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No. It will be able to intercept medium-range ballistic missiles in 2028 and space-based sensors will complement it by 2030 for the interception of longer-range missiles. 2028 will be the year we gain exoatmospheric interception capability. Anti-ballistic capabilities will be gained in 2026...

GTU-0 is MMU too. There won't be monumental changes between GTU-0 and block 10. Maiden flight will happen this year. Maiden flight of block 10 is in 2025 but don't be surprised if it happens Q4 2024 because block 10 production will start this year. Block 10 might be ready for taxi tests in Q1...

Actual maiden flight = Maiden flight of Block-10. Block-10 (It will have F110 engines) will be delivered to TurAF in 2028. There will be some amount of production between 2028 and 2030 with F-110 engines. If everything goes well F-110 engines will be replaced with national engines in 2030 but...

BTW TAI will reach a production rate of 2 per month for Gökbey in June and TUSAS expects to sell 1000 Gökbey helicopters. Jandarma(Gendarmes) will buy 100 Gökbeys. Scaling up production is not an easy task.

Armenians retreated from their positions around Khankendi without fighting. Dirt roads and fortified positions around Mirzali, Turssu, Xelfeli(Khalfali) and Kosalar were liberated without a fight. Armed forces of Azerbaijan completely cut the roads of Khankendi and are in a position to enter the...

TFX will be sold out the moment it is available. There is a huge market out there. I expect some F-35 users to also buy TFX for air superiority and form a hi-lo mix. I expect TurAF to buy 24 TFX per year for roughly 2 billion $ at the start of the production. TAI will probably export 24 TFX per...

Azerbaijan started operations in the Lachin district we will see if those military ops will turn into a new war.

One of the biggest fake news i have ever heard about Turkish defense industry.

TFX can't outsell the F-35 period. It is not possible. We have no production capacity for it. We can't produce 150 TFX per year. We can never match the production rate of the F-35 production line. The moment TFX is available for sale all the production slots will be full I agree but even with an...

The first 3 Gökbey are supposed to be delivered by the end of 2022. He is talking about this delay, not a further delay.

Breaking news. Big if true. According to some sources, the US is evacuating its bases in eastern Syria.

I only hope that would be a big win for us.

The US tankers and cargo aircraft are airborne at the moment. The US air force sorties are reported against Iranian militias around Abu Kamal.

Let's call it Allah and worship the fighter. TF-23 Allah returns you to your creator.

I don't think it is Koral. It should have landed in Ankara to get Koral.

The US Airforce is striking Iranian militia in Deir Ez-Zor.

2026 is a bit early IMHO. Aselsan can deliver BURFIS in late 2025 at the earliest mid-2026 is a more likely date. Serial production of TFX is very likely to start in 2028 but TuAF can get a few TFX in late 2026 for testing purposes.

It is a better idea to let them in. Khankendi is a death trap for Armenians. Şusa is a high ground and Azerbaijan controls all the high ground in the Lachin district. Just open Google Maps and look at Khankendi. Every soldier and vehicle committed to defending that city means fewer soldiers and...

TOGG facility maxes out at 350k cars per year. The initial plan was to reach 175k in 5 years and stay at that level I think. I think TOGG needs to reach 100k asap (in a year) and start selling cars in the EU market. If the TOGG consortium needs to spend extra cash they should. Orders keep coming...

Turkish tracked IFV will be a 40-tonne beast and one of the requirements is to have a good armor protection. Sure turrets like Cockerill (4 tonnes) are light but they don't have the required protection level. Cockerill uses armor aluminium (can stop 14.5mm rounds from a certain range useless...