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Since Germany lifted their opposition to the supply of Typhoon jets, the EJ200 engines can be produced in house by Kale/RR for 40 planes(80+ engines) and 90 Hurjets (100 engines). On top of these if we export Hurjets and go for another squadron of Typhoons there could be an optional quantity of...

https://www.armyrecognition.com/news/army-news/2025/tuerkiye-and-pakistan-establish-joint-factory-for-production-of-kaan-fighter-jet This is an interesting news. If it is genuine, then there are many angles with which the dynamics of it, can affect the project KAAN. Pakistan’s expertise in...

Of course! It all depends on what we are expecting from the UCAV. TB3, as it is can loiter in the air for 24 hours giving TCG Anadolu, valuable intel and/or protection. A turboprop powered UAV, will have better altitude and payload performance. But will not stay in the air as long. Neither will...

They are both 2.1 litre diesel engines. If memory serves they are built on the same old Mercedes engine block. PD222, has a single turbo charger, where as PD170 has a two stage turbo charger and uses less fuel and has better high altitude performance. PD222 was specifically developed with high...

https://www.savunmasanayist.com/bayraktar-tb3ten-cift-mam-t-atisi-tek-delik/ A nice and very important detail has been overlooked. During this firing test, 2 MAM-T bombs were sent to the target. Incidentally, both bombs hit the target at the same spot. Second one going through the hole of the...

If you check the initial specs of the Tempest engine it has a system embedded inside the engine core to develop potentially up to 1MegaWatt of electrical output. Quote: “The electrical embedded starter-generator will save space and provide the large amount of electrical power required by...

Tempest is supposed to be with a 19m length and 13.5m wing span. That is slightly shorter than KAAN. But overall it is almost a similar size plane to KAAN. (KAAN is a big plane too) The engines to power this plane are 2 x ~35000lbf class engines. So they are at around the same thrust level as...

When I mentioned about underestimating and belittling, it wasn’t directed to @Spitfire9 ’s comments directly. But in a round about way, where it was an answer, in case his questions were understood as being belittling. Of course, Turkiye doesn’t have the gas turbine expertise that RR have. But...

Why do you think GE has a 46% stake in TEI? TEI had nothing to contribute when it was set up. Today there is a trained workforce and management in place that has a very good level of understanding of high tech jet engine manufacturing at a “competitive” price plus a culture that is R&D...

A corvette is essentially a combatant. An OPV is primarily a patrol ship. So one is designed to fight, the other to show the flag and be ready for minor skirmishes. Consequentially an OPV should be structurally weaker than a corvette. But since Hisar Class ships were built with the notion of...

That is probably correct for a company like GE, P&W orRR. Turkey doesn’t have a company that has the knowledge and physical&practical know how to accomplish such an engineering project. It needs an eco system to support it. We may know how it is built. But it is not the same as physically doing...

These last few posts and the timeline given about KAAN are like a poker table bidding. First it was Mr Kotil who gave us 2028 as the first indigenous KAAN engine to fly the plane. Tusas MD Demiroglu said that in first half of 2030 KAAN will fly with completely indigenous engines. Then Current...

Yes and no! In all partnerships there is always a leader or a captain. How much pull this leader has differs as to how the partnership is designed. In F35, US always had the main control. All other countries were so called “partners”. US allowed their plane to be shared/sold freely to those...

Turkish navy did have these ASROC Anti Submarine Rocket Torpedoes. e g in Knox Class Frigates. It had a 9km to 10 km range and had subsonic speed. Later on it was developed in to RUM-139 version that is capable of being launched from a VLS and has a 1 Mach speed and 22km range...

This Altay serial production business is some form of gimmickry to me. Production is to start in 2025. But first tank will join inventory on 30th August. In fact in 2025 they are envisaging delivery of 3 tanks. (Pls read last paragraph of the below article) So, 1-1-2-4-8 production speed per...

Can you remember the saying : If you build it they will come. This reminds me of it. I guess the times are such that everyone is trying to grab a piece of a modern and high quality defence equipment as soon as they can. That means it is a sellers market.

More importantly, it means any target that is 400km from Turkish shores are in range. Plus, if they are revealing this as the effective range; in reality it is further away. In the Sea of Islands where those islands present a natural camouflage for a sea skimming missile, there is no surface...

Just check those 1000kg NEB bunker buster bombs and the SOM-J that can penetrate concrete bunkers Akinci can carry. Akinci can easily carry 3 x 500kg bunker buster bombs under its belly. Below with a NEB that weighs total of 1360kg , when powered by 2 x 750HP PT6 engines. There was a 850HP...

İt must be to do with logistics and ease of finding trained staff and being close to the eco system of the related industry. Whence the eco system of shipbuilding becomes countrywide and the relaying of parts and finding trained personnel due to longer distances stops being a hindrance, then it...

First we need to look at why Baykar bought Piaggio. This can be discussed from two different angles: optimistic angle and pessimistic angle. Let us look at the pessimistic angle first: First of all Baykar is a private concern and has to make sure that it‘s future is secured. It has at the...