If we receive a significant number of Kızılelma, Anka3, and Hürjet along with domestic air-to-air missiles within a year, I don't think we'll be purchasing any foreign aircraft. How many can we produce by the end of 2026? Could it be 15 in total?
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If we get 50 Kaans by 2030 we also won't need any foreign aircraft. There are things that are possible, and there are things that are nothing more than a birthday wish.If we receive a significant number of Kızılelma, Anka3, and Hürjet along with domestic air-to-air missiles within a year, I don't think we'll be purchasing any foreign aircraft. How many can we produce by the end of 2026? Could it be 15 in total?
Until domestically engines are produced, we can't consider either the Kaan or the Hürjet projects final. Our relationship with the US is always on a tightrope and prone to breakage at any moment. Therefore, the Anka3 and Kızılelma, which will ensure we won't encounter any engine problems, are our top priorities. If things go well with the US or we produce our own domestic engine, we won't need anyone else for manned fighter jets anyway. There's currently no news on whether we're getting engines from the US for the other Kaan and Hürjet prototypes. Even prototype production may be stalled...If we get 50 Kaans by 2030 we also won't need any foreign aircraft. There are things that are possible, and there are things that are nothing more than a birthday wish.
Drones are not substitute for fighter aircraft, we need fighter aircraft.
If we receive a significant number of Kızılelma, Anka3, and Hürjet along with domestic air-to-air missiles within a year, I don't think we'll be purchasing any foreign aircraft. How many can we produce by the end of 2026? Could it be 15 in total?
The second prototype of the TF6000 is nearing production, and the third will be built with afterburner. If all goes well, delivery of the TF6000 could be expected soon, but the TF10000 will take a little longer. Since the Anka3 and Kızılelma currently use Ukrainian engines, we don't have any engine problems.According to this article, the Anka 3 will only enter mass production in 2028, probably because that is when the TF6000 will be finished. I'm guessing that Kizilelma will enter production around the same time.
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IDEF 2025 - Turkish Aerospace Industries gets new contracts and advances development programmes - EDR Magazine
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You're skipping ahead far too fast mate. TF6K isn't anywhere near delivery, it hasn't even finished its ground tests and then it has to go through another set of tests while flying. Those tests take time, as in years. Every single time people from TEI talk about this they emphasized this as well.The second prototype of the TF6000 is nearing production, and the third will be built with afterburner. If all goes well, delivery of the TF6000 could be expected soon, but the TF10000 will take a little longer. Since the Anka3 and Kızılelma currently use Ukrainian engines, we don't have any engine problems.
Our air force currently lacks sufficient air-to-air munitions, and there's also a shortage of platforms to deliver domestically produced air-to-air munitions. If the Kızılelma enters the inventory, it will be critical to meeting this need.
I'm guessing that Kizilelma will enter production around the same time.
Yeah, he has been saying that for the last 2 years.Selçuk Bayraktar last night on CNN Türk:
"Kızılelma is in serial production as of this year."
First Kızılelma will be delivered in 2026.
Where is he getting the engines?Yeah, he has been saying that for the last 2 years.
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BAYKAR'ın yıllık TB2 ve AKINCI üretim adetleri açıklandı | SavunmaSanayiST
Dünyanın en büyük SİHA üreticisi olan BAYKAR, yılda 300 adet Bayraktar TB2 ve AKINCI tiplerinde insansız hava aracı üretiyor.www.savunmasanayist.com
"Bayraktar stated that they plan to produce at least 12 Bayraktar Kızılelma models in 2024, adding that they will continue to increase this number in 2025 and reach at least 48 units in 2026. He emphasized that this increase will continue exponentially."
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KIZILELMA üçüncü uçuşu yaptı seri üretim tarihi verildi
Bayraktar KIZILELMA insansız savaş uçağı gökyüzünde testlere başarıyla devam ediyor. Üçüncü uçuşunu gerçekleştiren KIZILELMA'nın seri üretim tarihi de açıklandıwww.savunmasanayist.com
"Going forward, we will continue to conduct numerous tests as part of our development activities. We aim to begin mass production of KIZILELMA in early 2024."
No idea mate, I'm not even sure their factory is working right now because Russia hit them hard at least twice just this year, and they were hit before as well.Where is he getting the engines?
By the way, the Anka-3 engine using the non AB version of the same Ukranian engine stopped in the air causing it to crash land. Are these engines really dependable on these platforms?
Selçuk Bayraktar lost me when he said you can but 20 Kızılelmas instead of 1 F-16 with the same money. Even if we factor total life cycle costs it is impossible. IMHO he doesn't need to talk bullshit.