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That engine displayed is a 4000lbf thrust level engine. It is quite heavy for what it is (560kg dry. Western engines are around 450kg). Also just too weak to power TFX. We need two 30000+ lbf level engines for TFX. (More like 35000lbf in final form). Two of them put together can’t even power...

Yesterday, Mr Kotil stated that Hurjet will be flying in March 2023. He also stated that for the TFX they need to do 2 years of ground tests with engines and avionics fitted. That means, for Hurjet, the plane must be ready or will be ready within a few months. If it is ready for ground tests by...

When you have money you can do anything. 21 missiles costing nearly a million dollar each , plus the system times 2 , is a good amount of investment on each ship. Never mind the spares! Hopefully with the new Levent and Gokdeniz ER , local production costs will not be too prohibitive. GokdenizER...

According to media news, As well as various f404 variants being used in the development stage, Mk-2 version due to be introduced in 2026 is going to have f414 engine. Yes it needs a lot of redesigning. We all know that!

To prospective buyers.

True! So you should ask the question to KAI how they manage to offer T50 trainer/light attack craft with 3 different engines; F404, f414, EJ200. With today’s computers most of the design parameters are already in there. With certain amount of redesigning it is possible to utilise an engine...

I agree! But have you read the last statement of I Sunnetci? The last two corvettes may have been commissioned without air defence missiles. We do need these indigenously produced Point Defence weapons. Beauty of these will be the fact that they are not known or recognised weapons. Hence any...

Even though there are no clear cut effective altitude figures for Block 2 version, it is only logical to expect 8+km altitude for a missile that outperforms it’s block 1 version by over 1.5 times in effective intercept range. Block 2 can engage a threat that is 20+ km away and eliminate it at...

Gokdeniz-ER is an eleven missile system, similar to Sea-Ram. Sea-Ram has stand alone capability. It can be utilised in all sorts of different classes of ships. In it’s latest form it uses the RAM block two missiles...

Very good analysis and questions! It is a fact that the shape and hence the aerodynamic properties play a big part in the range of the missile and also it’s speed. We have gained enough expertise to streamline the missile and make it more aerodynamic. Up until 15000m altitude where air is...

I think you meant “more” supplies! The longer they stay down more supplies the crew will need to survive. If Iam not mistaken due to fresh produce/food and space restrictions there is a time limit of 90 days for Nuclear subs to stay away from port or submerged. (If memory serves longest time...

When in the near future, Aselsan’s long awaited AESA radar is fitted on to our f16’s, any problems that may be present with AN/APG68 radars will be irrelevant, even if that were the case.

In a recent interview Gurcan Okumus of Tubitak-Sage was incessantly asked about our ammunition being compatible with our different blocks of F16s. He was very clear that there is nothing hindering us from using our own indigenous missiles on any of our F16s.

When we buy a car we look at the brand and what that brand is offering to us. At the end of the day a Ford Focus takes you from A to B the same time on a speed limited street as an S-Class Mercedes. But the comfort and safety wise we prefer the latter. When it comes to warships, the importance...

Jus to add to you comments: If one looks at on line about what Zorya shows for their gas turbine and what GE shows, it is clear who is superior to whom. GE clearly knows the importance of quiet running and makes a point of specifying it as 85dbA and that with their latest products they have...

This is important and ground breaking for our Ramjet development efforts. Liquid ramjet work’s natural next step is scramjet. This work will lead itself to our local Brahmos-1 (ramjet powered supersonic) & Brahmos-2 (scramjet powered hypersonic) missiles. However the local meteor missile we are...

This is great news. Finally we are breaking the dependency of our airforce from US when it comes to BVR AMRAAM missiles. Both Gokdogan and Bozdogan are expected to start serial production soon.

You are probably right. But I was going by what Prof Aksit was saying about the certification of military engines. He was insisting on the civilian test procedures being longer and more arduous as the helicopters would be carrying passengers, they would have to go through tests set up by many...

Although I agree with you from the point of proving to ourselves that we can do it. However, I would be hesitant to try it on a platform like T-129 if there were a condition like specific engine usage. As it would have been a bit of a wasted effort. But trying it on a platform like T-629 could...

But please remember that the time given was for Gokbey certification , which is a semi civilian craft and needs many more tests for certification. A TS1400 for military use would not need the same certification tests. Hence the timescale would be shorter.