It is not that Turkey can not make any better but it is that the market has a vacuum at that price level.
Canik has gained a big market share in the US by their current positioning of its products and has entered in the top three handgun makers.
There are US gun owners who say Canik is best at...
It is probably unsuitable for a third company to use the same engines with their competition. Otokar can perhaps chose to use a smaller engine in hybrid form with electric motors which can make a modern propulsion.
Turkey seems to have 120nm process in house with Aselsan and Tubitak but this is nowhere near satisfactory. To be able to make entry level smart phones and chips that will drive a car 28nm process is the starting point. The Çakıl chip to be cast by the Taiwanese TSCM will be 65nm process. More...
Version 2 of MSLS will go above 550km with 200kg payload. If this capability will be gained soon after the V1 it will be fantastic, as it is a lot more usable in a short time frame.
HOGE is Hover Out of Ground Effect.
Atak II's figure is not that low, notice that the other two figures are for 15 Celcius while Atak's figure is for 35 Celcius.
The different test temperatures is because their performance numbers in other temperatures were not available.
Among the publicly known projects it will have the longest range but for speed it will not be very speedy as it is a turbine engine powered missile. Turbines can be fast but a payload and speed balance is required for a missile hence speed is also less than ballistic missiles. Also low altitude...
It will be a GE engine, not a domestic one.
We have advancements and results in all fields related to the TFX development.
The only loose end is the domestic engine which can take longer to develop than we think as the technology for it need to be developed in house. However we do have...
IDEF is good for improving exports, we don't really need it for Turkey's own public. Turkish people are already informed of developments as they happen.
2023 time-frame for major milestones of several large military projects has little to do with internal politics but more to do with taking this opportunity to push the Turkish national industry towards greater self reliance. It is a good anchor to push the industry forward. For the people the...
Gezgin Missile engine will be a turbojet rather than a turbofan. This makes the time to completion of the project shorter as it will practically be a larger Atmaca/SOM. A turbofan model with a longer range will likely follow in the years after the completion of the turbojet model.