Well you can deny it as you like while it is the obvious one. I think implying reverse engineering is worse too. In the end i know it has happed from some other sources yet i am glad the way TAI respects the confidentiality unlike the counterpart.
The state-owned aircraft companies in each country are teaming—presumably—to further develop TAI’s existing Anka drone.
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That mentioned higher altitude MALE was aksungur, known as anka-II back then.
The co-development was particularly about Aksungur while included sales of Anka and local assembly of it. Turkey-Indonesia at some point decided to co-fund and co-develop the Aksungur. In 2018.
To talk about a co-development i think two companies should have had something brewing since 2015 right.
1, What is reverse engineering ? TAI use BPPT wind tunnel faciity and expertise since 2008-2017 (based on 2017 news from Turkish state owned media and quoted from TAI high rank official). If we use the wind tunnel data for our MALE development is not some thing called as reverse engineering. Data on MALE drone is so limited, unlike passenger planes, so of course the data is valuable for Indonesia as the service provider for Anka and Aksungur wind tunnel test for a decade long.
2. If the co development between DI and TAI on MALE drone really materialize, Indonesia Aerospace and TAI will announce the contract and the development process news will be given to the journalist. There is no such news
beside the news revealing about the program in LOI stage
Do you know the different between LOI, MOU and real contract ? Even no MOU signed on that project. And again that is in 2018 as I stated before where our MALE UCAV program has been started in 2015 and the official video from BPPT said that the first wind tunnel test in 2016, way longer before that cooperation intention.
People just dont give help, there must be contract on any co development. If there is no link on contract then the program is just on LOI or MOU stage.
Just like in KF 21/IFX program, the LOI is in 2009, MOU is in 2010, and contract is in 2011. Then after contract signed we send engineers.
After the contract signed then real cooperation will be made
RI sending KFX jet-fighter production team to South Korea
Senin, 11 Juli 2011 18:22 WIB | 5.150 Views
Jakarta (ANTARA News) - Indonesia is sending a KFX warplane production engineering team to South Korea as part of a cooperation agreement between the two nations to produce jet-fighters, a defense ministry official said here on Monday.
The team is composed of personnel from the Indonesian Air Force, Bandung-based Institute of Technology (ITB) and Indonesian aircraft maker PT Dirgantara Indonesia (DI).
Defense Ministry Secretary General Rear Marshal Erris Heriyanto said the team received an award from Defense Minister Purnomo Yusgiantoro here on Monday.
Indonesia is sending a KFX warplane production engineering team to South Korea as part of a cooperation agreement between the two nations to produce ...
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More over, Black Eagle MALE UCAV is very different with ANKA and Aksungur,
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