Watched a report here in Germany on TV about KAAN.
Basically they call it very ambitious ans emphasize mostly that the engines are not Turkish.
They had done the same about the TB-2 highlighting the Canadian cam, the alleged British tech, and the Austrian engine.
It's been a few large pills...
The problem with the F-35 is that from the get go they wanted a Jack-of-all-trades fighter and are expecting too much of it which was a mistake in the first place.
It's still a technological marvel and its performance is improving as it goes but the costs are too high, especially when some crash...
As much as I wanted to see KAAN fly at the set date, I'm actually relieved to see that it's not being rushed just to save face.
That means priorities are known and it's being taken seriously.
Delays are very common especially especially in larger projects as KAAN but also we're forgetting that...
https://mildefin.com/savunma-gundem/lapis-havacilik-yavru-dronla-gozetleme-yapacak/
A micro drone that can go on the ground especially in closed environments and hard to get places and autonomously decide whether it needs to use the propellers to overcome an obstacle.
Still in prototype phase...
Not surprised, thanks to the dumbest mainstream media in Europe, they've made Türkiye an enemy regardless.
Even their once respected media outlets are behaving like tabloids. A disgrace.
I hope that turns out to be to our own advantage.
I think we want to make the most use of them before phasing them out gradually.
At the moment they should be the the most dispensible UAVs we have and their maintenance albeit being done mostly locally,
is in comparison with the TB-2s, still costing too much.