At some point, stealth loses its importance. Let's say F-35 sees KE at 20km and KE sees F-35 at 10km. The fighter with 360-degree IR detection and tracking will have the upper hand.
Pakistan wants to use Kaan+J-31 in a hi-lo mix in the future. Chinese won't sell J-20 to anyone similar to F-22 of the US so Kaan will be the only 5th gen air superiority fighter on the market. Turkiye will produce and buy 2 per month for TurAF and another 2 per month will be allocated for...
We have 6 Burak Class OPVs. Total corvette fleet is 10 pieces (4x Ada, 6x Burak). Burak class is lightly armed. We can replace corvette fleet completely with 2+8 Hisar class OPVs and upgrade Ada class to turn them into proper frigates. Ada class has turbine engines(LM2500) and they are luxurious...
If I were Navy i would upgrade 4x Ada class to İstif class level and replace 4x Ada class with up-armed version of Hisar class patrol ships. 10 Hisar corvettes are enough for corvette/patrol fleet and we can end up with 4x more İstif class on top of what is currently ordered (8).
Frigate fleet...
Developments from Aselsan which are related to sensors
R&D and Pilot Production:
We have entered the system integration phase in our GaN Transistors, which are designed and produced domestically and nationally
We completed the acceptance of the first national cooled infrared detectors
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Akıncı which carries the Murad radar is modified. It has an APU on board to keep the radar fed and a cooling system(heat exchangers) to discharge waste heat from the radar. So why do we integrate Murat into Akıncı? Endurance is the magic word here Akıncı has 24-hour endurance. Akıncı can be used...
That is the initial cost of the prototypes. 20 Kaans which will be delivered in 2028. Similar to other fighter projects, costs will go well under 100 million per fighter as the production ramps up for the Turkish needs and exports. Turkiye won't sell those fighters cheap for international...
TurAF wants to buy 240+ Kaans.
It will take 10 years to reach that amount with a production rate of 2 per month. TAI will increase the production rate if another country makes additional orders. 4 per month is somewhat easy to achieve. It will be difficult to increase the production rate...