciable cost saving, if nothing else. Other benefits include rapid manufacture, capital (rather than labour) intensive production, ability to vary reinforcements easily or include cores such as foam and produce low and high quality products. RTM is used to fabricate many distinctive elements of the MAH-70 Kingmaker, in areas as diverse as the engine’s intake rims and the load-bearing spars under the skin of the upper bay doors. RTM is utilised to manufacture BMI, epoxy and carbon- or aramid-fibre components.
Thermoset composites are a significant proportion of the MAH-70 Kingmaker’s composition. Of those thermoset composites, there is a 25/75 split between carbon- and aramid-fibres and epoxy-resin components. Glass reinforced resin composites have withstood temperatures over 500 °C for short periods and 350 °C for longer times. These materials have directly resulted in the high weight/performance efficiency the platform demonstrates. Epoxy was selected over PBT due to cost and impact-resistance qualities, with the epoxy-based skin demonstrating far better durability to groundfire, a quality deemed more important than heat tolerance in this application.
The titanium alloy used is Ti-10V-2Fe-3Al (aka Ti-10-2-3). This Titanium alloy is normally used on many of the Marshite vehicles, but it was made primarily for airframes, and offers one of the best mixes of strength vs. toughness. It is a near beta alloy, developed primarily for high-strength applications in the 1241 MPa (180ksi) range. The alloy also possesses the best hot-die forgeability of any commercial titanium alloy, and is suitable for near net-shape forging applications and isothermal forging. Ti-10-2-3 also offers high strength/toughness combinations and is deep-hardenable. This same material is what the landing gears are made of.
Propulsion
The MAH-70 Kingmaker is propelled by two MHD-110 turboshaft engines, having a power rating of 2300 kW each. A turboshaft engine is a gas turbine engine that produces shaft power, rather than jet thrust. A turboshaft engine is not all that different from a turbojet engine. The turboshaft engine is in turn connected to the main rotors via shafts and gearboxes, which provides all motive power for the helicopter.
Based upon the Klimov TV3-117VK turboshaft that powers the Ka-50, these engines are placed well apart from each other, one on each side. This helps to protect the engines from hostile fire, giving the helicopter a safety margin. Given that either engine may, on its own, provide enough power to operate the main blades (albeit with some difficulty, and markedly reduced performance), this can be used to pull the aircraft back out of danger, in the advent of in-flight damage.
The gearbox attached to the main rotor keeps the main rotor turning about 1/7th the speed of the main engine, which keeps the main rotor from turning faster than the speed of sound. This allows the main rotor to move slower than the speed of sound, thereby increasing the longevity of the main rotor blades, as well as lowering the noise level generated. Planetary gears are used to transmit the engine power, inside the gearbox.
An APU system has also been incorporated into the MAH-70 Kingmaker. The APU itself is a smaller turboshaft engine, which is fed compressed air from an air tank inside the helicopter. This compressed air starts the APU turning, which in turn starts the main turboshaft engines. When the APU starts, it also powers an internal compressor, which refills the compressed air tank, allowing the APU to keep turning. This system can be shut off from inside the cockpit, after the main engines have successfully started.
The main rotors of the MAH-70 Kingmaker are each a three-bladed, hinge-less design. The main rotor blades are manufactured using composites, and incorporate BERP blade tips in their design. BERP designs have a notch toward the outer end of the rotor blade, with a greater amount of sweepback from the notch to the end of the blade compared to inboard of the notch. The BERP blade manages to make the best of both worlds by reducing compressibility effects on the advancing blade and delaying the onset of retreating blade stall. The net result is a significant increase in the operational flight envelope, and the composite design further pushes down acoustic signature.
The dual-primary rotors are made from carbon fiber composite, configured to withstand not only bird strikes but considerable levels of combat damage. Protection against lightning and EMP is ensured by embedded copper/bronze grid and copper bonding foil, and the utilisation of GaAs electronics. The latter in particular is costly, but renders the platform near-impervious to harm of that nature. Versions are available without GaAs electrics, should the feature be determined to be redundant. This option is a considerably cheaper one, however, and is thus anticipated to be popular in many countries where threat of electro-magnetic interference is low.
Given the contra-rotating main rotor configuration of the MAH-70 Kingmaker, there is no need for a tail rotor, as each main rotor contras the torque of the other, via the simple method of each rotor rotating in the opposite direction. With a contra-rotating rotor design, rotational maneuvering and yaw control, are accomplished by increasing the collective pitch of one rotor and decreasing the collective pitch on the other.
