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16 December 2022



Dear Fighter Pilots, Partners and Friends,

With the year drawing to an end, we have one final Open Beta update for 2022: Open Beta 2.8.1.34437. This update includes the release of DCS: Black Shark 3, the DCS: F/A-18C Rise of the Persian Lion II campaign, and improvements to the F-16C, AH-64D, and other modules. We are also pleased to announce that the DCS: AH-64D is now available in the Free Trial Program.

We are pleased to announce the DCS: Black Shark 3 upgrade is now available. Watch the DCS: Black Shark 3 trailer here. For those of you that already own DCS: Black Shark 2, you can upgrade to DCS: Black Shark 3 for only $9.99 USD until mid-March 2023. Thereafter the upgrade price will increase to $19.99 USD. The full price for this fantastic module is $69.99 USD. Enjoy!

Our Ka-50 Black Shark adds significant new features like an entirely new and highly detailed external model with removable hatches, Igla air-to-air missiles, missile warning systems, and an all new inertial navigation system. Please check out the screenshots below and read the DCS: Black Shark 3 White Paper. Thank you!

In the latest Open Beta update is a new cooling system that benefits the DCS: Bf-109, DCS: Spitfire LM Mk IX, and DCS: Yak-52. Our third party partners also included substantial updates on the AV-8B, MB-339, JF-17, M-2000, and South Atlantic map. Please read the full changelog.

Thank you for your passion and support.

Yours sincerely,

Eagle Dynamics

Black Shark 3

Black Shark 3

The Ka-50 Black Shark is a single-seat, coaxial, attack helicopter that can effectively perform anti-tank missions, provide close air support, and attack targets with a wide range of weaponry.

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DCS: Black Shark 3

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Black Shark 3

The new DCS: Ka-50 Black Shark 3 adds great new features that include: Igla air-to-air missiles that significantly expands the Ka-50’s combat capabilities against other aircraft and the new Onboard Defense System (ODS) that detects and warns you of incoming missiles. Also, for the first time in DCS, a physical model of the Inertial Navigation System (INS) has been implemented that includes alignment before the flight, drift error accumulation, and the ability to correct according to preset fixpoints. For more details, please read the Black Shark 3 White Paper.

Black Shark 3

The Ka-50 Black Shark 3 is based on the helicopter factory number 8798000025, Serial number 00-05. This particular aircraft was completed on June 18, 1990 and became the standard for Ka-50 mass production. A variety of historically accurate liveries are included.

A special Air Strike Group of two Ka-50s (No. 24 and 25) and a C2 Ka-29 took part in Combat Operations in Chechnya from late 2000 to early 2001. In those engagements, the Ka-50s had standard camo skins with side numbers, but no country markings. That skin was intended to appear as neutral, but at the MAKS-2003 airshow at Zhukovsky, the skin was repainted with country markings and yellow side number 25 on each side.

Black Shark 3

The Black Shark skin helicopter was fielded by the 344th Army Aviation Combat and Training Center at Torzhok in 1995. By the end of 1996, it was painted black with a shark tail and mouth. Ka-50 helicopters were frequent guests at many exhibitions and air shows. That’s why there are a wide array of airshow skins. We present two of these to you; the “Werewolf” and the “Black Shark” for the No. 18, commissioned July 1, 1991.

Open Beta

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OpenBeta Changelog

DCS: F/A-18C Rise of the Persian Lion II Campaign by Badger633

This campaign follows on from Ford and Matrix’s exploits in the Straits of Hormuz on board the USS Abraham Lincoln in the “Rise of the Persian Lion Campaign.” It includes 13 detailed missions that are linked by a storyline. Extensive briefings and kneeboards, as well as custom aircraft liveries, are included. It’s now available from our eShop and on Steam.

OpenBeta Changelog

Also included are substantial improvements to the DCS: AH-64D, DCS: F-16C Viper, and other modules. The F-16C received the long-awaited LADD bombing mode and other improvements. The AH-64D got Image Auto-Tracking (IAT) with the Multi-Target Tracking (MTT) submode, completed Performance (PERF) Page, Pilot and CP/G first person view models with animations, new liveries for Korea Air Force, Egypt Air Force and Israeli AH-64D livery created by ZedTank, and other improvements.

Please read the full changelog.

Thank you again for your passion and support,

Yours sincerely,

Eagle Dynamics