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those computers used in sensitive projects have no connection to the outside world. they work in closed network. most of the time depending on the sensitivity of the project those machine do not even have usb or any other external connection possibility.
they don't have wifi or Bluetooth connection and the wireless and electromagnetic spectrum is tightly monitored, to check if anything is transmitted outside. a least that how it works elsewhere , so I guess it's the same here.
so does not matter that KOTIL says that. but he should the keep it low. nobody needs to know this sh@t anyway. that's a common trend in Türkiye, people talk too much about everything. I like how the managed to close SAGE to the outside world.
just STFU and do your job. no need to show off until you want your enemies to know what capabilities you acquired, when needed.
 

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People don't even read/hear what exactly Mr. Kotil is talking about.... these are developer tools/software packages + design software. There was no mention of the actual operating system or flight controls, or targeting system, engine & co and any other software or applications that run in the aircraft's operating system in real time.

It's like a game developer announcing that their game XY is being developed with the Unreal Engine and being cursed for not developing on CryEngine but it has nothing to do with the game itself.
 

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Much worse. That means they have an innate understanding of our KAAN's design characteristics.
I don't want to be disrespectful, but should Turkey pull the developer tools out of its ass? Do you know how long it takes to make developer tools to develop the actual software that you really want and need?
First you have to know what you need, which is the hardest part, so we have a chicken <-> egg problem.
With all due respect to my country and our armed forces, if that bothers you, then we should have developed our own development environment from the beginning, but to do that you would have to know what an aircraft needs and since we have never developed aircraft in the last 30-40, we also have no development kits that are constantly being developed.
 
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Much worse. That means they have an innate understanding of our KAAN's design characteristics.
Yeah bro TAI uses those software on computers which the user may access the internet and browse.

Most of the computers at best case has access to intranet where the license server and storage is set up, most of the analysis - simulation has been conducted on workload servers which has no access to www.

And those are pretty much basic software for many engineering tasks. For customized needs you work with academia and develop whatever you need built on open-source tools. Most of the commercial tools also let user-customized scripts, macros or solver level libraries that let you customize the solution based techniques at abundant levels.

Fun fact: France's electrical company EDF which designs and manufactures the nuclear plant's core openly distributes the computation tools: Code-Saturn, Code-Aster. Well known NASTRAN actually NASA's dynamic solver that is openly distributed and embedded to some redistributed software.

P.S. most of the commercial software do have a backdoor mechanism to ping and detect illegal uses, however at TAI's scale this is unnecessary.​
 
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I don't want to be disrespectful, but should Turkey pull the developer tools out of its ass? Do you know how long it takes to make developer tools to develop the actual software that you really want and need?
First you have to know what you need, which is the hardest part, so we have a chicken <-> egg problem.
With all due respect to my country and our armed forces, if that bothers you, then we should have developed our own development environment from the beginning, but to do that you would have to know what an aircraft needs and since we have never developed aircraft in the last 30-40, we also have development kits that are constantly being developed.
Yeah bro TAI uses those software on computers which the user may access the internet and browse.

Most of the computers at best case has access to intranet where the license server and storage is set up, most of the analysis - simulation has been conducted on workload servers which has no access to www.

And those are pretty much basic software for many engineering tasks. For customized needs you work with academia and develop whatever you need build on open-source tools.

Fun fact: France' electrical company which designs and manufactures the nuclear plant's core openly distributes the computation tools: Code-Saturn, Code-Aster. Well known NASTRAN actually NASA's dynamic solver that is openly distributed and embedded to some redistributed software.
I'm aware of the fact that we lack the necessary tools for the time being. I just hope that we are working on our own toolset for these kinds of work, and in the meantime, doing our best about espionage, in the manner @Anmdt described.
 

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I'm aware of the fact that we lack the necessary tools for the time being. I just hope that we are working on our own toolset for these kinds of work, and in the meantime, doing our best about espionage, in the manner @Anmdt described.
It's just not possible to do everything yourself and do it good at once. Limited resources, human resource is more limited than money
 

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It's not about supercruise, that is not a requirement. It's about platform maturity across the domains. In which KAAN block 10 is not comparable with F35 block 4.
as much as i like your posts this makes no sense. "platform maturity across the domains" is a vague copout of an argument and basically means nothing. kaan even in its first inducted form would have decent front-aspect stealth which is what matters first and foremost.

the j-20's chief designer once said about rear aspect stealth..."do you go into battle rearwards?"

kaan having old ass engines affects its performance in many forms, but as a threat stick for Aegea it's fine. kaan doesn't need massive extra thrust, or range, or rear aspect stealth to keep the greeks away. for its first blocks, kaan does not need to match f35 on every front, it just needs to be able to push greek (and other air) influence away and be a decent air to air threat.

at the end of the day we're all forgetting that one is a strike fighter first and the other is an air superiority aircraft first.
 

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as much as i like your posts this makes no sense. "platform maturity across the domains" is a vague copout of an argument and basically means nothing. kaan even in its first inducted form would have decent front-aspect stealth which is what matters first and foremost.

the j-20's chief designer once said about rear aspect stealth..."do you go into battle rearwards?"

kaan having old ass engines affects its performance in many forms, but as a threat stick for Aegea it's fine. kaan doesn't need massive extra thrust, or range, or rear aspect stealth to keep the greeks away. for its first blocks, kaan does not need to match f35 on every front, it just needs to be able to push greek (and other air) influence away and be a decent air to air threat.

at the end of the day we're all forgetting that one is a strike fighter first and the other is an air superiority aircraft first.

I did wrote a post clarifying what I meant in technical details and why F35 and KAAN shouldn't be compared yet. Seems it was deleted.

Also, I didn't comment on any potential conflict scenario and how it may plays out. That involves tons of other things. Which is was not the topic of disscusion.
 

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the j-20's chief designer once said about rear aspect ste😂🤣😂alth..."do you go into battle rearwards?"
Yeah,i guess the J-20 never turnes left or right,up or down or a 180/360.
A real dumb comment by the chief designer.
The rear always gets exposed,so whats stealth about it then?
Btw,a radar doesnt see if its the rear or the front.
 

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I think instead off reading into it too much, we need to realize people are usually replaced within normal process after a period of time. Temel Kotil been into that position for 7 years now. Until KAAN enters serial production in 2030, every moment will feel like a critical juncture. But he can't stay there forever either.
 

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Any reason given?

Not a good sign in this critical period.
Today there was a general meeting. CEO and GM of TUSAŞ have been replaced.

Temel Kotil was the driving force of very important projects, particularly Kaan. His excitement and determination was crucial.

Sometimes changing is good but frankly I didnt like it due to timing. I can only hope that new GM would be better than Mr. Kotil
 

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Is it true that Temil Kotil got replaced? If so can some1 specify the reason? He was doing a pretty good job for him to be sacked
 

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KAAN's avionics and actual plane part is done successfully thanks to aeronautical engineer Temel Kotil.

Now the new focus points are engines and stealth.
The new CEO having materials and engine expertise makes perfect sense to me. I am grateful to Kotil. He made both THY which is now the big kahuna in Europe and Tusas success stories.
 

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I think Temel Kotil is tyred, he did good work. And it is a good thing to change it, ther is always more driven and a updated people with vision ready.
 

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