An important benefit of a contra-rotating rotor is appreciably increased performance from the same engine. This is accomplished by removing the tail rotor entirely, which eliminates the theft of motive power that is present on all helicopter designs, which require a tail rotor or fenestron. This allows all of the power from the engines to be devoted to lift and thrust. Success of action by Ka-50s of the Russian Air Force against rebels in the Chechen Republic in 2000, and more recently by the Lamonian MAH-70 Kingmaker in multiple wars, illustrated the utility of the contra-rotating layout’s improvements to power and agility.
The MAH-70 Kingmaker is swift for a helicopter of its size. At a rated level maximum of 325kph, it is one of the fastest attack helicopters in the world despite its considerable payload and armor. The utilisation of BERP and contra-rotation, together, allow for a much higher speed than most, and provide the helicopter with tremendous range, agility and power. The MAH-70 Kingmaker is one of very few helicopters that can barrel roll, do a full vertical loop, and ‘circle-strafe’.
Further, its long ferry range enables it to quickly reach combat zones, even in theaters where refueling support is minimal or non-existent. That notwithstanding, the helicopter does feature a retractable refueling probe, built from Ti-10-2-3, and is more than capable of mid-air refueling.
contra-rotating rotors are also quieter than other rotor designs, and can be made smaller in diameter than equivalent conventional planform vehicles. This comes with increased height, as well as increased mechanical complexity at the rotor hub. However, experience has shown that damage to the tail rotor and its accompanying driving shaft is a frequent cause of helicopter crashes, rendering a markedly positive degree of damage resilience to contra-rotating platforms, relative to their conventional contraparts.
Easy-access panels allow maintenance to be carried out on most of the engine without requiring a ladder, another feature for which maintenance teams are grateful. Further to this, the MHD-110 engine features all flightline-replaceable units (FRUs) no more than one deep, meaning that no parts need be removed to access FRUs. Each of these can be removed by means of one of five tools, all of which are provided in a commonly available flightline tool set.
Armaments
The MAH-70 Kingmaker was designed from the ground up as an attack helicopter in the purest, most overwhelming sense of the word. The greatest amount of firepower that could be brought to bear on the greatest amount of targets in one platform was the design goal from the start, which led to Covenant Arms rethinking certain design elements of the attack helicopter which had been considered standard. This led to a new style of internal weapons system as well as an absolutely rethinking of external weapons on the MAH-70 Kingmaker.
The internal weapons bay is a variation of the IWB-04 Belt used in the MAF-50s Silent Pegasus. Slightly smaller than the IWB-04, it has undergone the modifications required to use any armament that fits within the size and weight profile, up to and including the LY589B Hellion II. The weapons bay is actually cut into two halves in the standard format, each half with ten spaces for munitions. The munitions are dropped and the belt moves to load the next munition per internal bay. One munition per bay may be dropped every two seconds, allowing twenty munitions in eighteen seconds. This gives the a decisive advantage over using other internal based systems, as it requires considerably less space to the tune of 40% space savings, allowing a great deal more munitions to be deployed. This modified belt system can carry up to 1,600kg of armament and is known as the IWB-06.
The more radical departure is the fact that the MAH-70 Kingmaker does not use stub wings for external weaponry. Instead, the Helicopter Additional Armament Box- or the HAAB- has been developed. The box is a long, square addition to the sides of the helicopter, not dissimilar aesthetically to the pods on a MLRS. Each box is the size of two stub wings, one behind the other, and has been designed to cover the length, height, and width of any helicopter weaponry.
When weapons are hot, the front of the HAAB opens. As weapons are depleted, munition loads from the second set of weapons- the weapons that would have been on the phantom set of second stub wings- that forms the pair are loaded up front.
Example: MAH-70 Kingmaker uses the HAAB on both sides. Load one- stub wing one- on both sides use 2x 19 tube rocket pods. This means 76 rockets. Load two- stub wing two- on both sides uses 2x 4 shot Mercury missile launchers. This means 16 missiles. For illustrative purposes, this will be 1R, 2R, 3R, 4R, 1M, 2M, 3M, 4M.
As 1R depletes, the system will start to pull the next weapons payload up front. 1M will be ready to fire once in place. Once 1R, 1M, 2R, 2M have finished firing, the HAAB on that side will close. The system is aware of the size, requirements, and firing profiles of all weapons, and moves them into position appropriately to prevent misfires and friendly fire.
When weapons hot, the HAAB separates down the middle as the front opens. This new stop gap in the middle prevents weapons backwash from igniting rear weapons. The reloading process begins when the stopgap in the middle retracts, which happens when munitions up front have finished loading.
The HAAB sits closer and snugger to the airframe than normal stub wings would allow.
