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Please read the MTCR original and revised conditions first, then ask this question. Manned fighter planes (f16) are not covered by MTCR. An unmanned armed air vehicle is covered under MTCR.

For manned systems like fighter aircrafts, there is no restriction on ranges. But for UAVs and missiles on their own or carried by UAVs, there are restrictions regarding MTCR. In this context, the MTCR places particular focus on rockets and unmanned aerial vehicles capable of delivering a...

38 lbf IL170 turbojet engine of IdeaLab. https://en.defenceturk.net/meet-baykars-jet-powered-kemankes-loitering-munition/ This is an ingenious missile. I do have reservations on the prices quoted here. It has to be more expensive than suggested. EDIT Although the maximum range is given as...

He doesn’t mention Gokdogan being fired from a VLS. But he specifically mentions Bozdogan being adapted so that it can be fired from a hot launch VLS with TVC capabilities included so that it will not detract from it’s range. If you read the whole interview further he also mentions that the...

Meteor has the best example of solid fuelled ramjet engine. These type of ramjets are also called “ducted” or “air-augmented”. By introducing extra air in to the combustion chamber a richer fuel/air mix is obtained to improve after burning and more controlled thrust. A liquid based ramjet with...

I think the window of opportunity is always there. As long as there is a cheaper production base for their second tier technologies, they will form partnerships. Their domestic production costs are somewhat prohibitive to be competitive . Of course there will be safeguards in place to protect...

Shame we couldn’t bring these guys in to our fold as our big brother partners in our quest for indigenisation of our jet engines program. It is however still not too late, especially with their new Turkish Chairman aspiring to make his mark in the company. Although final product may look...

I think you and most people would know in general, what I mean by “core energy” supply. For a combustion engine or a jet engine it is the petroleum based fuels. For battery powered cars it is the continuous supply of electrical energy generators or spare, light but high capacity, easy to change...

That is a good question about electric planes. But call me old fashioned or a pessimist. But in today’s world, I don’t trust all electric cars and I still won’t trust all electric planes when/if they become available. If The core energy supply is not onboard I am reluctant to invest in that...

ESSM is not hypersonic. It is a 4 Mach top speed missile. It probably hits its target at a lower supersonic speeds. It has dual propellant. In other words it has dual thrust propulsion. Achieves high speed first then sustains it until it acquires the target...

One point that needs a bit of clarification is the area of hypersonic missiles; Including our Bora and Tayfun, a large number of SRBMs have a trajectory that contains a good deal of hypersonic flight. Since these missiles are ballistic or quasi ballistic missiles, they have no powered flight...

https://2017-2021.state.gov/the-united-states-sanctions-turkey-under-caatsa-231/index.html The Caatsa paper clearly states asset freeze and visa restrictions on individuals as well as the position they hold in the last sentence of first paragraph. Yes. The sanctions are there for the position...

“The MMU engine in this program is planned as long term project”. I wonder when this article was published? Even our Mahmut Aksit had quoted a 14 year timeline for a new jet engine. But that was from day zero onwards. Having produced TS1400 and an almost completed TF6000, this time line now...

At the moment the first target is to produce the TF6000 engine with a dry thrust level of at least 6000lbf. Also add to it an afterburner to augment thrust to 10000lbf. We don’t know if TEI is producing the TF6000 with enough durability to accommodate an afterburner. Hopefully they are...

Let us look at Japan’s XF9 engine produced as a prototype by IHI corporation. This engine uses Blisk fans and Blisk compressors to improve weight and performance. It has a much improved patented fuel delivery system in the combustor that gives more even heat distribution in chamber. It has high...

https://www.defenceturk.net/roketsan-tayfun-balistik-fuze-seri-uretimde Few important bullet points made by Roketsan MD : 1. Tayfun is now in serial production line. Due to being totally indigenous, we can produce as many and as often as the need arises. 2. Tayfun can reach above atmospheric...

Ivchenko Progress was asked by TRMotor, to design an APU for KAAN-TFX. It is most likely that their input is limited with that contribution. I honestly can’t see a company that has no working engines that they may have designed since Soviet era, to be able to contribute anything to a design that...

It would be really interesting to see what Ivchenko Progress is proposing. 1. They do not have a manufacturing facility. 2. They have never worked with single crystal and 3D technologies. 3. They have never helped build a military engine that has more than 6000lbf dry thrust. Motor Sich has...

Please stay on topic. This is TF-X KAAN | F-16 Özgür | Hürjet | Hürkuş - Fighter & Trainer Aircraft Projects Thread. Keep political and geopolitical discussions away from this thread.

Regarding Nuclear Warheads, there are couple of points that need to be remembered when discussing them. “Nuclear” is a big umbrella which covers a number of different technologies. As the weapons go there are : 1. Atom Bomb (like the ones detonated in Japan) 2. Hydrogen Bomb. An atomic bomb is...