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All of the above are valid points that could well have happened. But at the end of the day for us mere mortals waiting to see our own radar performing on those planes and not seeing it happen is most frustrating. Especially after being given dates, year after year. We seem to have too many...

@Strong AI We are awaiting an Aesa radar integrated on our Özgür F16 planes. Not a test model for Akinci. I remember in 2014, Aselsan and then SSB bragging about having Aesa radars fitting process starting on all our f16s by 2016. Since that day we’ve heard every year “end of this year” or...

It may have all the bells and whistles to do with avionics, flight and targeting computers etc etc. But without the Murad Aesa radar that plane is a lion with no teeth. Aselsan has lagged badly behind schedule with the Özgür’s Aesa project. That radar should have been on that plane a few years...

Well it all depends on how quickly US can integrate some of the improvements being tested by the engine manufacturers, on to the plane. There is going to be a new Aesa radar with GaN based TR modules. This will be accompanied by new avionics. A new engine is in the pipeline. Although P&W is...

I am afraid they did not. https://news.yahoo.com/greece-not-transfer-300-systems-161400322.html

SRBM damage on runways can be easily repaired. Multiple Cruise missile bomb damage did not take out Syrian air strip out of action for long. Even specially built runway bombs like BLU-107 Durandal which lands on runways in clusters and destroys it in multiple places can be repaired. Greece has 6...

All Turkey/Türkiye discussion has been moved to https://defencehub.live/threads/foreign-policy-geopolitics.3951/page-139#post-261925 thread. Please carry on there. This is TFX fighter and trainer aircraft thread. Also please stay on topic. Do not politicise these threads. There is a politics...

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M May I ask what you are going to do with 2 x TF10000 engines with afterburners on a flying wing? I guess you know that no one in the world uses afterburner engines with flying wings? Apart from augmenting take off power (which is silly for a flying wing due to it’s high lift design) an...

Read the first paragraph again in it's entirety please. There is no mention in my article about tf6000 or ts1400. Nevertheless A 3rd generation single crystal will have the same parameters and specifications wherever it is being used. F119 engine when first flying serial production f22s were...

It is Dr Aksit who mentioned it. He said we could produce an engine like f119 that powers f22 at TEI. He stated that TFX will need an engine that will develop a thrust level of 35000lbf with afterburners. F119 has a wet thrust of 35000lbf and a dry thrust of 26000lbf.

With a TF35000 it will. Unofficially F22 has been recorded to achieve 1.8 Mach supercruise speeds with it’s (35000lbf wet) 26000lbf dry thrust F119 engine.

35000lbf thrust is achieved with afterburners. Dry thrust(without afterburners) should be around 26000lbf if it is synonymous to a F119 engine. Supercruise is 1+ Mach speed without afterburners. But US defines it as 1.5 Mach without afterburners. To achieve this our plane will need engines not...

Do you want to learn how to produce a Lada when you are geared up to produce and being taught how to produce a Mercedes S class ? Our only deficiency is the lack of an eco system to produce a complete jet engine. You need a long line of manufacturers/subcontractors that can produce every bit of...

Ukraine’s engine technology is so antiquated that I doubt they will be of any use to TEI. They are still using turbine blades cast with directionally solidified blade tech. TEI is however able to produce 3rd generation single crystal blades which are of the same quality as those used in F119...

With latest engine configurations regarding application of “Blisk Fan” and additive manufacturing technologies, the turbine entry air temperatures have been greatly lowered to facilitate use of more efficient engine parts. Hence to obtain high thrust levels you don’t need to have such...

He reminds me of “Scotty” from the original Star Trek series. Captain Kirk used to ask, how long before warp power availability. He would say 12 hours. Kirk used to say get it ready in 2 hours. And he used to do it in two. Prof Aksit quotes 14-17 years for an engine first flight. He is asked to...

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There seems to be two types of arrowhead ships; arrowhead-120 and arrowhead-140 First one a 4000ton and the latter a 5700ton frigate. They are both classed as light frigates. First one a 120m long ship while the latter is 140m long. Very capable platforms. The longer one is also classed as...

It is stated in the specifications of the helicopter that the pilot cabin and most of the cockpit is protected against 12.7mm rounds. This was a disturbing deficiency of the Atak-129 and had to be addressed. Another important point is the inclusion of a milimetric radar. Meteksan had made the...