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[Strong AI]

HÜRKUŞ will fly in the skies of Azerbaijan by the end of next year

TUSAŞ General Manager Mehmet Demiroğlu stated, "Most of the permissions for the HÜRKUŞ project have been completed, and only a few steps remain. After finishing these in a few months, we expect to see our first flight in the skies of Azerbaijan towards the end of next year."

In Baku, at the ADEX Fair focusing on developments in defense and communication technologies, Demiroğlu shared with an AA reporter that they participated in the fair with the "two states, one nation" motto.

He highlighted ongoing projects in aviation and space industry with Azerbaijan, mentioning one of them is the modernization of Su-25 aircraft by TUSAŞ. He said, "We have successfully completed the first phase of this project, and the second phase is ongoing. The modernization project for the Su-25 aircraft will be completed very soon. We have the HÜRKUŞ project, which is of interest to the Azerbaijani Air Forces. Most permissions for the HÜRKUŞ project are completed, with only a few steps left. Once we finish those in a few months, we hope to see our first flight in the skies of Azerbaijan towards the end of next year."

Demiroğlu emphasized that Azerbaijan and Turkey operate under the "two states, one nation" principle, stating, "Whatever we have is also Azerbaijan's. We are doing our best to work together and will continue to do so."

He expressed satisfaction with TUSAŞ's presence at the ADEX Fair, noting that promising days are ahead for both TUSAŞ and Azerbaijan.

HÜRKUŞ gelecek senenin sonunda Azerbaycan semalarında uçacak

TUSAŞ Genel Müdürü Mehmet Demiroğlu, "HÜRKUŞ projesinde izinlerin birçoğu tamamlandı, birkaç adım kaldı. Onu da birkaç ay içerisinde tamamladıktan sonra önümüzdeki senenin sonuna doğru ilk uçuşumuzu Azerbaycan semalarında göreceğiz." dedi. - Anadolu Ajansı

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[Azeri441]

HÜRKUŞ will fly in the skies of Azerbaijan by the end of next year

TUSAŞ General Manager Mehmet Demiroğlu stated, "Most of the permissions for the HÜRKUŞ project have been completed, and only a few steps remain. After finishing these in a few months, we expect to see our first flight in the skies of Azerbaijan towards the end of next year."

In Baku, at the ADEX Fair focusing on developments in defense and communication technologies, Demiroğlu shared with an AA reporter that they participated in the fair with the "two states, one nation" motto.

He highlighted ongoing projects in aviation and space industry with Azerbaijan, mentioning one of them is the modernization of Su-25 aircraft by TUSAŞ. He said, "We have successfully completed the first phase of this project, and the second phase is ongoing. The modernization project for the Su-25 aircraft will be completed very soon. We have the HÜRKUŞ project, which is of interest to the Azerbaijani Air Forces. Most permissions for the HÜRKUŞ project are completed, with only a few steps left. Once we finish those in a few months, we hope to see our first flight in the skies of Azerbaijan towards the end of next year."

Demiroğlu emphasized that Azerbaijan and Turkey operate under the "two states, one nation" principle, stating, "Whatever we have is also Azerbaijan's. We are doing our best to work together and will continue to do so."

He expressed satisfaction with TUSAŞ's presence at the ADEX Fair, noting that promising days are ahead for both TUSAŞ and Azerbaijan.

HÜRKUŞ gelecek senenin sonunda Azerbaycan semalarında uçacak

TUSAŞ Genel Müdürü Mehmet Demiroğlu, "HÜRKUŞ projesinde izinlerin birçoğu tamamlandı, birkaç adım kaldı. Onu da birkaç ay içerisinde tamamladıktan sonra önümüzdeki senenin sonuna doğru ilk uçuşumuzu Azerbaycan semalarında göreceğiz." dedi. - Anadolu Ajansı

www.aa.com.tr

doesn't Hurkus use American engines? don't see how either Hurkus or Hurjet can be exported to Azerbaijan

 

[Strong AI]

doesn't Hurkus use American engines? don't see how either Hurkus or Hurjet can be exported to Azerbaijan

Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6

Also:

"Most of the permissions for the HÜRKUŞ project have been completed, and only a few steps remain. After finishing these in a few months

 

[Saithan]

Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6

Also:

I really don't like how we seem to favour western engines so much, when we spend so much time R&D our own.

This is too much like in the past. If necessary we should make unmanned platforms to test the begesus out of the engines we're developing. 10k flight hours on unmanned platform that has similar weight / equivalent weight to manned platforms, add 30kg extra or whatever. should yield somewhat useful data and enable us to better test out with testpilots.

 

[Sanchez]

when we spend so much time R&D our own

We don't. Amount we spend is peanuts compared to bigger players. As such, we need to choose our battles. Developing a PT-6 alternative to build 100-300 units at most with no potential civilian market sales(PT6 is the most built turbine engine in existence and is very cheap compared to others) is just 1-3 billion in the drain until we absolutely need to. Baykar is selling PT6 powered Akıncıs to all over the world at this moment, including Pakistan.

 

[Saithan]

We don't. Amount we spend is peanuts compared to bigger players. As such, we need to choose our battles. Developing a PT-6 alternative to build 100-300 units at most with no potential civilian market sales(PT6 is the most built turbine engine in existence and is very cheap compared to others) is just 1-3 billion in the drain until we absolutely need to. Baykar is selling PT6 powered Akıncıs to all over the world at this moment, including Pakistan.

That may be so, but I'm pretty sure we've been told several times that with todays technology and our knowhow we don't need to spend as much time to develop our own piston engine as back in 1960's.

So yes, it may be cheap because they've managed to export millions or them, but that doesn't mean that we shouldn't develop and produce our own, and try to reach that level of competency.

Why bother you may think, well I'm sure that's one of the reasons for teyyare ucak fabrikasi going the way it went