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I don't think the price is too high. Three things: EF is expensive. It's a very expensive way of building a low volume high capacity aircraft, it has 4 countries actively building parts for it and 3 assembly lines, it's bad business. This is the first time Turkey is getting European jet...

Wholly depends on the force structure tbh. I believe currently apart from short deployments, there are no squadrons based in 7. AJÜ, Malatya. It's close to Iran, could be one possibility. Others would be Konya or Eskişehir. If they are solely seen as counter to Greek Rafales, Balıkesir makes...

I hate this reality.

Confirmed by MSB now too. Robinson was the first to correctly call this I think. 5.4 for aircraft and weapons, 2.6 for the yet to be signed support and training contract, No "contract" on the second hand jets yet, which doesn't really concern UK directly and it is possible that we will never...

Gürz, Arma Korkut and Korkut 100/25 from celebrations on the Vatan street. Arma Korkut is definitely being driven by a contractor from Aselsan, but the Gürz driver seems to have an helmet?

Akkor is now the second non Israeli APS system in use with a NATO nation after Pulat.

Fasher is a regional capital at best. Burhan government never had a direct control of the forces there. Siege was going on for nearly 2 years and this was always expected. Looks like the talks went as good as they could. And now Americans pushing on UAE to hold on to it.

LNA in Libya and UAE created a nice grouping in Sudan.

Weapon load shown here is the same as what was shown earlier this year. I think we can expect the weapons package to be Meteors, ASRAAM, Paveway kits and Brimstone. And the Sniper. Sniper is now 20 year old tech. Hopefully the first order of business is properly integrating HGK and Aselpod...

Pretty detailed video from Roketsan on Altay's armor What's with that angular front part? Current Altay doesn't have such a armor piece as far as i'm aware? For T2/T3 maybe?

No, they haven't. So far, no it hasn't. - Soon on an air base near you.

One could say that Gulf nations are not the best examples, but Italy was presented a bill of up to 8.1 billion USD for 24 Tranche 4s to replace their T1s last year. https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/italy-spend-75-bln-euros-new-eurofighter-jets-document-shows-2024-07-08/

Probably ASRAAM as well. Unsure on Storm Shadow.

And it will be done, of course. We are talking up to 128 EJ200s in time, not including spares. Air force will want to have its own MRO facility for both aircraft and engines.

"Clarification via BAE Systems of two figures mentioned (£5.4bn from BAE and 'up to £8bn' from No10) "The difference between £5.4bn [aircraft/weapons package] and the £8bn figure is for support and training activity, which will be contracted at a separate time." 5.4 billion GBP deal that was...

Goddamn. This number is hard to sell, but was expected. It's a deal like none other, with expedited training and delivery schedule. "There are several reasons why the agreement package is so high: -Acquisition of a new aircraft infrastructure, -Providing logistical support for aircraft acquired...

SSB Chief Görgün met with Spanish MoD today.

Yeah, initial production radars are expected starting from 2028, but "integration" still takes years. Same as all other radar developments. "The first ECRS Mk2 prototype was delivered to BAE Systems in April 2023, with initial Typhoon flight trials completed in September 2024. The radar is...

With a Tranche 4 being prepped and with delivery schedule being a priority, maybe we will see a first order for 20 aircraft with Mk0s, and an option for 20 with Mk2s, because as also mentioned per Mevlütoğlu today, Mk2 IOC is aimed for 2030: "With Initial Operating Capability (IOC) expected by...