The Kamov Ka-90 is a projected high-speed

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built by

Kamov JSC Kamov () is a rotorcraft Aerospace manufacturer, manufacturing company based in Lyubertsy, Russia. The Kamov Design Bureau (OKB, design office prefix Ka) has more recently specialised in compact helicopters with coaxial rotors, suitable for ...

, a model of which was displayed at the

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2008 trade show in April 2008. The concept is a hybrid design, flying like a helicopter for takeoff and landing and an

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in cruise flight. The company's general designer Sergei Mikheyev said that the project was started in 1985. Although not developed at that time, it was under consideration in 2008. Moscow show highlights high-speed helicopters
- Flightglobal.com 28 May 2008 In December 2017, Oleg Zheltov, the head of the Kamov Design Bureau confirmed that the work on the Ka-90 is underway and that the current stage of development includes research on design models and in wind tunnels.

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