Do you have any source that how much the aircraft RCS in rear could be achieved with F110? What value of aircraft RCS in rear qualifies a combat aircraft as a 5th gen combat aircraft? If this is the only issue and TF-X could achieve alleged overall RCS with F110 (especially the frontal RCS which...
I think you are commenting on the subject that you are not familar with. As @Radonsider mentioned, don't you consider F-35 as a 5th gen fighter aircraft? F-35 isn't a 'true supercruising' aircraft even though the fighter jet is equppied with more powerful F135. Supercruising is not an essential...
Umm...I am not the one who claims the initial block of TF-X won't be considered by own manufacturer as a 5th gen combat aircraft because of supercruise capability. @Agha_Sher is.
Don't clutch at a straw here, please.
Your claim is absurd. TF-X Block I will be equipped with two General Electric F110 engines. If TAI fails to achieve a supercruise capability with these powerful engines then that means the company is utterly incompetent. However, I believe TAI has consistently claimed that TF-X will have a...
Their high end twin engine fighter aircraft will be Boeing F-15EX. As a matter of fact, Demir & TAI claimed that the initial block of TF-X would be a 4.5 gen combat aircraft. That doesn't sound like TF-X will be a full-blown stealth aircraft from get-go. However, I understand that Turkey...
A bit hesitant to say this as I only heard from a Safran guy and I can't back up it with an actual news article, but the engine manufacturer, Safran, alledgedly received an order to provide 6 pairs of M88 engines for Indonesian Airforce's Rafale. I'd appreciate if someone could confirm this with...
https://www.cnnindonesia.com/nasional/20221102093926-20-868387/jokowi-dan-prabowo-saksikan-jet-rafale-bermanuver-di-indodefence-2022 (in Indonesian)
"President Joko Widodo and Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto attend Indo Defence Expo 2022 to watch the demonstration flight of Rafale fighter...
It is an industry-wide practice. The company may allow the public to watch its current activities, but could also prohibit them from taking any photo as a security measure. TAI has no obligation to answer any question that could lead to confidential information.
Having said that, I suspect TAI...
I think LIG Nex1 is more interested in selling its radio system in Indonesia, but the company certainly wouldn't mind selling its medium range SAM to the Indonesian army either.
https://news.mt.co.kr/mtview.php?no=2022110110135196691 (in Korean)
(My rough translation)
LIG Nex1 is participating in Indonesia's largest arms and defence technology sales exhibition, Indo Defence Expo 2022
LIG Nex1 will showcase weapons & systems such as KM-SAM II, the Korean medium range...
You can count out Korean submarines as well. Korean news outlets report that DSME has internally concluded that the Indian submarine project is not financially viable and it is better off focusing on collaborating with other international partners. I believe that leaves Spain's Navantia being...
The Korean government reports that there was a meeting between Korean officials and Indonesian officials for the continuded military cooperation. On Indonesian side, Rodon Pedrason, Directorate General of Defense Strategy and Abdul Kadir Jailani, Director General for Asia–Pacific and African...
The project has already completed its CDR and its prototype is supposedly in production. There could a slight variation in the specs, but the engine has been already selected and It is not possible to change it at this stage unless TAI wants to scrap GE F404 Hurjet and send its engineers back to...
The first two pictures are the same. 270 ft^2 is 25 m^2. Confusion stems from the fact that Turkish engineers learn from American and they use the imperial system for measurement and design. This is a standard practice in Aerospace Engineering, except in Europe (specifically in France). Top...
Thanks. Interesting. I don't know which future project will receive the fund, but DSME which recently merged with Hanwha hasn't said anything about Indonesia of executing the remaining order for 3 DSME-1400 submarines other than the fact that Indonesia hasn't cancelled the order and it is still...
Obviously I can't read Indonesian so pardon me if I get this wrong, but the document doesn't specify the advanced payment is for a particular submarine, does it?
People are forgetting the fact that the former US Defense Secretary James Mattis asked the US Congress in 2018 to grant a waiver of Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (CAATSA) to three countries – India, Indonesia, and Vietnam. The congress did eventually aprove the waiver...
