SavunmaSanayiST: The main striking power of the Turkish Air Force Command; Block 30, Block 40, Block 50 and Block 50+ form the F-16 Fighting Falcon warplanes. Could you tell us about the latest situation in ÖZGÜR Modernization and AESA Radar projects, which are of high importance for these F-16s?
Prof. Dr. İsmail DEMİR: ÖZGÜR has now reached a certain maturity. We've tried it and it's fine, now we can say "Our F-16s are on the way to become FREE". The first implementation of the project has been achieved. After that, we expect the application to become widespread.
Work continues on the AESA radar.
In a very short time, we will have attached the AESA radar to our F-16s, and these two studies were again the steps we had to take on the National Combat Aircraft. So we got it ahead. We think that the modernization of the F-16s in this sense and even the structural and avionics modernization will extend the life of the aircraft even more.
SavunmaSanayiST: Dear President, can we see AESA radar in AKINCI before F-16?
Prof. Dr. İsmail DEMİR: We can see. This AESA radar will go gradually. The final phase will end after a few years, but the first models will continue to be developed and developed as in aviation.
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