AFAIK P1 will have all the avionics like Karat, Toygun, and Murad-600, APU etc so should be pretty complete on that regard. What is left is data fusion and aerodynamic performance. That is on Kaan's side of course individual sensors should br matured too
Our aviation industry has been quick in making many of the products they have made. In the best case scenario P1 can join the Airforce after a few months of bootcamp, I am dreaming.
Kf21 is an American fighter not Korean. Every sub system is American. Koreans cannot sell it to anyone USA does not approve
It must be the oxygen deprivation, come back down to earth. Those planes will be making test flight for years to come. Are you seriously incapable of having a single grounded opinion? Why is it always over the top, unrealistic stuff with you?
Only the engine is American,dont underestimate the South-Koreans.
there are more but its the most critical also a lot of european
Not at all. KF-21 have tens of subsystems sourced from US and other countries. A Turkish user got triggered and made a massive list last year on twitter. I'm sure many of this will be nationalized in time, but many others simply won't be as that requires gutting the aircraft and making a new one. Now, he was few up with some Korean trolls and got triggered badly we should add, but some of the items were a surprise to me as well. It's not just the engine, KF-21 is not being sold to anyone without American approval in either Block 1, 2 or 3. It's like an East Asian Gripen. Kaan's work ahead is much harder, not just because it's supposed to be a larger, more "assertive" fighter but also because honestly aside from the engine and the seat, number of ITAR components in it are very far in between. They are trying to make almost everything in house. Ball is still out which program will be more successful; I'm sure Turkey would also love to not having to make everything in house which increases costs and risks, but it is what it is. KF-21 will never be as "Korean" as Kaan is "Turkish". Again, not a jab, just how things are standing.
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A plane is a sum of its parts. And a plane has many parts. And many owners (ip).
This have layers. Re US; buying an aircraft from US needs congressional approval; so acceptance of the near entirety of American political system. An aircraft with ITAR components, so an aircraft that's under American export restrictions require US State Dept approval, so an acceptance of the government of the time.
Things will get a lot more complicated going forward as there is a bill to increase the level of integration between the US and Israel military joint development. Possibly the US will use more and more of Israel made components in the future which will need approval of Israel. This can surely limit the clientele of American made war machines.
But I don't understand what that means. Does that mean there are parts that are completely irreplaceable? Well, when you localize a product, some redesign is naturally involved, but it goes without saying that you design it to meet those specifications to ensure compatibility....
More like 15-17 each, especially if it will be a single country order and not a bulk purchase by DoD to GE. Expect 40 engines plus 2-3 spares for the 20 B10 jets.
This would be an opportunistic pricing but we don't need that many anyway. On th flip side the new Kaan engine will fetch quite a bit of money when it is made.
