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Akbaba claims Turkey is now looking to buy the entire EF stocks of Qatar and Oman, which would be 36 aircraft apart from the 20+20 new builds and 40 F-16Vs are back on the menu.

"Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron are holding talks on a major air defense agreement that could pave the way for the purchase and joint production in Turkey of the French-Italian SAMP/T Mamba system, Intelligence Online reported.... The...

Past and present of army air defence

Aselsan is offering its MLU solutions for Brazilian Navy's large surface vessels. Brazil have some 50 year old British designed T22s and Brazilian built T21s. A large MLU like our Mekos would probably be more expensive in the long run than getting new ships; so I don't expect much, at least...

Well shit, it's happening. Probably will pass, as reactions have been far and between, only from usual suspects from lobbies.

As noted earlier; first two C-130Js to be delivered in late Q4 2026.

And Vance here clarifies the requirements again. "Pete and the entire team are reviewing this right now, because there are certain things that we have to certify have happened — that have happened in order to comply with American law. The president has asked us to do that. We're running the...

More like 15-17 each, especially if it will be a single country order and not a bulk purchase by DoD to GE. Expect 40 engines plus 2-3 spares for the 20 B10 jets.

US to move forward with Turkey jet engine sales ahead of NATO summit, sources say "The engines, produced by General Electric, will power ⁠Turkey's first indigenous combat jet Kaan, a major project launched in 2016 as part of NATO member Ankara's efforts to be more self-sufficient in its...

Baykar didn't just run the test with Leonardo. An Italian Air Force T-346 was also used as a chase plane, Italian AF was there as a possible interested customer.

Remains untested for the past 20 years still.

19x pod is for helicopter use, it's not used with fixed wing aircraft; not in this century anyway. Cirit can probably be used in the standard 70mm launcher, but 20+ years have passed and we have only ever saw Cirit with its own launcher in 2x and 4x; that's it. I disagree on prop aircraft being...

Do correct me if I remember wrong but Cirit I believe is also based on the older FFAR; not Hydra-70. Regardless in its current form an F-16 can realistically only carry 8 Cirits at most without extensive modification. And we are low on fighters anyhow so this kind of duty should really be...

Turns out the guessers and spotters were indeed correct. An M-346FA and an Italian AF T-346 were in Turkey for the "K-Swarm" trials last month. Leonardo M-346 airplanes and Bayraktar KIZILELMA unmanned fighter aircraft have successfully performed a series of joint autonomous formation flights...

Two points. Cirit needs a bit more work for modification, although it is entirely doable. But unlike APKWS, Cirit is canistered; would require a different launcher design. Re the Cirit sales figure, I think that's from the 2013 sale. You should think about the inflation as well. USD lost like...

Well we currently we use F-16s with AIM-9s or even AIM-120s so..

We are also one of those 10, apparently by the wording. What a difference a year makes - after every eurofighter partner operator told me in 2025 that they had no plans to fit APKWS for counter-drone, BAESystemsAir tells JanesINTEL and others at Warton today that there is now strong interest...

They are. Ex-Akhisar new Roman was modified a bit, probably to allow hangar space for Romanian IAR-330 Puma. The added section is nicely visible below. Another notch on the flexibility of the design and the Turkish builders tbh.

Only direct benefit we offer is shorter lead times on munitions and drone tech. All the rest is stuff they can make themselves or buy from many other interested sellers. We simply do not have such a luxury to reject a business proposal.

So, nearly everyone in "the west" ?