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Özbek claims first 2 Hürkuş were delivered to Çiğli AFB, adding that because of the runway maintenance in Mürted, further tests(acceptance tests?) will be done in Çiğli. https://tolgaozbek.com/savunma/hava-kuvvetleri/hurkus-ii-icin-teslimat-basladi/

Portugal don't have the money, manpower and expertise to operate 6 large frigates. Their tenders are always slow, small and take years to conclude with everchanging requirements. Present Istif with Euro equipment for Portugal do make sense. I expect to see 1-2 F110s for commonality with Spanish...

Portugal is planning to replace all their 5 frigates in two classes with a new, larger design, probably in batches for a total of 6 ships. So many contenders here, but there could be a good cost effective solution from Istif.

Nothing is certain, what they will use; or whether they'll actually build it. Maybe TR and Spain cooperate, maybe they don't.

This remains still obscured years later. We don't have a good official confirmation for or against it. It's also not clear if Spanish Harriers can land and take off from Anadolu as well.

Remains to be seen.

TB3 will find its stride in ISR, I don't think this will change. For ASW, if they can fit sonobuoy launchers in realistic numbers, it'd be more than enough. - Gendarme took delivery of 1 system of Akıncı ucavs with 1 GCS and 3 birds.

76mm, 35mm and 25mm tests of İstanbul to surface and air targets, as well as decoy launches

It would also need a larger, sturdier launcher. That's up to Baykar to study. FLIR could also be removed for such missions, don't need it to chase subs. This is probably the hardest part of this problem structural wise.

Here they are.

A 6x4 configuration, that's very interesting.

You need TAI ceo as well to discuss that. Who's the three star Turkish general on the right, any ideas?

Güler and air force chief met with BAE CEO and British ambassador. Hoping it was fruitful and stuff are being finalized.

That's not what he said at all. Only part he even refers to that is here: "Barrack praised Turkey’s ability to host a diverse population and pointed to İzmir as a symbol of peaceful coexistence among Muslims, Jews, and Christians. “This should be the norm across the region.” He argued that...

Yıldırım-100 DIRCM test. Looks like they used a Soviet Russian designed MANPADS judging by the circular battery.

I think Baykar's chasing for a closed loop image recognition system supported by AI for Kemankeş and the future that will not be affected by enemy EW and jamming. That is a very long road and will probably take years to perfect, and even then it won't be great and will probably result in higher...

For a modern western missile like Taurus, SOM, JSM etc it's easily <1m, that's what most aims for in adequate conditions.

I'd be 2 meter tall if I was 30cms taller :) Miss is a miss, it's okay that's what testing is for.

That's the first one. This is the second one that missed, came in too low, hit the dirt. May do a mission kill with shrapnel if the target was a 5 meter tall radar, but will have no effect on the target if it's armored by any level except for shockwave.

yup, the second one is a miss. Still good test.