In fact, the MALD system is one of the pioneering systems that gave birth to the loyal-wingman concept, as it enables the fighter jet in question to penetrate air defenses while on a safe course, and by jamming or decepting the enemy air defense system directly from another source, and give opportunity to engage TEL vehicles and radars at almost maximum range of its munitions carried.
Ever since I learned about the conops regarding MALD and similar things, I'm pretty convinced that those will be very influential in air warfare. After all, all warfare is deception. If we have a device that can successfully mimic F-16 signature, it would be a huge asset. Just think about it, release a few from an Akıncı, and you have a phantom squadron appearing on the map that forces the enemy to react. If they are smaller, it gets much more complicated for the enemy. Now think about having hundreds of them... This has very serious implications both with regards to SEAD/DEAD and air-to-air operations.
There is a serious interest especially on the US side, in recoverable, low-cost, maneuverable UAVs with advanced flight controls and navigation systems, and they have invested in many projects under DARPA. The project that particularly interested me was Dynetics' Gremlin concept. The mid-air recoverable target made this project quite recognizable, but I think the main thing was the desire to create a system that could be used with different payloads in both saturation and special mission profiles with these aircraft produced at the lowest possible cost, so that the US air force could release this system by the dozen from the aft ramp of cargo planes.
Kaan will be slightly better than F-16???Temil Kotil sharing more good news
Domestic ejection seat is coming soon and rec9nfirms that KAAN will be delivered by 2028 to the TAF
God bless that man
TAI General Manager Temel Kotil:
>Turkish engine is coming to KAAN in 2028.
>We, as TAI, will also build the ejection seat. He will come before. It will be 100% Turkish made.
>The 20 KAANs to be delivered in 2028 will be slightly larger than the F-16s. It has more modern systems than the F-35. They do not give F-35s to friendly countries. Then their only plane was KAAN.
>In 2030-2032, we will have aircraft that will meet the needs of 2-3 countries.
General population knows the F-16, it is to give context
unfortunatly not because of the engine layout ( directions of fuel pump....etc) you need one right and one left engine and no engine blades doesnt need to turn to opposite directions
thats just BS
Its not about layout, its a kind of reinsurance, until our engine is ready.
I think the most important thing for 6th Gen will be more use of artificial intelligence. There will be less work for the pilot. This would be a great preparation for the 7th Gen unmanned airplane.
I forgot to write about quantum radars. 7th gen maybe come with quantum radars. This means a serious problem for stealth airplanes.
It looks normal now. four countries are listed and one of them Turkiye.