The result of these developments is that the MAH-70 Kingmaker is the most capable attack helicopter on the planet. It can carry a total of 5,600kg of weaponry in any combination of internal and external weapons loads, more than twice the amount carried by any comparable attack helicopter.
It can carry any rocket, missile, gun, or other helicopter-safe system. What follows is not an extensive list of all weapons.
Hydra 70
CRV-7
SNEB
MIW-75 Wraith 75mm Rockets
MIW-90 Wraith 90mm Rockets
MIW-120 Wraith 120mm Rockets
SDRP (Self Directed Rocket Pod)
LY589 Hellion
LY589B Hellion II
LA-1330 contrado Cruise Missile
AIM-220 'Velvet Glove' AAM
LY5755 'Charybdis' Heavy Torpedo
LA-91 Iaculum Heavyweight Torpedo
LA-92 Instigo Lightweight ASW Torpedo
LA-99 Inferi AShM
'Mercury' Multipurpose ATGM
SGB-32 Small Directed Diameter Bomb
GMB-33 Medium Directed Diameter Bomb
GLB-34 Large Directed Diameter Bomb
Again, this is by no means an exhaustive list, and the MAH-70 Kingmaker can be modified to work with any known weaponry. The SDRP and Wraith shall be explained in further detail.
The Self Directed Rocket Pod (SDRP) is a new weapons development. Essentially a modification of the Wraith rocket family, the SDRP is used internally though a modification exists to use it externally. It is a full rocket pod which is dropped from the MAH-70 Kingmaker without initially firing. Using SACHERI fire solutions and a small, one second rocket motor, the pod can find targets and turn towards them in any direction. Then the system fires all rockets in the pod. This allows the MAH-70 Kingmaker to use Wraith rockets internally.
The Wraith is a 75mm guided rocket by design, and combines four different elements of modern design to produce a wickedly powerful weapon systems. As is becoming standard, the Wraith is a thermobaric weapon by design, producing a lethal shockwave that can kill or incapacitate dozens at a time. Secondly, it is guided and highly agile, allowing it to attack the top of an enemy formation and aim the resulting pressure wave. This has increased the kill radius of the Wraith tremendously. Third, the Wraith is a flechette munition, firing eighty tungsten flechettes at the target area. Due to the sheer power of the explosive element of the Wraith that gives this shrapnel its strength, the flechettes are capable of penetrating 3 inches of rolled armor. In testing, this has almost entirely meant defeat of lightly armored vehicles and the disabling of many medium and heavily armed vehicles.
The result is that the standard Wraith guided rocket is capable of extreme, catastrophic damage against light targets while presenting itself as a reasonable challenger to medium and heavy armor. The Wraith can fire other ammunition types, including dedicated anti-armor and anti-radiation variants.
The Wraith exists in 70mm, 75mm, 90mm, and 120mm.
The LMAG 150 30mm cannon is a rapid firing, chin mounted gatling cannon that fires depleted uranium shells. Smaller and less weighty than 25mm and 30mm systems normally used, the high speed of its swiftly firing chemical reaction and the depleted uranium rounds give it a great deal of power.
Avionics
The navigation system contains two Marshite-designed triple-axis ring laser-based gyro units, two double-redundant/independent magnetometers, two airspeed/pressure data computers, an ALC RD4A-D four-beam Doppler radar, pressure, radio and laser-based altimeters double-redundant linked to a single display, integral satellite uplink global positioning system, and a veritable suite of low airspeed sensors and terrain following data accumulators.
As well as conventional (if potent) radar, the fire control system on the MAH-70 Kingmaker it also has an electro-optic channel with long-wave thermal imager and infrared direction finder, including digital signal processing and automatic target tracking.
The fully automatic real-time data exchange includes aerospace control data, weapon- and fire control orders, target identification data, individual system status and vehicle position, threat prioritisation and optimised weapon allocation, engagement status, weapon status and jammer triangulation data. The system can also assign targets to other vehicles on the network that are operating with their sensory suite in silent mode, maximising lethality while maintaining high levels of battleforce concealment, and optimising the MAH-70 Kingmaker’s capabilities as a reconnaissance platform.
The enabled battlespace links for the MAH-70 Kingmaker, based upon dataports for the Cromwell II and SACHERI III systems, uses frequency-agile radios or landline. Over 4,000 frequencies with 20kHz channel spacing are used in the frequency agile radio link. The system architecture provides full duplex data exchange and simultaneous half duplex voice communications.
