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As far as I know UK government and Turkey had agreed to cooperate in the building of a 5th generation fighter plane for Turkish airforce. With, then prime minister Theresa May’s signature, BAE Systems and RR and any involved UK entity were instructed to pull all stops in giving know how and help...

There is a company called TR Motor. It is no more than a design bureau (like ivchenko progress of Ukraine which designs engines for motor Sich) . It is placed in a building over 3 storeys. They employ a number of engineers. The main reason behind this company was also to safeguard the IP rights...

Exactly, TFX is going to have 2x 29000lbf engines in prototype. TR Motor seems to be designing an engine with a thrust of 32500 - 35000lbf. To achieve super cruise above 1.5 Mach and supply enough energy to the power hungry electronic systems and radars , larger the engine the better.

One thing that most may have missed, is the fact that the T625 Gokbey helicopter was supposed to fly with TS1400 engines before the end of the year. That was the set program advertised by TEI Managing Director Mr Aksit and Mr Demir of SSB. I guess as they realised that this is not going to...

Check out the external weapons pod. Looks like low RCS design. F18’s supposed to have lowish RCS anyway. So !!

Yes it can be said that G40 is the Turkish ESSM. Gokdogan missile’s bottom part made a little thicker and turned in to a ground/sea launched version. If we add a booster to this missile it can still fit in to Mk41 VLS canisters and can become G40-ER . (or may be “Siper”?) After all, US turned...

It is not a Turkish ESSM equivalent. It IS the ESSM blk2 that is going to be ready this year. Australia, Canada, Denmark, the Netherlands, Norway, Turkey, and the United States are jointly acquiring Block II. Now; If US embargoes ESSM Blk 2 deliveries to Turkey, then we may see a Turkish equivalent!

And of course there is the ESSM ER to be considered too. With the “right” booster section added to the ESSM 2 , the missile can still fit in to a Mk41 VLS canister and extend range to around 130km with almost 60% increase in altitude too...

ESSM block 2 , should be operational by the end of this year. Roketsan has been actively involved in the development of this missile. They are expensive missiles but are fast - 4+ Mach - and capable of intercepting supersonic anti ship cruise missiles. I would like to see these in our I class...

In response to the above I have news to the contrary. You are correct in saying that the VLS mk41 containers are being manufactured. In fact the order has been confirmed and being realised by BAE Systems, for the US, Australia, Japan, Netherlands, Norway and Turkey...

Yeah! Somebody in the crowd apparently shouted that the engine not working! But yet it clearly was!

tS1400 turboshaft engine has ben accepted by Tusas to go on to T625 Gökbey. (See after 20.00)

This means there will be navalised versions of it. That is very good news! TCG Anadolu will have good attack heli’s on its deck. I only hope that Roketsan will also develop for these helicopters, an anti ship missile that is better than the penguins we had with a range of 50-100km. This can be...

It is good to know that things are progressing. But wasn’t Hurjet going to fly in 2022 ? It seems it is delayed a bit! ATAK2‘s maiden flight has been pulled forward, from 2024 to 2023. But in honesty, I had rather it was the other way round. Atak2 is going to be definitely a monstrous...

https://militaryleak.com/2018/08/21/falarick-105-gun-launched-anti-tank-guided-missile-glatgm/ There is a lot to share with and learn from these Ukrainians. I hope MKEK or Roketsan start developing these with our neighbour across the water.

I guess this is very good reason not to use Tanok or Lahat like missiles!! M63, the 105mm main gun of M60 is “rifled”

You mean Hurjet??

Good explanation and sorted out the question mark in my head! Thanks! This explanation also makes Brave Janissary’s solution number 1, immaterial!

Our Tanok missile, still being developed by Roketsan, is for launching from 120mm smooth bore guns. It is 11kg in weight, 984mm in length. It has a range of 1-6 km; most importantly it can attack tanks from top. Lahat is the Israeli version of Tanok. Fully operational Lahat is 105mm in diameter...

Yes he is Turkish and he was born in , and his parents are from Iskenderun, Hatay