If the news is right Tusas submitted a bid to the Malaysian LCA light fighter aircraft tender with the Hürjet.
https://www.aerotime.aero/29226-reports-on-malaysian-fighter-jet-tender-tejas-in-jf-17-out
Also with Jet engines Computers are the key factor it can be faster. Our TEI has tremendous experience and adding the experience of Ivchenko things could go faster (not that I am an expert on engines but as electronics engineer I do know the design power of CAD software)
Exactly designing and modeling nowadays of complex aircraft with simulation models is so much easier and faster (not that it is easy but todays computational power makes the design process of jets go faster with less teetering problems)
The radar has a liquid cooling system. I do not think heating will be the problem but generating enough power.
The British develop an entire new engine setup for their 6th generation fighter just because this power generation is very important with all the electronics
But we do not know...
Lol there you are indeed right, F4 is 3rd generation.
Point is that at this moment you should not think about introducing another 4th generation aircraft, unless it is a platform you make yourself like Hurjet where you have all the rights and implementation possibilities.
The best is to stick...
I would know how to handle you but you should not mistake this forum for WAFF where there is no moderation and rules at all where trolls can highjack the whole purpose of the forum.
Stay within the rules of the forum, don't make it a mess for others.
We have / had too
We have F4 and F16 remember? But now that 5th generation aircraft are out, would it not be an Einstein deed to introduce another 4th generation?
IMO we do not even need 40 new F16's.
Upgrade the blk 30/40 to Özgür level (close to blk 70), this will take several years approx to 2025, by that time also blk 50 will be old enough to modify the plane at will.
Upgrade those to Özgür+.
Around 2026-27 most likely the light fighter jet of...
That's why I like to have a clear answer on whether our blk 50's still require US permission, if yes till when? Seems that nobody can answer this for sure and nobody strangely is asking Ismail Demir in all those interviews he is giving.
On the contrary, Ozgur project is ready and prototype F16-Ozgur has been on tests for a long time (only the AESA radar of Aselsan is / was not ready yet)
It is not for nothing that 35 blok 30's get their structural upgrade prior to serial özgür upgrade
With alternatives I should express myself better.
I did not mean alternative foreign fighter jets, there it is not worth to face the logistical nightmare to introduce Su-35 / eurofighter, Rafale or Gripen.
I meant what is our alternative to upgrade the F16's with Ozgur project on our own.
If...
What are our alternatives?
Let's think of worst case and US is not selling F16blk 70 and blk 70 upgrade kits, than what? What are our options?
Can we upgrade the Blk 30 and blk 40 planes with Ozgur? = ~130 F16's
In how far are we dependent? Can't we replace the complete software of the F16...
I don't know about others but for me this feels like an unfortunate defeat, to go and ask the US.
Leaves a very bitter taste.
I almost hope the US will decline, am sick of this US dependency.