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Really? I guess you are joking ... It sounds like the Russian advance on Avdivka is resulting in their highest casualty rate of the war. All those lives gone so you can proclaim that you have captured a useless pile of rubble that was once a town called Avdivka...

RR has a lot of knowledge but I think that the military R&D they do is funded by various governments. Can RR use the knowledge so gained in other projects? I don't know but they could certainly bring immense experience in design and development to a 35,000 lb thrust fast jet engine project...

Yes, British companies can export goods etc for the KAAN but RR does not have a suitable engine. If Turkiye wanted to de-risk and accelerate TF35K development now would be a good time to call on RR's design know how.

One of the posters earlier said that a request for F-16 was made in 2018. If US had wanted to supply Turkiye a deal would have gone through years ago, I think. It would have been wise to look into the possibility of getting Eurofighter far earlier. If neither F-16 nor Typhoon are available for...

I mention this because Sweden is tied up with F-16 supply to Turkiye. Before Russia invaded Ukraine polls showed that the majority of Swedes expressed a preference for neutrality. After Russia invaded Ukraine polls showed that the majority of Swedes expressed a preference for joining NATO...

As far as I know it is not Sweden blocking a sale to Turkiye. It is not NATO. It is Germany. Why make life difficult for Sweden and NATO? If you want to persuade Germany to change its mind, how about doing that instead of creating problems for others? Carry on like this and you may end up in a...

I don't want to get tied up with what organisations are terrorist organisations except to say that if PKK kill civilians in pursuit of political objectives and Hamas kill civilians in pursuit of political objectives they are both just that in my view. PKK is viewed as a terrorist organisation...

Would you please try to rise above insult. And please read what I wrote again. Holier than thou? I said Turkiye has been creating problems for NATO. I asked why NATO members should help Turkiye out now that it has problems with the US. PS I do not think that UK, Italy and Spain can change...

Have it your way. Let's see how this pans out. Yes, Turkiye is 'not some small country that doesn't really have any impact on NATO.' It clearly does. It's a member which has been creating problems for NATO. Can you explain why NATO members should help Turkiye out because it has a problem with...

This touches on the prospects of F-16 for Turkiye... https://www.reuters.com/world/turkey-tells-nato-that-sweden-wont-join-by-next-weeks-meeting-sources-2023-11-22/ As I have written elsewhere, I think it very unlikely that Turkiye will be allowed more F-16. Creating problems for NATO to...

Peace talks are a non-starter at the moment, given that Putin's condition will be that all Ukrainian territory in Russian control is ceded to Russia. There is also the complication that 4 oblasts in the war zone have been annexed by Russia. I do not think that Russia can legally give away parts...

I am interested to see what happens with the 2 different engine deals lined up for use in AMCA Mk1 and Mk2. The GE F414 deal was one where it was reported that GOI would not release funds awarded to Tejas Mk2 project unless India secured a deal witth100% TOT for its production in India. I did...

Interesting. I hope you are right and the IAF can put 100 more Mk1A to good use - without reducing future Tejas Mk2 numbers.

Unless things have changed since I last looked, I think that the radar to be used on the first 20 x Tejas Mk1A is the Israeli Elta 2052 AESA since the Uttam AESA was not ready in time. With delivery scheduled to be 2 frames this financial year (ends March 31), 8 next year and 16 the year after...

I believe that the multi-national agreement for Eurofighter included provision for a country refusing to supply the parts it makes. I believe that alternative production can be set up and the cost of that can be charged to the country refusing to supply. However, I imagine that setting up...

The IAF needs more fighters but not more very light, short range fighters. The Tejas Mk2 project was started around 2011 with a view to producing an aircraft about a metre longer than Tejas Mk1 with longer range and greater load carrying capacity. These were supposed to start coming off the...

I don't think that the British people have any particular interest in Turkiye's air force or any of yst armed forces. Most people would like a product which sustains jobs in the UK getting another customer. The UK government are certainly interested in BAE Systems getting more business. I have...

I follow the $US/Turkish lira exchange rate from time to time. I notice that earlier today the lira strengthened 0.33% against the dollar. Just now it has strengthened 0.03%. The interest rate hike does not seem to have brought back confidence in the lira.

Sukhoi tried hard to make an airliner that would appeal to export customers. The Sukhoi Superjet did well initially in service with Mexican airline Interjet, with over 99% despatch reliability. Within a very few years most of their fleet was grounded due to lack of OEM support. Interjet went...

To me, before entering into the request for information, request for price process it would be sensible for UK to poll the 4 partner countries to see if any would object to supplying Turkiye. It might make a political point for Turkiye to be refused (or not) supply. From Eurofighter's point of...