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Because British are hemorrhaging money and they need all the dollars they can find to fund their main defence program of the next 3 decades. They are still actively campaigning to let Saudis in in some form or another, Italians are similar. I think if they saw the light and wanted to get Kaans...

Saudi cooperation would be huge. Shouldn't get stuck in rumors tho, might be just a play to make the Japanese change their minds re Saudi entrance into GCAP.

Doubtful.

Advantage of the Gripen is to buy it you only need to persuade one country for the engines, Ej200 is a consortium project just like the EF-2000 itself. Getting Germans to sign off on a LCA sale to say an African country is a tall order. F404 would be easier. And if we think about a local...

Depends on the American partner. T-45 this tender set to replace was a British aircraft in BAe Hawk. BAe partnered with Mcdonnell to offer it. Its main rival was Franco German Alpha Jet jointly offered with Lockheed*. With Sierra Nevada, a much smaller company, chances are low without even...

Looks like a self driving car now. Wouldn't the turret create a huge black spot for targets behind the vehicle though, especially considering FPVs. FCR is retractable, but don't know same applies to that VSHORAD launcher. Could it be carried by trains in this config?

Nah, he did call it a "beautiful launch system" :) I don't love the photos so didn't post it originally but here are the best ones. Sungur launcher is atop the bridge. Looks similar but different than the previous Vuran based Sungur launcher.

Possible but one shown on the model is the Marlin without the "catamaran addons".

It only makes sense. Lots of potential there to disrupt the market for FACs. I'm thinking in the next few years we will see a helicopter launched variant as well to replace aging Martes and Penguins.

2 50 meter FACs signed between Qatari Navy and Dearsan early this year finally have some details. "MAR-D Surveillance Radar, ALPER LPI Radar,.ARES-2NC.R-ED System with new antenna structure, 12.7mm STAMP 2x, Chaff/Flare Launcher, CAKIR Cruise Missile 2x2 Lancer, SUNGUR Air Defense Missile with...

What's that? We need a new glossary for all these, it's getting harder to catch up... - We knew for some time Dearsan was awarded the next 4 Hisar Class OPVs, but here's a confirmation from İbrahim Sünnetçi as well. "DEARSAN was assigned as the Main Contractor in the HİSAR Class ADKG and...

Finally our first look to the new MCMV. I'm seeing a Marlin USV!

Qataris can't be too happy with the current situation either. A new position where tank palet is returned to MoD should be considered where strategically important parts of the company are nationalized. Even their truck and bus division is near death bed. We are at a situation now where...

About that. Yalçıntaş resigned nearly a year ago in jan 2024. Did they even appoint a new CEO since then? What the hell is happening at BMC?

In Malaysia's trainer and LCA tender, it was claimed that had Hürjet won it some of the program costs would be paid by barter through giving palm oil to Turkey worth few hundred millions. Unsure if Koreans that won it were given the same deal. Main issue here is our inability of offering...

Hard currency is better, don't you agree?

That depends on MFA's view on the agreed upon deal if and when it happens.

I don't like this kind of reporting. While we would expect the next two corvettes being Adas due to commonality, due to budgeting, financing and other reasons they very well maybe from other builders as well. There's nothing certain if the two possible future ships will be Turkish built or...

It's the same with any country with great past and successes. What's true on the ground however Turkish Spanish defence cooperation over the last decade just kept growing and getting more lucrative for both sides under multiple Spanish governments whether it's left or right. Political will seems...

Yup. I think people should understand this as it is. This is not a sale of "Hürjet" to Spain. This is Hürjet going international and becoming a European trainer. Spaniards are very well connected to rest of the continent re aerospace and will push it heavily. At this time, there are no advanced...