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It's not yet clear if the future Hürjet deal includes Spanish slated A400s being delivered to Turkey instead. Some of the quoted project costs for Spanish project I saw do make me think a barter is in the works, but we don't know.

Multiple things to consider here re future of Hürjet and its engine. EJ200 makes sense as it's ITAR free and many of the target customers do operate EJ200. It's also more expensive and more expensive to run. And it would have to be developed as a single engine instead of a twin as well with...

Seeing them side by side, MRSS really looks like an enlarged, amphibious Ada :)

It's of course not my place to teach publications on how 5N1K works in media, but let's clarify some things. Original report is not by Naver, which is a tech publication. Actual report is from Seoul Economic Daily, which is Korea's largest and by what's available one of the most trusted finance...

Given number on that link is for 100 tanks. So that's at least until 2030-31. Roketsan was given the task to build the armor in no later than 2010. 20 year gap.

It's not just disappointing, it's the biggest fuck up of Turkish defence industry by all its related companies in the project so far. Every single one of them fumbled horribly. MKE, Roketsan, Aselsan, BMC, they all fucked up big.

What do you mean supposed to? We did not refuse the French offer, French didn't make an offer to us. Neither did Canadians or Korea back in the day. These supposed reasons for having to choose the Russian deal is unfounded. We required the project to be BOO. Only Russians were dumb/very clever...

Nice to see CSAR birds active.

Former Charles de Gaulle captain, French Navy chief and current NATO Allied Command Transformation commander admiral Vernier apparently flew with Hürjet while in Turkey for Anatolian Phoenix-25. Nice to see TAI active.

So no update on the second site 2 years on. This is very interesting however. Many possibilities there.

Still waiting.

TAI is gaining a partner nation and an industry giant to further develop the platform. If Spain puts the 25 aircraft order that's mentioned, we should remember that Spain will have the largest Hürjet order on the books, not TurAF and that makes sure whatever TurAF ends up doing, Hürjet remains a...

Spain's second batch EF T4 deliveries under Halcon II for 25 aircraft will start in 2028, instead of the originally planned 2030. This follows the original Halcon I for 20 aircraft that will start next year. Meanwhile, our possible order is still in the air...

"The two companies signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on May 14 at the Feindef defense exhibition in Madrid. Under the arrangement, Airbus will lead—as national industry coordinator—a team of Spanish companies to adapt the platform to meet the Spanish Air Force’s Advanced Jet Trainer...

If we are going for semantics, we also cannot call it an "aew", as all the early warning calculations will be made on the ground. "AWACS" is the trademarked term Boeing gives to E-3. We shouldn't think of the "AEW" here as only the drone with a radar, it's just a simple part of the whole...

Brits to study Reaper as a seaborne AWACS.

We didn't.

There is no class system for this. In the modern sense, it would mean at least an MRBM with a MIRV capable warhead design. But, as Turkey does not have a nuclear program, it's basically a waste of everyone's time to argue about all this for now.

For a country with near infinite money and tiny manpower pool, any kind of small fighter is meaningless. Kaan sure, Hürjet LCA, no way.