Airbus DefenceDid you guys know that 5.5% of Airbus belongs to Tusas?
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Yasin Kaygusus of Tusas
7 hard points and 1500 kg capacity with 4 hours endurance is the perfect choice for low risk anti teror operations I guess
Hard to believe, though.Did you guys know that 5.5% of Airbus belongs to Tusas?
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Yasin Kaygusus of Tusas
Is that Airbus' share of ownership of Turkish defence companies?AIRBUS MİLİTARY
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Is that Airbus' share of ownership of Turkish defence companies?
TUSAS is/was partner and shareholder of Airbus Military* because it was part of the consortium to build Airbus A400M, just like Eurofighter consortium, Airbus Military was established to build A400M, and just like JSF etc Tusas is also building parts as partner, it was a very good deal for Turkey.. Then Airbus Military expand, merged and turned into Airbus Defence. But 5% was the share in Airbus Military*, Airbus Defence and Space is way too big with many shareholders, don't mixed them up. Airbus Military is just small part of Airbus defence which has been absorbed and defunct.. Airbus Defence is also itself subsidiary of Airbus.. so Tusas has small small share in it as partner.Is that Airbus' share of ownership of Turkish defence companies?
@Oublious
F-16E has a better radar than F-16V because it is specially cooled and purpose built instead of refitted, and the same applies for Turkish AESA refit probably unless they are changing cooling system completely. Simply the cooling for a platform built with a mechanical radar is not sufficient for the full capabilities of an AESA that needs liquid cooling.
Read this from Lockheed Martin spokesman
‘Elvis’ explained further, “It is not a Block 60. A 60 is only operated by one customer (U.A.E.) and there are specific structural differences between a 50, a 60 and a 70. It was specifically designed for that customer and specifically designed to accommodate a GE-132 engine. It was also designed to house a customer-unique electronic warfare and radar suite — liquid-cooled AESA radar.”
“If you look at the U.A.E. customer’s airplane, you’ll see that it’s got air scoots and pumps that aren’t present in normal F-16s. And the reason those are there is to accommodate the electronic warfare suite and the liquid cooling for the AESA radar,” he said.
Not about compact, I was under the impression they need more cooling to operate at their full capacity than platforms purpose built for mechanical radars can provide or risk overheating.This is not correct, AESA radars and it's sub-systems are far more compact...
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Not about compact, I was under the impression they need more cooling to operate at their full capacity than platforms purpose built for mechanical radars can provide or risk overheating.
@RadarGudumluMuhimmat Could you explain further if I am correct?
Not about compact, I was under the impression they need more cooling to operate at their full capacity than platforms purpose built for mechanical radars can provide or risk overheating.
@RadarGudumluMuhimmat Could you explain further if I am correct?
I guess it depends, at the time the UAE had a very weak air force of just Mirage 2000s that would get steamrolled by anyone and I guess they wanted something that would allow them to outclass most of their regional air forces for the reasonable future not just an F-16C/D.If you want to give Aesa modules higher range or higher resolution than variable wavelengths, of course, you will need to give higher power, but this will require more cooling due to the laws of thermodynamics. What you are saying is true, after all, I'm sure LM engineers know more than anyone else here. The question is, is it really worth financing R&D?
U.S. would never buy any fighter jets from abroad. Except GB.It shows their target market, even US flag is there as well since USA is seeking low cost fighter to complement their high cost F22 and F35
U.S. would never buy any fighter jets from abroad. Except GB.