Let’s not go back to page 152 , post#3022 where there are written documents that this radar was to be installed on planes by 2016 and onwards. This project was in the pipeline around 2011s.
If you move the goalpost to the latest declaration of delivery/integration date, then your 6 months delay will be valid every year.
Here is another piece of news that says it is expected for delivery to first f16 plane as part of Ozgur program in May 2021.
Hava Kuvvetlerimiz kuşkusuz istikbalimizin en önemli teminatlarından bir tanesi ve bu teminatın günümüzde dayandığı temel güç de F-16 savaşan şahinlerimiz. Ancak daha önce bu uçaklarımız üzerinde hiçbir değişiklik yapamıyor ve aldığımız seviyede veya ABD’ye modernize ettirebildiğimiz kadar...
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We all know that signing a project takes place a great deal later than when the company starts work on that project. Yes the project was signed finally in end 2018. But this was because assurances were given that the project was mature and were to be ready for delivery in a short while.
At best we are running some 2-3 years behind with this project. And there are no guarantees that it will be ready very shortly if past performance is to be taken as norm.
Yes requests from the airforce may have changed. There were unforeseen circumstances of technical problems like heating/cooling handicaps. Results were not probably up to required expectations. These are common problems a technical company trying to develop may encounter. But the fact remains that we have Özgür planes in hand today, that do not have their indigenous Aesa radars installed.