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This is great, but I would prefer a MediaWiki-based platform (like Fandom) for flexibility and version control. I also think using an existing wiki platform (again, like Fandom) would help with search engine optimization (SEO). There are XenForo wiki plugins that can come close, so if we stick...

Continuing discussion here. What you said is sadly true, but it's unfortunately the reality of Wikipedia. My hope is that we could have something like radartutorial.eu, which is so beyond Wikipedia, they're basically not worth comparing when looking up radar-related stuff. For me it doesn't...

Continuing my rant, I'd like to propose an English language wiki (free from idiotic Wikipedia mods) headed by a babayiğit from this forum on cutting-edge Turkish defence projects—starting with the KAAN. I'd like to envision it as a neutral, leading source of truth on open-source info on such...

This guy can't even keep basic facts straight: dates of embargoes, missile ranges, etc. It's a shame such lowest common denominator sources are so popular...

I mentioned my opinions on this a while back. Back in 2018, there was talk of a joint-venture between TAI and Antonov on a jet-powered version of the An-70. Not only that but the An-70 is one of few aircraft powered by a propfan (the Progress D-27). CFM's rise and RR's UltraFan use modern...

My theory, BİLGEM piggybacked FCS off other computers like the Central Management Computer, since they share a common architecture. The other computers don't do a lot right now, so it makes sense. Therefore, I believe the systems are in-house, but a full independent computer isn't installed for...

They're quite transparent in the slide. If they'd used a Leonardo FCS they'd mention it. "Computers: TUBITAK". Secondo Mona, fuel system (Italy) OMA, hydraulic power (Italy) Martin Baker, ejection seat (UK) General Electric, engines (USA) Airtificial, active sidestick (Spain) Aerosonic, air...

Listen closely to Putin: His imperial ambitions could include Turkey Yes, it's NATO propaganda, but the author does make a salient point on right-wing and historic Russian sentiment towards Turkey, and especially Istanbul.

This article also mentions how MAM will handle the canopy. Full translation: Turkey's developed 5th generation fighter aircraft, KAAN, took off from the runway, meeting the sky as it lifted its wheels off the ground. The flight, which held the breath of all Turkey, also made a great impact...

From open sources, job listings give a good idea as well, but there aren't any open right now: CAD/CAM: Dassault CATIA & Siemens NX Engineering Simulation: Ansys and in-house tools OS: TÜBİTAK BİLGEM (GzİS) Avionics: ASELSAN Training Sim: HAVELSAN I think flight control algorithms are...

With these new images/videos you can clearly see the bump where a non-conformal antenna just behind the canopy was added for data-link. I suppose the shape of the airframe has to be finalized before they engineer all that stuff.

A momentous occasion! What astounds me is the sheer volume of revisions done on GTU-0. Things I noticed, besides the obvious flight test boom: - Unpainted surfaces for flaperons, ailerons, rudders and horizontal tails. Maybe parts were revised/replaced? - Unpainted area just behind the canopy...

With respect to Turks in space, I think we should have a Lt Gen Kerim Kerimov (1917-2003) appreciation day in Turkey. An Azeri Turk, he was the chief scientist of the Soviet Space Program (SSP). His mere existence was kept secret from the world, for the safety of the SSP, until 1987. Whilst the...

More KAAN, still not textured, just having fun doing some night renders. Enjoy, folks!

The reality today, in my view, is even more sinister and hands-off. Japanese policymakers probably aren't getting direct orders from the State Dept. anymore. Their population are so deluded that most begrudgingly accept that the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were necessary. When you raise...

"Sub-Imperial Power: Australia in the International Arena" by Clinton Fernandes, a Professor of International and Political Studies at the University of New South Wales, is an excellent book on this subject. While the book is ostensibly about Australia, this framing of sub-imperial powers being...

If they can keep the operating costs of the light combat version of Hürjet down, it'd really give our F-16s a much needed break from more mundane operations like civilian aircraft interceptions, and perhaps do some basic counterinsurgency ops, especially with that drone operator concept.

The shape is finally getting there! I slapped a temporary procedural metal panel material for this render, texturing won't be done before the topology is locked in. Cem Gürbüz' version, while excellent, has a strange nose, and doesn't really match Kaan's at closer inspection. I also modeled the...

Sure thing, from what I understand, it's TUBITAK's hand-rolled version of an end-to-end machine learning platform. ML/Data scientists, software engineers at various institutions across Turkey doing critical basic science and (defence) R&D probably used (or wanted to use) commercial MLaaS...