It is not on MKE listing yet. The gun is expensive, its bullet is also expensive. Most suitable for duty and maybe for home defence but not for carry because of its full size. Imported 5.7 were like 3x the price.
We could still make gains from it if it worked out. It is the same situation with every deal we make with the west, we have local development already but we want to move faster. We still have 4-5 years to match their systems.
We won't be belly-dancing for foreign investment down the road. Not all efforts can be made to get economy in good shape. Some efforts need to be made to fix geopolitical situation too. So at some point we can still see downturns, until we reduce our energy bills.
An upgrade of the TF10000 engine made with next generation turbine blade technology can be used to create capable twin engine fighters with possibly 10-15% power increase over previous generation.
While there is only a couple of weeks left to the intended first flight date what makes this media outlet make guesses instead of waiting and seeing, one wonders.
I haven't read these materials yet but if Sodium can replace Lithium for the majority of applications then it won't matter how rare these elements are they will be taking the rear seat anyway.
Same thing with Neodymium for magnets.
Please share news about Turkish firefighting fleet on this thread.
Airbus develops a kit that turns A400m cargo planes into a firefighting bomber. We may want to tap into this...
There was laser triggered lightning work in the past to initiate lightning and store the energy in the ground batteries. So laser can cause ionisation of the air which is similar to plasma but colder, afaik. This is not in Türkiye.
What I understand from the news is RR are not involved in the production of the engine but only in the design of it. So they will be given what thermal specifications the materials will handle and RR will work out what other parameters should be in order to ouput the desired power levels.