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During IDEF-2021, Prof Aksit clearly stated that “our government has not asked TEI, to militarise the TS1400 engine. If asked TEI is ready to do so.” So unless two militarised TS1400 is in hand, I wouldn’t hold my breath for a T-629 soon. Apart from Tusas using CTS-800 engines again for the...

https://www.edrmagazine.eu/turkish-independence-in-naval-systems-two-new-torpedoes-from-roketsan# Interesting article on our two new torpedoes. Akya, already started serial production, will be operational gradually on all relevant surface assets of Turkish navy, starting from next year. Okra...

That is not entirely true! 5 Reis class 214 submarines were all being produced more or less together. First one is now in the sea, waiting to be delivered following latest tests. The 6th one is being put on production line, end of this year. After F-515, I-Class’s first ship, the remaining 3...

True, making a plane is a different cattle of fish. But Tusas has plenty of experience in making a fighter plane. They have produced hundreds of f16 planes to date for TurAF and Egypt. That is why they are confident in making Hurjet on their own. They have part manufactured Airbus A400. Your...

Decades OLD Soviets experience more likely. 😀 Tusas has been producing high end plane parts and composite materials for the world’s latest technology planes including F35 , Boeing and Airbus. They have much more to give to Antonov, than to receive, apart from complete large cargo plane design...

What in your opinion, can Antonov contribute towards TFX? I am happy that we have involved Ukrainians in our projects. But I would like this to be on a temporary basis, unless it is a partnership involvement.

“Junk” in dictionary means: “anything that is regarded as worthless, meaningless” At peace times this sort of defensive weapons are used as deterrents. Since the Administration doesn’t have the balls to move it out of it’s hangars and activate it as they should be, it is useless. So in my eyes...

Administration do not have the political power to do so. But the S400 system is the property of Turkish Armed Forces now. In the event of war, if they see fit and vital, they will use it at any time and deploy it in any place they deem necessary. But to be honest with you; Turkey’s own AD...

Bora is quoted to have 30-50 m CEP. Yes! But….. I have seen two videos of Bora testing; 0.5 m and 1m away from bullseye hits. One can argue that, this may not be representative of “general accuracy” of targeting for Bora. But it is said that Bora 2 (presence of which is mentioned but not...

https://www.defenceturk.net/trg-300-blok-iii-fuzesi-calismalarinda-sona-gelindi TRG-300 now coming in Block 3 version. Better sensitivity and explosives.

If you work with land forces like “Free Syrian Army” your hands are tied.

All correct assumptions. But valid for IAF mostly. For TurAF, cheap 122mm and 230mm artillery rockets fired from Akinci or Aksungur UAVs at 30-35000ft will be like stand-off missiles. Also both Akinci and Aksungur with their useful loads of 1350kg and 750kg respectively, can carry multiple of...

Exactly. Also as it is an unknown entity, your enemy won’t know how to defend against it. Look what a joke, Harop and TB2 made, out of Russian air defence systems in Azerbaijan.

@Jacop & @500 , I agree with your S400 statements. Purchasing them was unnecessary and political at the time. Even though they are very potent defence systems, they should never have been bought. Our own layered air defence structure we are building at the moment, is going to be much more...

Correct! Scalp as produced, is not capable of hitting moving targets like ships in the sea. But France’s Scalp inventory is going through a mid life upgrade. It includes a two-way data link for in-flight retargeting and a different seeker. (With Dual Mode Active IR and Imaging IR Seeker). This...

It would be wiser to use anti-ship missiles against ships. But the Storm shadow is a different animal. French don’t use it as an anti ship missile. It is supposed to be stealthy. Expected to be not easily registered by radars. It’s high-high-low flight gives it 300NM (550km) range. (Due to...

By the time this ship (presumably TCG TRAKYA) is operational, few of the TF2000 air defence destroyers, all 6 Reis Class Subs and 4 I-Class frigates and few squadrons of TFX in 4++ generation mode, will be in use. So it will have a very capable defensive posture. Besides this is not a ship to...

Exactly, GE realised that Turkey is going to use Zorya gas turbines, if push comes to shove. They don’t want to lose a customer like Turkey. Especially now we have a lot of say in naval platforms and supplying a number of countries with it. Now Ukraine knows that they can’t be too comfortable...

It is a well known fact that apart form the propeller cavitation noise, the engine noise is one of the main sources of noise generated by warships. In the world of stealthy and silent ships, it is imperative that we have to design and produce our naval vessels so that we have as quiet a ship as...

In terms of quiet running and performance nothing come close to GE marine gas-turbines. RR may be a good choice but their turbines are expensive. This deal will make it cheaper for us to produce these and will eliminate any difficulties we may have in acquiring them in the future. This is a...