Ka-60 Kasatka

Aerospace firm Kamov has always been, until recently, been a distant second to Russia's premier helicopter manufacturer Mil. The smaller firm has provided many interesting helicopter types for the military and civilian populace, and is probably best known for their unique coaxial-rotor system--A helicopter that has two counter-rotating rotors for superior lift and maneuverability, and removes the need for the helicopter's weakest link: the tail rotor. An example of this is the KA-50 Hokum, or "Blackshark" attack helicopter.

The Ka-60 Kasatka Military General-Purpose helicopter is Kamov's only traditional helicopter design, the nose bearing a slight resemblance to British-French firm Westland-Aerospatiale's Lynx and Dauphin multirole helicopters. The Kasatska is the Russian military equivalent of the US Army/Navy UH-60 Black Hawk/Sea Hawk multirole helicopter; it can be adapted for either land or sea missions and adapts to almost any type of mission, from basic troop transport to scout missions. For the Russian Navy, the Ka-60 is also used as a rescue helicopter for downed pilots or as a Medevac chopper.

The Ka-60 (and its civilian variant, the Ka-64) are 100% russian-made. It's incredibly durable, with its rotor transmission shaft surviving hits from 12.7mm (.50 Caliber BMG) bullets, and a foam polyurethane fuel tank that reduces the threat of fuel explosion. The body proper is made of 60% polymer composites (as opposed to the mostly steel helicopters of Soviet-era Russia), adding further to pilot and passenger survivability.

This is the helicopter used by the Gurlukovich Mercenaries to land on both the U.S.S. Discovery and the Big Shell. Otacon uses one to carry the hostages back to shore from the Big Shell before it sinks.