Vertical stabilizers are primarily bad for radar visibility and also for range to some extent but are good for agility. 6th gen planes have an emphasis on stealth so they would rather ditch the vertical stabilizers. But for tempest they chose to have them so I would say 5.6 gen plane.
Better energy efficiency through a 3 stream variable cycle engine. There is no indication whether this will mean a longer range or better speed or endurance. Bigger electric power generation capacity to support laser weapons. TFX power generation can be increased to match this as the plane is...
MFA Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu revealed that Portugal is in negotiations with Baykar for TB2 acquisition. The Baykar exports map has changed to include Portugal in the likely users of TB2.
The US didn't get so big because they are a bunch of fools. They would never let you off without paying for it dearly. They want to cripple Türkiye not help flourish.
When nearly all the money stays inside the Turkish economy cost of weapons can be comfortably born by the government budget. By spreading production over time a good number of tanks can be inducted.
Considering TAI electrified a helicopter for unmanned operation they may want to try their hand in electric regional planes business..There are a multitude of startups developing planes to do this. It will be relatively easy to accomplish considering the relative ease of making electric motors...
A safe bet to go for any country is unmanned fighters. TAI have already stepped into the field with the Anka3. TAI can make them affordably for exports market without much support from the airforce. Other fighter projects can also be planned for future market opportunities.
You can't wait until you become totally independent in economy. Those who want to sanction you for having nukes will also be at loss trying to stand in your way. Especially when they are the actual threat towards you and you want to protect yourself from them. You need to bite the bullet and...
We are not greedy but we are not lazy either. It is those embedded weeds that kept us down. What has been done to Japan and Germany openly has been done to us covertly. We are not being unproductive anymore because we weeded out the weeds in decision making for the most part.
You can still arm the TCG Anadolu.
It saves us from the shame of having a small footprint on the seas. There wasn't a vision of a drone ship when it was planned. I will not support the decision makers of that time but looking at the possibilities it can enable for the Navy it is good that we...