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AESA Radar Systems — Technical Comparison A side-by-side comparison of six contemporary AESA radar systems across key engineering parameters. This table focuses strictly on structural advantages and constraints derived from physics, material science, and platform geometry — not tactical...

The Romania branch of Damen only builds 'Empty Hull'. Yes, Damen Galati in Romania is contracted to build the raw steel hulls of the ASW frigates. And Romania's labor costs are indeed lower comparing to Netherlands. However, an empty steel hull is only about 20-25% of a modern frigate's total...

Belgian Defense Minister Theo Francken's recent visit to the Sedef Shipyard in Istanbul and his statement that "Turkiye is rising as a quiet force in military maritime" is not simply a diplomatic courtesy visit. Behind it lies a massive logistical and financial crisis shaking the European...

Part 3 - HÜRJET-X on Land: The Case for a Single-Platform, Dual-Role Fighter 1. One Aircraft, Two Missions The previous posts in this thread examined HÜRJET-X as a naval fighter for MUGEM. But a question that kept coming up in the background was whether the same aircraft, or something very...

Ethiopia had a long-term agreement for up to 12 AKINCI drones, and according to reliable sources, they actively possess at least 3. The agreement with the UAE was much more comprehensive and larger. Frankly, I believe the UAE may have significantly more AKINCI drones than Ethiopia. The AKINCI...

Secondary topics for this thread: Part - 2 MUGEM 2032-2036 :Air Wing Composition, Capacity, and the Three-Layer Force With the platforms and their propulsion established, the practical question is how many of them fit on a 60,000-tonne carrier and how they come together operationally. MUGEM's...

Secondary topics for this thread: Part 1 - Common Core, TF6000 Engine Family Across MUGEM's Jet Platforms One dimension of the MUGEM air wing discussion that deserves separate attention is propulsion logistics. Carrier aviation is as much a maintenance and supply chain problem as it is a...

You are right on the compressor stages. The article referenced additional stages as a potential avenue for thrust growth, but in fairness it did not account for the engineering costs that come with it: increased aerodynamic losses, added weight, and greater mechanical complexity. These factors...

A note on revisions: Parts 3, 4, 8, 9, and 10 have been updated based on feedback from this thread. The most significant change is in the propulsion section. The original article proposed scaling the TF6000 core and reducing its bypass ratio to produce a higher-thrust derivative. Dear Yasar_TR...

You are right, and I should correct my earlier comparisn. F404 to F414 thrust increase was not achieved purely through internal redesign within an identical envelope. The fan grew from roughly 27 inches to around 30 to 32 inches, which is the primary driver of the increased airflow and...

Scaling down KAAN sounds intuitive but runs into hard physical constraints that do not scale. The internal weapons bay must fit real missiles with fixed dimensions, you cannot shrink a bay below the length and diameter of a BVR weapon. The cockpit does not scale either, the human inside is a...

Üstad, you raise a fair point as always, and on reflection, the TF6000/10000 as officially planned by TEI, delivering 10,000 lbf with afterburner, may in fact be sufficient for the baseline configuration without core scaling. Two TF10000s deliver 20,000 lbf combined, which at a managed combat...

Part 10 (Revised): Conclusion This study began with a straightforward question: can the HÜRJET platform, combined with an indigenous engine derived from TEI's TF6000 core, be evolved into a twin-engine naval fighter capable of operating from MUGEM within a relevant timeframe? The answer, based...

Part 8: Comparative Positioning: Where HÜRJET-X Sits in the Market Evaluating any new combat aircraft concept requires placing it alongside existing and planned alternatives, not to declare a winner but to understand what specific niche the concept fills and whether that niche represents a...

Part 6 (Revised) Weapons, Sensors, and the Stealth-Lite Proposition The weapons and sensor architecture of a fighter defines what it can actually do in combat. Thrust-to-weight ratio, range, and agility are prerequisites, but they are means to an end. The end is the ability to detect, identify...