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16 YTKB, as the name suggests is actually a literal waters shore patrol ship. It has anti submarine warfare capability. It is not an attack boat. You need a very fast agile attack vessel in the Aegean. YTKB will never fill in those shoes. But that does not mean YTKB can not be made more...

I wish the Father Coskunoz was still alive. He was a genius in machines and innovation. He would have found a way to produce the right die and press to do the job. I know Coskunoz have come along way since I remember them (1980 to 1990) . But we do have companies that can produce machines that...

STM and SSB signed a contract for the new “Turkish Style Fast Attack Boat” project. There should be 4 ships and a further 6 on option to be produced. Fac55 is the boat chosen with it’s 55 knot max speed. More indigenous equipment will be used and these boats will be the most maneuverable boats...

Buying 10-12 Harriers and operating 6-8 of them from TCG Anadolu would give us experience to operate ship based planes. In the meantime we could be developing a navalised Hurjet. Also it would give good degree of aerial defence to TCG Anadolu. A TVC ej200 engine can develop over 22000lbf...

Thinking out loud; Wy not run a 50% smaller version of TFX project alongside it? It could be the stealth version of supersonic jet UAV as once suggested by Mr Kotil. (Goksungur). 2 x Motor Sich turbofan AI-22-25F/AI-322F engines for the interim period, could do the job. It has close to 45KN...

You are correct. They did an empty land to air ski jump trial. It managed it in 125 metres. The length of that runway is more than 125 when you measure against complete length of 270m. They have since then decided to go for a twin engined craft with f414 engines due to weight restrictions for...

Yes quite sure. It’s landing length allowance is around 95 metres. It manages to stop in 87m. quote: It took just 87 metres for the jet to come to full halt during the test at the Goa's Shore-Based Test Facility. This was what the Tejas-N needed to replicate out at sea when it landed on the...

I was not talking about a catapult. Indian Hal Tejas takes off with ski lift , without catapult in 125 metres, and lands in 87 m with arresting hooks. Weight of plane etc these are all matters that need to be addressed. I know. But if there is a will there is a way. It took them years to do it...

You have answered it I think Knox class. There should be approx 10 in inventory?

On paper it was supposed to have : 5 x Aselsan 25mm STOP 2 x Phalanx CIWS 1 x RAM https://www.defenceturkey.com/en/content/sungur-low-level-air-defense-system-is-ready-to-enter-service-4105 If I recall correctly couple of Phalanx CWIS from old platforms were going to be used. But...

Well! It is not very likely that Mr Kotil has used a wrong word. I have not come across it till now. But; He may have tried to say : 1: The new engine is bigger than 2 f16 engines, 2: The new engine is as powerful as 2 F16 engines put together, 3: The 2 new engines are bigger/more powerfulthan...

As it stands I can’t see it operating any planes in the short term. To take the ski lift off the design when building the ship was going to be more expensive than leaving it. So probably because of this it was left. But during the building of the ship f35 idea materialised and the surface of...

If that is the case then you are correct. However as they have also been in the project they could easily produce an engine like F136 if they wanted to. If you look at thousands of planes that British Airways have used over the years, be it Airbus or Boeing they all have RR engines on them. So...

Yeah. Very interesting. I had read this before. Apparently the F110GE132 engine has a potential to be a 35000lbf thrust engine.

The prototypes are definitely f110GE129 engines. But set up for twin use like the f15 eagle engines. These are 29000lbf thrust engines. The engine design that TR Motor has published is actually similar in design with F110GeE132 engines with their specific blisk design. These engines are...

Kotil says by 18th March 2023 the engine of the TFX wil start to work. His sentence about “this plane has a larger engine than 2 F16 engines” does not make sense. I wonder if the serial production engine being designed is something quite different to f110 prototype engines. RR had built an...

This is fantastic news! If this was the position 3-4 years ago, we would have been in possession of an engine by now. (But there is a reason for everything) . Let us hope that this projected partnership comes to fruition.

Let us get our facts straight! This document is a “project development“ document issued by SSB. Turkish SSB, does not open tenders. It is the Ministery of Defence that opens tenders. Because they are the BUYERS. SSB starts projects with companies, be it state owned or private. It is the job of...

Missiles can not differentiate between decoys and real targets themselves apart from infrared heat signatures. But; Turkish company Meteksan makes a SAR (Synthetic Aperture Radar) millimetre radar called MILSAR especially produced for use on UAV’s. This radar can work as a FLIR from a range of...

Have you got source that says the price quoted by Ethem Sancak includes engine and transmission development? As far as I know it does not! The quote was given on the basis of buying the Tank’s engine and transmission from MTU and Renk, as at the time of the quotation there were no problems with...