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The first thing that catches the attention of foreigners in this concept model is a twin-engined and unmanned main combatant jets. There are no active examples in the world's navies, and in the next 20 years, there will be a combat aviation approach that we will rarely see first generation examples in the world's navies. Whether or not we will be able to handle this is a matter for another discussion, but if the topic of discussion is the near future naval aviation trends and fields of work in naval combatant aviation, it is a fact that we are also focusing on this, and that we are even pursuing ambitious work on our own scale. One is an agile-designed interceptor jet, and the other is a flexible platform capable of undertaking a variety of strategic missions, from penetrator bomber to tactical aerial refueling. Both programs will be forked with different variants in the future. There are those who think that Turkiye will fail in this area, and there are those who are in a wait-and-see mode.
On the other side, main focus of our local social media and Turkish defense enthusiasts circles was the Hürjet. Sometimes we get stuck in really narrow preconceptions. I dont know that we think that the navy, which wants to land stealth penetrator bomber aircraft and twin-engined unmanned interceptor jets on the same ship, will be content with the specs of the Hürjet only, even its AJT variant specs. Hürjet may never be the main fighter on this aircraft. Perhaps it will be designed as an air control aircraft for unmanned platforms, we don't know yet. But there are those who think that after the Hürjet Naval adaptation, the Turkish aviation industry and the naval air force will say gentlemen, okay, there is no need for further work, this is enough! My guess is that there is a direct manned combat naval jet work, but it is not yet declassified, and considering the aviation programs, the air force has the highest priority, so they cannot put the concept model on the ship models yet. KE's situation is different. Baykar is already developing platforms directly for the navy. On the TAI side, the KAAN configuration desired by the air force should be revealed first.
Edit: Of course, there is something else. The wingspan of the model shown as the naval variant of the Hürjet is at least 9.5 meters, and perhaps, efforts are being made to increase it to over 10 meters. The F-35B is an aircraft that can fit anywhere the Hurjet can fit, perhaps not in volume or wing area but in width and length.
On the other side, main focus of our local social media and Turkish defense enthusiasts circles was the Hürjet. Sometimes we get stuck in really narrow preconceptions. I dont know that we think that the navy, which wants to land stealth penetrator bomber aircraft and twin-engined unmanned interceptor jets on the same ship, will be content with the specs of the Hürjet only, even its AJT variant specs. Hürjet may never be the main fighter on this aircraft. Perhaps it will be designed as an air control aircraft for unmanned platforms, we don't know yet. But there are those who think that after the Hürjet Naval adaptation, the Turkish aviation industry and the naval air force will say gentlemen, okay, there is no need for further work, this is enough! My guess is that there is a direct manned combat naval jet work, but it is not yet declassified, and considering the aviation programs, the air force has the highest priority, so they cannot put the concept model on the ship models yet. KE's situation is different. Baykar is already developing platforms directly for the navy. On the TAI side, the KAAN configuration desired by the air force should be revealed first.
Edit: Of course, there is something else. The wingspan of the model shown as the naval variant of the Hürjet is at least 9.5 meters, and perhaps, efforts are being made to increase it to over 10 meters. The F-35B is an aircraft that can fit anywhere the Hurjet can fit, perhaps not in volume or wing area but in width and length.
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