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Report can hardly be considered a report, it's too short, lacks details and nuance. Our workshare on F-35's airframe was much larger (which was later shared by the Germans and the Dutch) than our workshare on the F135, which the report doesn't even mention. It's true however that Turkey was to...

It simply looks edited, but there's no way to be certain from a single 480p photo, so I'll refrain from a direct comment one way or the other. It was already announced it passed its supersonic speed test, we just don't know if there's a photo of it.

I agree with officials' statements being the case for that but gazettes are usually made for internal consumption and for sector professionals.

Exactly, there's no set figures to vapor cones. It depends on the location, elevation, humidity and air pressure at the given location. Still unsure about the photo, but looking at the angle it's taken and the fact that it was published on the official gazette, this is probably the real deal...

"Saudi Arabia’s GADD and Turkey’s Roketsan continue discussions on a joint R&D project to develop intelligent cruise missiles."

Unsure if this is a CG doctored image or a genuine photo. Hürjet near the mach barrier. From TAI gazette 139.

Repkon signed a contract with a German company to build a filling facility for 155mm munitions in Germany. "- Repkon has signed a contract with one of Germany's leading ammunition manufacturers for the installation of a turnkey facility for the explosive filling of 155 millimeter artillery...

TUSAŞ/TAI, MKE and Roketsan are state owned. Aselsan is hybrid, with 50% being publicly traded. ASFAT is owned by ministry of Defence directly, rest are private firms.

Being grouped with 2 unrecognized breakaway states in need of US backing to be recognized doesn't sound well for Morocco... Trump considers Morocco, Puntland, Somaliland for relocated Gazans - report https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-840859

I don't think Azerbaijanis used Floggers since the republic, but they had Su-24s until 2010s. Ukraine and Belarus could be other places to seek cooperation from.

HvKK have nothing to learn from 3rd generation Mig-23 and Su-24s. We already have access to very comprehensive NATO libraries and our share of shootdowns during the war. Foreign experts can be brought in to study feasibility of bringing them back to operational conditions.

Possibly, yes. These are all FMS aircraft. 30 or so non CCIP aircraft we bought the source codes to are different, but the Özgür-II package for the CCIP planes are problematic. We need American coordination and okay there.

I had no idea. I'm not sure if these additions bring Meteor capability to the aircraft however. "Unlike the other core nations, Spain decided to upgrade its 17 surviving Tranche 1 aircraft, introducing hardware modifications which support the Operational Flight Program 02 (OFP-02) developed by...

Israelis didn't get any "naked" F-16s. Many if not most of the subsystems on Israeli F-16s, even in F-16I Sufa are American. Some were jointly developed with Israeli companies for Israeli needs, like the CFTs for example, some were put in by Israelis while being built. Israeli Sufas and...

BAE says it is "technically feasible", but maybe possibly not economically viable. "In written evidence, BAE Systems said: “It is technically feasible to bring a Tranche 1 (T1) aircraft to the standard of a Tranche 2 (T2) or Tranche 3 (T3) aircraft. BAE Systems has previously provided data to...

Neither are considered Middle East in the original meaning of the world. And Aselsan doesn't refer to ME as MENA. Two recent ones: From Oct 31 "ASELSAN and UAV manufacturers have signed sales contracts with a total amount of 10.3 Million USD regarding the export of electro-optical payloads for...

Fahrettin Altun's tweet on German president's visit. Apologies for having to share him. Defence cooperation seems to be the main agenda, interestingly. "During the meetings to be held within the scope of the visit, Turkey-Germany relations will be discussed in all its dimensions, especially...

In their KAP statements, Aselsan usually mentions the region accurately. It would either say Middle East customer or an Africa customer. and 78 million worth of air Electrooptics sale is just too big for any other African customer. I wouldn't be surprised if this was an Aselpod sale for Egyptian...

UK military procurement for the last 40-50 years is always 70% budget cuts and 30% capability increase while lowering numbers. It's the remnant of an empire still trying to find its place in the world. It's the same reason why they almost couldn't send a full carrier group to Falklands in 1982...

This could only be Egypt.