SACHERI III is a Battle Management System designed for army groups all the way to squads; accelerating mission planning, establishing a common and clear language across all combat elements, as well as distributing and enforcing areas of responsibility. It automatically updates and distributes intelligence, target information, and alerts throughout the battalion, and enables flexible planning and operation. It also gives moment by moment targeting and probability on engagements.
Cromwell II is an integrated and adaptive battlespace network that maximises combat lethality, performance, and output and enables command and control on an unprecedented scale. Information is sourced not only from multiple sources on the individual platform, but from every Cromwell II equipped friendly vehicle within the battlespace, which provides constant informational updates across a broad spectrum of sources, both known to the operators and (more significantly) operating below their awareness.
The BMS system used in Marshite variants of the MAH-70 Kingmaker is the SACHERI III, although for export versions, the final choice of BMS systems will be left up to the purchasing agency in question. Lyran variants will use the Cromwell II BMS, though SACHERI II is expected to be fitted to most export versions in the absence of another preference being stated. While some technical differences exist, both systems are designed to operate in conjunction with each other, and serve broadly similar roles and with broadly similar capabilities.
Integrated with on-board networked BMS computers, every platform becomes a networked sensor, and a shooter. Weapons can be slaved by remote users, to remote sensors, therefore empowering the system with more flexibility, faster operation tempos, and employment of distributed and dispersed firepower without risking fratricide.
Another element of BMS is the Tactical Message Oriented Middleware (TMOM), providing seamless transfer of messages between C4I applications over different communications channels. Messages are dispatched by "store and forward" techniques routed through optimal, secured and economical paths. The system automatically retransmits undelivered messages and sends acknowledgments to assure delivery. Messages are automatically routed around or within any sub-net which has been temporarily disconnected from the tactical intranet to overcome intentional or unintentional service disruptions.
The system supports many thousands of independent users, empowering every user station to operate as a router, thus establishing ad-hoc routing paths throughout the battlespace. The network follows automatic and adaptive learning of optimal network topology to support self-forming and self-healing functions, enabling effective and reliable communications coverage for highly dynamic operations. The network supports wireless communications including VHF/HF tactical radios, high capacity data radios, satellite links, wide area networks, wireless LANs and cellular communications. The system is protected by multilayer security protocols.
The system allows Instant Messenger style communications between members of the battalion, and can be used to contact superiors (in one example, to request an artillery fire mission). For this function, the BMS ties in with the radio communications set present in the vehicle, while still allowing the radio set to be used for voice communications at any time. This only touches the layer of SACHERI interconnectivity, which allows for moment to moment data transfer between entire army groups, which is sectioned off to those who can make the most of certain data packets.
Systems are embedded with simulation and debriefing capabilities, allowing realistic training, and further information distribution capabilities. The system enables combined training of live and simulated forces, at multiple locations and different levels (battalion, brigade and other units). Both systems are also intended to be able to integrate with other BMS systems, which can be useful in allied and coalition warfare.
The vehicular variants also possesses the capability to keep headquarters appraised of the material condition of the helicopter in question, as well as the amount of fuel and munitions available on the platform. This can help commanders to make informed decisions when sending their units out into harm’s way, and allows maintenance units to have the right tool sets prepped for when the birds get back.
For active radar systems, the MAH-70 Kingmaker uses the Lyran AN/MPQ-77 Vigilant unless otherwise requested. The Vigilant uses an X-band, range-gated, pulse-doppler system. The antennae use phase-frequency electronic scanning technology, forming sharp 3D pencil beams covering large surveillance and track volume. The radar automatically detects, tracks, classifies, identifies and reports targets, including cruise missiles, unmanned aerial vehicles, rotary and fixed-wing aircraft. It uses a high scan rate (40 RPM), and has a detection range of 52km, with tracking range of 45km for a 2cm² - 3cm² target.
The radar is designed to incorporate extremely high resistance to electronic contrameasures (ECM), performs target acquisition, confirmation, tracking and identification, and utilises frequency-agile harmonic randomisation to minimise chances of successful radar interception.
A laser designator has been installed, as well as a collision avoidance/terrain following radar, and a gyro stabilized panoramic Cadmium Zinc Telluride (CdZnTe) EO/IIR sensor. The EO/IIR sensor is placed in a chin mount, just above the main gun, and its ammo stowage.
The MAH-70 Kingmaker features a mostly glass cockpit. The crew stations of the MAH-70 Kingmaker incorporate RVM10-WCT compact (264 mm diagonal) XGA LCD color video displays; which have a resolution of 1024x768 pixels (XGA autoscaling). These displays from LAIX are used as multi-function displays. This use was influenced from the LCD "glass cockpit" concept used in fighter aircraft. Many of the helicopter's electronically controlled functions can be controlled from these displays, where simply pressing an on-screen button, or one of the more traditional buttons along the sides and bottom of the screen will produce the desired result. A joint effort of LAIX ARMS and Covenant Arms makes this use of the system possible. Should these displays ever go down, manual controls are available to pick up the slack.
