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Forgive my ignorance, there are probably different types of rockets and techs in question here, but I wonder why these 3 companies are not joining forces with a joint consortium to create a common launch system infrastructure?

If we ignore the efforts that were thwarted in the early years of the Republic; The Turkish Air Force has come to this day with a platform acquisition adventure that is completely dependent on foreign sources. KAAN is not only a new generation combatant platform, but also a domestic industrial...

Probably. I am aware that I left a 10-year optimism gap. What I wanted to point out, even a one-to-one modernisation of fleets as we move from 4.5 to 5+ will create a huge order blocks. Newly planned Viper and if realized, Typhoon fuselages can see 2060 as you said, which makes a maximum of...

Eurofighter is in the Permission Process in Germany In response to questions regarding the latest status of Eurofighter procurement within the scope of Minister Yaşar Güler’s recent statements, Ministry of National Defence sources said, “The sale of the Eurofighter Typhoon aircraft to our...

With the current F-16 fleet of around 230 aircraft, 40 new Vipers and, according to the defense minister, 40 Typhoons, a fleet size of around 310 4.5+ generation jets should indirectly suggest that the TAF will acquire at least around 300 new generation jets in the next 25 years.

I am not as hopeful as some friends about this single-engine KAAN. The reason for this is the possible platforms of the TAF combat fleets that are slowly becoming apparent for next 20 years. Especially when compared to the payload capacity and typical operational radius, a scale is seen to have...

If the ship commander did not take Baykar's social media employee on board, this rumor may possible. Jokes aside, I think all the test flights of the TB-3 have been shared on social media so far. I don't know if the sea tests will proceed more discreetly within the navy.

If I were to give my opinion, if a country puts its money and bears the cost and risk of a variant and capacity expansion of a platform on which they are already making money for the partner countries in question, it is not pragmatic to be against it, and it would only be the product of...

Just thinking out loud: If the purchase of EF for the air force is finalized, can we become an industrial participant of this aircraft by undertaking the development cost of the STOBAR variant of EF, which has been prepared for several tenders before but has not received an order and therefore...

The design and classification of the ship, the building of the hull and superstructure blocks, all the systems, the installations, equiping, (except for the ship propulsion systems) and all weapon systems and the air platforms it will carry will be the product of domestic companies and...

I think KAI's development of a single-seat variant for the FA-50 is also ongoing, not canceled. Of course, I'm not sure how reliable the internet sources are, my assurance is wikipedia (lol). Still, there is no reason why they shouldn't continue, they can further improve the range and payload...

The questions that are usually asked are the difficulty of acquiring the catapult system, its high cost, the fact that it increases the cost of shipbuilding, and the expert workforce, know-how and time required to develop it if it is a domestic solution. However, if we assume that we will not...

Ultimately, it is an organization's coat of arms, not a state flag, and will continue to change over the years. What is important is that the Union is beginning to lay out a comprehensive integration roadmap and started to walk on that - economically, lawly, politically and culturally. I used...

The Bishkek Declaration adopted by the Heads of State at the 11th Summit of the Organization of Turkic States held on 6 November 2024 is avaliable at the below link: https://www.turkicstates.org/assets/pdf/haberler/bishkek-declaration-3476-291.pdf There are very important agreements in the...

IMO, Fly BVLOS's VTOL capable fixed wing UAV was a very good approach for naval platforms, and the platform could be further developed and expanded with the support of SANs if navy consider it. I also wish that Kemankeş, which rocket-assisted take-off is being currently testing, had a...

Except for some conceptual demonstrations (one of which have created serious debates in the past as to how feasible is) and some classes that the former head of the institution mentioned but we have not even seen concepts of them, so we cannot count them. So we have 3 programs that are concrete...

I definitely agree, there could be an obvious clue about the missile's apogee zone. Or from which platform it will be launched. I think most of the confusion is because we can't scale it. Although, at this stage, the comments are just speculative, it is a missile that is kept very well...

TAI shared this poster on social media with the following note: "We proudly delivered Turkiye's first indigenous and national helicopter, the T625 GÖKBEY, to the Gendarmerie General Command. Displaying outstanding success in critical missions such as air ambulance, search and rescue and...

After the change in the TF-2000 weapon configuration, I was hoping that guided missiles could be launched with a vertical launch system in the TTHB project too, and perhaps the Hisar-D could be integrated into these corvettes in this way. But as expected, the canister launcher was not abandoned.

ASSAN continues to do great things. They have started to play a role in a very important production area for Azerbaijan, and perhaps in the near future for the African and Central Asian Turkic states to become more independent from Russian military logistics. ASSAN is now capable of producing...