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https://www.tei.com.tr/en/products/tei-ts1400-turboshaft-engine-development-project https://www.tei.com.tr/en/media/press-releases/tei-ts1400-has-achieved-record-power-level-1740-shp The T129 Atak attack helicopter deal fell through because they didn't want Turkey to generate export revenue ->...

“There’s no denying that GE has an economic interest in the Indian market—that’s just basic accounting. But you’re mixing up two completely different things here: industrial dependence and actual export capability. Yes, systems like the Gripen or the Hürjet also use GE engines. The crucial...

Iran didn’t realize that within 1–2 years it would lose a massive amount of influence in Syria and Iraq, and in the process become even more weakened and isolated. Only to be subjected to massive bombing afterward. They bet big on their agenda and lost big. Iran won’t recover from this in the...

Maybe GE just doesn't see a market for it... and the F404-GE-IN20 simply isn't worth the effort—everyone else uses the off-the-shelf F-404, which can be scaled. We need to take an honest look at the facts here, without the usual PR spin: The fact that deliveries of the Tejas Mk1A have stalled...

Yeah, that doesn't make sense to me either. Maybe it refers to being ready for mass production—not just mastering the technology, but being able to manufacture and scale it industrially.

It’s all just for show… Don’t focus on what’s being said, but on what’s actually happening. In geopolitics, the latter is what matters, and that is the real significance: there is no Turkish return to the F-35 program. Any delay—however welcome it may be—caused by statements regarding the...

Erdoğan may not be Turkey’s ideal politician, but he has broken free from the shackles of dependence as much as possible. There are still dependencies, but no longer of that merciless, blackmailing kind that left virtually no room for action. The CHP and its allies would not have dared to pursue...

The F-35 simply has a different role within the U.S. and NATO forces. Due to its stealth capabilities and sensor fusion, the F-35 is considered a superior asset against all 4.5+ generation models; through its “First Look First Shoot” BVR doctrine, it is a “4.5+ Generation Killer.” Ultimately...

You can also upgrade the TAI KAAN platform to Gen 5.5+, which will enable you to keep pace with Gen 6+ in the long term. Although the airframe would ultimately be the limiting factor, this isn’t a major issue, as the avionics, MUM-T and sensors, etc., would meet Gen 6 standards from 2040...

The Bayraktar K2, as a kamikaze drone with a range of over 2,000 km, is sufficient for the time being, provided that it is equipped with an overdrive for the final 20–30 minutes, which accelerates the drone to 350–400 km/h, and reaches a speed of 450–500 km/h in a dive due to its own weight and...

I’ve said before that this thing is crying out for a powerful engine with 14,000 lbf wet thrust and 8,000 lbf dry thrust as a single-jet variant. Its potential will probably only be truly realised with 2x AI322F or TF-10000 engines. Then it can also keep up with small fighter aircraft, provided...

Yes, they failed in Iran – at least the HQ9s – but this failure has less to do with the system itself and more to do with the networked integration within the system, that is, the integration of systems within a complete IADS through sensor fusion and all radar systems. Iran has not the the...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SAMP/T But what you mean is a localised version, in which Italy contributes more added value to its own industry. If they sell this version to third parties – that is, the Italian version – they still have to ask France whether that’s okay. France then receives its...

As far as I know, SAMP/T and SAMP/T NG are an Italian-French project, but the effectors – that is, the missiles – were developed and manufactured by MBDA; the UK, France and Italy are involved, and perhaps Germany and Spain too, but only indirectly. I don’t think the Italians will go to the...

Yes, we need that really, but what good is it to us if we don’t have access? Look at it from their perspective: we’re their rivals (France) in the oil and gas sector and in the Mediterranean and Middle East networks; they want access via Greece and the Israel/UAE, and we’re standing in their...

France would use its veto

https://turdef.com/article/what-kaan-teaches-europe-about-sovereign-air-power

Do you have any idea what the ranges of the Tayfun Block 1–4 are? Tayfun Block 1 -> 600 - 800+ km? Tayfun Block 2 -> 1000+ km? Tayfun Block 3 -> ? Tayfun Block 4 -> 1500+ km? (Hypersonic) Cenk Block 1? -> 2000 - 2500+ km?

I hope Cenk or Gezgin or both.

It doesn’t matter; secretly they applaud it, but since they have to present themselves as upholding certain values to the outside world, they officially criticise it. Why do I know this? ... There are no sanctions against the US or Israel on the same scale as those imposed on Russia, which is...