A BALCOTH-type data-interface, similar to the MAF-50’s helmet mounted display, provides the pilot with high proportions of essential information without forcing him to look within the cockpit.
Protection
The MAH-70 Kingmaker goes to great lengths to protect itself. Integral to the platform's self-defence systems is a suite including radar- and laser-warning receivers, missile launch/approach sensors, automated contrameasure release systems and threat-axis monitoring downlinks, all connected with datalink-supported ultra-highspeed SACHERI CPU, along with active and passive ECM and IR contrameasures.
The outer layer of the fuel tanks of the MAH-70 Kingmaker are composed of vinyl-ester resin/glass fiber GFRP. This provides a strong outer hull for the fuel tank, while reducing weight to the airframe.
The fuel tanks of the MAH-70 Kingmaker are designed to seal themselves when penetrated; most often by enemy weapons. The MAH-70 Kingmaker’s self-sealing tanks have three layers of rubber, one of vulcanized rubber and two of untreated rubber that can absorb oil and expand when wet. In between these untreated rubber layers is a layer of composite foam for improved absorption and sealing performance. When a fuel tank is punctured, the fuel will spill on to the layers, causing the swelling of the untreated layers, thus sealing the puncture.
This makes a fuel tank explosion caused by enemy weapons fire less likely, therefore providing a further safety margin for everyone aboard.
The role of the AR-AFFF fire-fighting system is to cool the fire and to coat the fuel, preventing its contact with oxygen, resulting in suppression of the combustion. AR-AFFF is a fire-fighting foam that will still form a protective film in the presence of alcohols, being resistant to alcohols.
The system can be activated by either pushing a button on any of the consoles, or automatically (via EO/IIR sensor); allowing for maximum flexibility, and a system which cannot be fooled by matches, lighters, cigarettes, or red clothing.
The MAH-70 Kingmaker does not skimp where self-protection is concerned. The HSPS is a multi-layered system, providing warning to the crew, while allowing them to select the appropriate response to any threat.
The system consists of:
4x UV Missile approach warning sensors
4x Laser warning sensors
4x 2-18 GHz EW spiral antennas
4x DIRCM units
1x Threat display and Control unit
as well as flare bundles and chaff packets. This system provides warning against enemy missile fire, and cannot be deceived by the sun, or other large thermal sources. The system has a response time of less than one second for enemy missile launches within one kilometer.
The MAH-70 Kingmaker is fitted with a laser-based anti-missile contra-measure device. The system is attached on the ventral surface of the tail, and is designed to blind the guidance systems on laser-, infra-red and radar-guided anti-tank missiles. Unguided and visually-directed/TOW missiles are by nature unaffected by this system. The system is usually activated by SACHERI only when it determines that the active defence measures are insufficient or becoming overwhelmed.
The MAH-70 Kingmaker’s canopy is formed of polycarbonate-laminated aluminium oxynitride (AlON). Aluminium oxynitride is a transparent polycrystalline ceramic, and is optically transparent (at least 80%) in near-ultraviolet, visible and near-infrared regions of the EM spectrum.
The manufactured compound is densified (by means of heat treatment) at high temperatures, followed by grinding and polishing, which is carried out to transparency. The grinding and polishing in particular yields demonstrable improvements to impact resistance and other mechanical properties of the armour.
AlON remains transparent until approximately 2,100 Celsius, and is radiation, acid, and base resistant, and water insoluble.
While resistant to incoming .50BMG fire, don’t expect the AlON to remain pristine, although it will hold up unless the fire is sustained. The canopy may conceivably, if fortunate, resist one, possibly two rounds of 25mm cannon fire, but will then spiderweb, which, of course, dramatically reduces the effectiveness of its optical transparency.
Export
The MAH-70 Kingmaker is the most dangerous helicopter ever designed by Covenant Arms. Featuring the most weaponry ever placed on a helicopter, the MAH-70 Kingmaker is a leap forward in lethality. All versions exported come without SACHERI- the MAH-70 Kingmaker can be outfitted with a wide variety of sensory equipment to make up for this, and this is reflected in the cost. Union states get the standard MAH-70 Kingmaker Kingmaker with SACHERI.
One MAH-70 Kingmaker Kingmaker may be purchased for a price of $35 million standard NS dollars.
DPR may be purchased at $35 billion standard NS dollars.
Sales are made through Covenant Arms.