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Wow 5 units have already been finalised? That’s great news indeed. However, I thought that the AESA radars won’t be ready until the end of this year. If so, can we assume that the radars are only intended for Akıncı and not for Aksungur? Can Aksungur operate for the Navy as a maritime patrol aircraft without these radars or do we have a ready-made solution for that?He also said that there are 5 ready Aksungur drones. They are probably waiting to officially deliver them. We know Navy was seriously interested and probably they will be the first customers.
The only one planned to have AESA radar is akinci.Wow 5 units have already been finalised? That’s great news indeed. However, I thought that the AESA radars won’t be ready until the end of this year. If so, can we assume that the radars are only intended for Akıncı and not for Aksungur? Can Aksungur operate for the Navy as a maritime patrol aircraft without these radars or do we have a ready-made solution for that?
We haven't heard about EASA radars for Aksungur but it can be a simple upgrade when there is such a thing. It can possibly use networked ground radars or radars of other platforms for some radar functionality.Wow 5 units have already been finalised? That’s great news indeed. However, I thought that the AESA radars won’t be ready until the end of this year. If so, can we assume that the radars are only intended for Akıncı and not for Aksungur? Can Aksungur operate for the Navy as a maritime patrol aircraft without these radars or do we have a ready-made solution for that?
I am not aware of plans to equip Aksungur with an AESA radar. I think that would be better suited for Akinci. The way I see it is that Akinci will be a real attack UAV taking in account the variety of payloads it will have and the useful payload it can carry while Aksungur will be most likely used for long duration advanced ISR, EW or any other tasks requiring advanced sensor deployment for a long durations of time.Wow 5 units have already been finalised? That’s great news indeed. However, I thought that the AESA radars won’t be ready until the end of this year. If so, can we assume that the radars are only intended for Akıncı and not for Aksungur? Can Aksungur operate for the Navy as a maritime patrol aircraft without these radars or do we have a ready-made solution for that?
Anywhere I can see the full interview?
A helicopter is a rotary wing. Its blades are wings.
Just because Airbus with its tens of thousands of engineers is building such a vehicle does not mean they will be successful, they are failing, they will probably quit soon but they are not prepared to take the shame.
Those companies that are preparing for commercial deployment all have wings barring one which is the Chinese eHang. eHang with its toylike design is even going public through a SPAC deal and have already reached several billion dollar valuation. They can not be allowed to carry people. Regulations allow no more than 1 fatal accident per one billion hour of flight but eHang has never shared their development records, no one knows if they ever crashed or not. Just like how citizens of Wuhan do not report deaths.
*Goksungur you mean?Which system are they talking about? Aksungur turned out to be a suicide drone and we dont even know if MIUS is in development.
My friend in TUSAS says that Göksungur supersonic UCAV will fly alongside MMU with a loyal wingman mission profile. He said the first prototype was developed on a mini-scale to avoid risk and the prototype was ready. A 1:1 scale model will be produced when positive results are obtained. The first prototype will use a turbojet. Again, they will work on the prototype to understand the supersonic regime with sensitive control surfaces. The actual model, meanwhile, is expected to be the size of fighter jets.*Goksungur you mean?
The UCAV Göksungur will have the same operational role that the Russians want for the UCAV Sukhoi S-70 Okhotnik-B. The Russians will have it operational ready in 2024. Will the Turkish TUSAS have managed to integrate the UCAV Göksungur operationally by then? Baykar has already announced that the UCAV Muharip İnsansız Uçak Sistemi (MİUS) will fly in 2023. Do you have any relevant information on what will be the differences between Göksungur and MİUS?My friend in TUSAS says that Göksungur supersonic UCAV will fly alongside MMU with a loyal wingman mission profile. He said the first prototype was developed on a mini-scale to avoid risk and the prototype was ready. A 1:1 scale model will be produced when positive results are obtained. The first prototype will use a turbojet. Again, they will work on the prototype to understand the supersonic regime with sensitive control surfaces. The actual model, meanwhile, is expected to be the size of fighter jets.