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Newest reports from DAPA during the hearing in 398th national assembly Defense Committee: There was no actual progress since the agreement was reached the last November. Also no progress on what the Indonesian barter would be and how it will be transferred(quantification, valuation, if it's a...

Not only Ukraine, but to Poles themselves as well. Leopard 2PL upgrade program was a hot mess, not to mention how Poland was rejected from joining MGCS. They are basically phasing out/transferring all of their T-72 related tanks, including Twardy, to Ukraine. Leopards are the next to go.

Like I always say, all these people coming out and interviewing some news don't mean much, as none of them are official KF-X program affiliates. It would be a different story if the program officials hold the same view though, which I very much doubt.

Yes, but M88s are a bit more compact and lighter as well. In fact, Rafale's effective payload is comparable to the bigger Super Hornet, although that also has to do with Rafale's delta wings.

Really depends. For example, the Eurofighter consortium built 14 prototypes for the Typhoon development. 7 development prototypes and other 7 prototypes based on production model for integration of individual subsystems. Though this can be argued to be caused by differing operating requirements...

I know there's a program called BEOS which will have M/LWIR MCT imaging sensors, but is BEOS a DAS-like system(ie. MAWS) or EOTS-like system(ie. conformal targeting pod)?

Just like how @Nilgiri or @Yasar and others have pointed out, things are not that simple. Also, context is important when you quote or cite external sources. In the video you've linked, Mahmut Akşit says that the (single crystal turbine blades) could potentially withstand temperatures of 1500K...

Seems like the IRST is now housed inside a low observable glass structure unlike previous MMU renderings from TUŞAS. A step in the right direction.

I'm sorry to make you face truth, but if you want to argue something exists, it must be the one arguing, that such thing exist, that prove his point, not the one questioning. In this case, you and that other fella, who are saying that the technologies developed for the 1600K TIT TS1400 is enough...

On an industrial gas turbine, that has a very different operating parameters and characteristics to aviation gas turbines. Aviation gas turbines, especially the military low bypass turbofans runs significantly hotter than their civilian and industrial counterparts due to their nature. US...

Or maybe two of you are making yourselves look like complete fools. No matter how patriotic and nationalistic you are, you can't go against the laws of physics and engineering, full stop.

On the same interview I've mentioned above, 2026~2027 period was projected as the target for first ignition.

I don't know if it was from last year or the year before, but I've read an interview with (I think) Ismail Demir, where he said "2029 will be the year when Turkish turbofan will take to the skies for the first time" or something along those lines. So yes, that previous interview seems to...

Yes, exactly. Well I'm not able to judge on TEI or Kale's exact capabilities, but based on their claims, just give the damned project to either TEI(if RR deal falls off)or TAEC(if RR deal goes through) and let them handle it. I don't see any point of having TR Motor involved, especially(again)...

Seems to be a normal turbofan engine with fixed BP ratio. Not a single person outside of Türkiye have thought that Turkish demands are realistic. Not a single company or country in the world would agree to develop something as advanced as a gas turbine and then just forgo of its IP control...

Their C4ISR capabilities being better than ROKA's as well as their stealth fleet being bigger than ROKAF's is surely a problem, but I'd still say there's a viable case against their legacy fleet, especially the Chinese J-10s and Flankers, in which a stealth KF-21 with drop tanks could be...

Yes, it is indeed correct. And judging by your post that I'm replying to, I guess you are talking about the potential situation where the PLAAF is attacking across the Yellow Sea or from the North with J-20 or the next generation Chinese naval fighter?

Obviously I'm talking about the case of "if they need the capability, there's a precedent". Also drop tanks coupled with ejecting pylons are still a great feature to have, considering CAP situations and such. What matters is the signature in combat range of BVR. Once they're coordinated into...

Well, it's an unfortunate case of effective payload being not only the equation of TWR but various other factors. Though I'd still argue the increased TWR is a great thing to have, even more so considering how the F-16 flies clean and with payloads; you know the difference is quite significant...

Exactly. That's what's important; if Türkiye is able to source its needs without outside interruption. Though, not to mention my post was made rather for the sake of correcting outright wrong information. And the same condition of diminishing returns that applies to the industry leaders apply...