Yes! I am as happy as if Kaan had flown! :D
We can now deliver our much-desired "love" packages to the herd of hyenas&jackals around us, of course if the TF-6000/10000 engine enters mass production.
Our geography is boiling. In this geopolitical environment, we urgently need functional air power. The only way to do this is through domestic radar and domestic engine. If we had not been proactive and developed Hisar/Siper, Hürjet, drones and guided munitions, our situation would have been...
I am more excited to see the news (TEI TF-6000 engine ignited for the first time & Aselsan Murad AESA Radar is ready for mass production) rather than KAAN's maiden flight.
I have a radar project, the details of which I will not share here. I am thinking of retiring in August 2024 (in an EYT style). I can deal with that project at Teknokent. I think that with a software update and some minor hardware changes, I can bring the underpowered radars deployed on drones...
For combat, yes you are right. For test, thats questionable.
IMO, While Akıncı is flying for testing purposes, the energy gap of the radar can be covered with auxiliary power units mounted on the bomb launchers. Especially the single bomb launcher under the fuselage is very suitable for this...
The chief engineer of the Hürjet project said that in the Armed Hürjet version, the drone officer who will sit behind the pilot will manage the KE and Anka-3 drones. If this happens, I think the Armed Hürjet can no longer be considered a LIFT aircraft. Transforms into a heavyweight fighter...
This is nothing new. We have known this since the 1990s. Some Europeans are just beginning to understand. The same is true for the USA. That is why we are taking these two "allies" out of the supply chain in our arms supply. Most of the task has been accomplished, little remains.
How long have we been talking about turbine engines with the British? It's been a while, isn't it? How many RR engines have we bought, never mind built under license? "0". ZERO in writing. Pretty interesting, isn't it?
Or the Kaan prototype passed the tests and they realized that Kaan was fit to fly. But at the last minute, the politicians came up with the idea of using this first flight as an election advertisement in the March 31 2024 elections! LOL
Our need for fighter flown by human pilots can be effectively solved with the "armed & drone commander" Hürjet. In that case, there may not even be a need for Kaan. Because the concept being considered is the 6th generation concept, even if Hürjet is the 4th generation.
After sufficient...
The main problem I see in the PDF is this: Thinking that freedom of expression is absolute. However, it is not absolute. If a non-Muslim person dies and someone writes about him saying "May God have mercy on him" and a fascist bigot comes out and says "No such thing can be said about...
In my opinion, both unmanned Kaan and unmanned Hürjet are necessary. Unmanned models of these aircraft will be very useful, especially for intensive testing of the TF-35000 engine and Murad AESA radar.
If there is an EF-2000 agreement, IMO we will not undertake a indigenous ejection seat development project. We order the 300 seats as part of the EF-2000 package. On one condition, the seats will be delivered all at once, not gradually.
@boredaf
If Europeans had the kind of strategic independence you mentioned, Chancellor Merkel would not have been removed from power as a result of American imposition. What POTUS Trump meant when he said "spend more money on defense" was allocate more money for USA weapons. LOL
IMO He never...
Even that won't happen. They will cancel the 6th Generation fighter projects one after another, and they will all line up to buy F35s, just like a cat with spilled milk.