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Again, It comes down to the compromise. They are all fundamentally the same engine, but Sweden & India trade in costs for better thurst as GE allowed them to add more materials to the engine such as thickening blades, which increases endurance of parts and pressure ratio. If you compare the...

Because It is actually Ferry Range with 3 x 300 gal drop tanks. Also, Gripen C/D has used more expensive composite materials to reduce its weight, but still manages to be slightly larger. Thus, it holds more internal fuel. There is no magic in Aerospace Engineering. All single engine aircrafts...

If we were to believe the previous report, Hurjet will be equppied with Italian AESA radar and It is probably going to be Leonardo Grifo series which already supports the air-to-air combat mode. I wonder what "systems" that Ismail Demir claims to be missing from the AJT (non-armed) version of...

and the existing Russian launcher on Indonesian Sukhoi probably cannot be used for Amraam integration. My guess is that Ukraine has received Polish MiGs which are already retrofitted with NATO (read, American) launchers & software that are compatible with American missiles. Even then, I suspect...

Well at least with this project, Indonesia has already paid the money unlike Scropene and DSME-1400. At least It is happening. Sooner or later. I suspect, again, it is about profitablity. The prices of shipbuilding steel plates have gone up considerably thanks to inflation probably since the...

If both state & federal governments issue more license for oil and gas exploration and development, Australia won't even need to suffer any gas shortage in the domestic market. In fact, Australia could have been swimming in oil & gas money like rich Arab countries currently are by selling oil &...

Lifting arms embargo is one thing and transferring intellectual property of turbofan engines is another. It has always been the contentious issue between two parties. I don't know any example that RR, GE or PW completely ceding IP of their low-bypass military turbofan engines with max. thrust of...

https://www.defenceturkey.com/en/content/hurjet-new-generation-ajt-s-cdr-phase-completed-4414 The current schedule for Hurjet is already an updated one since the project already suffered delay. It is safe to say some concerns over the progress of the aircraft development are justified. However...

Even a major natural gas & LNP exporter Australia is considering to curb gas export to avert the gas supply shortfall in the domestic market. It is going to be a very cold winter for Europe.

I think Turkey has dodged the worst scenario - Turkey CDS 5 Years is still trading around 735 in USD, but the prices peaked at 900 just a month ago and It could have been worse. Turkish Lira seems to be stabilizing against US dollar at least for now. However, it is still highly probable that...

People at the newspaper should proofread the article before they publish it. The article mentions the same thing about the labor force participation rate twice. So the Turkish economy actually lost 46,000 jobs in July. The US, Korea, Australia and etc are terrified with the forthcoming...

A curious decision if this is what Indonesia wants. She won't pay for DSME1400 nor Scorpen, but rather prioritize acquiring an autonomous underwater vehicle. US Navy introduced a new extra large unmanned undersea vehicle named Orca-class this year so it is not like there isn't a precedent, but...

So Indonesia is not yet committed to procure Rafale from France and the Indonesian gov't signed the deal without any budgetary planning. I honestly don't know how would Indonesia could afford F-15E which is not only more expensive than Rafale, but also far more costly to maintain. And the...

Why? Because you believe the most recent example, KF-21 which made its initial flight in 2022, is the new standard and an aircraft of taking about 15 months from rollout to maiden flight is "norm"? I was trying to give Turkish some hope that It could rather be done in about 10 months, but I...

Anyway, back to the topic This is probably the most cruical updates. It could be different for each project, but the first flight usually takes in place about 10 months after the rollout of the first aircraft IF the engieers don't pick up any critical error during the ground testing phase...

https://www.tusas.com/content/files/uploads/2857/TUSAS_2020_Genel_Flyer_H%C3%BCrjet_EN.pdf The (proejcted) technical data is identical to the one stated in the information brochure for Hurjet available on TAI's website. Considering the brochure also mentions a respective feature for AJT & LCA...

Yes, as well any potential mission in against JASDF in East Sea of Korea. You know PLAAF and JASDF have better aerial & naval surveillance and reconnaissance assets than Korea both in qaulity and quantity. I am curious if KF-21 is designed to safely take-off & land with max. payload at...

I can see your argument. However, I'd imagine you are talking about a hypothetical situation that ROK has better surveillance assets than potential hostile countries and Korean AWE&C and radar systems detect a fleet of enemy aircrafts before the engagement and pass over the information to KF-21...

I agree that TWR is a great thing to have, but It is not much important as payload & combined fuel capacity (internal + external) as the most of aerial combat between fighter jets is taken in BVR and I am sure you know that. I wouldn't have minded if ROKAF & KAI had sacrificed a bit of "stealth...

I don't think KF-21is designed to be equipped with the pylon-drop tank and I don't think KAI has any plan to do so in the future. Even ROKAF and KAI decide to implement the change, I don't honestly see any benefit. Korea is relatively a small country and surrounded by three marginal sea, yet...