The Kamov Ka-50 "Black Shark" (Russian: Чёрная акула, romanized: Chyornaya akula, English: kitefin shark, NATO reporting name: Hokum A) is a Soviet/Russian single-seat attack helicopter with the distinctive coaxial rotor system of the Kamov design bureau.
It was designed in the 1980s and adopted for service in the Russian army in 1995.
The Ka-50 is manufactured by the Progress company in Arsenyev.
It is used as a heavily armed scout helicopter,[2] and is notable for having a rescue ejection system, rare for helicopters.