Internal and External Weapon Integrations for KAAN
TÜBİTAK SAGE has performed integration work of both internally and externally carried munitions for the KAAN fighter jet in 2025, according to the activity report.
TÜBİTAK’s 2025 activity report included the ongoing integration work for external weapons of the KAAN fighter jet. KGK winged guided bombs, HGK GNSS guided bombs, and SOM cruise missiles are the first externally carried munitions to be integrated on the KAAN fighter. HGK is a GNSS/INS guidance kit available to all Mk-80 GPBs, while KGK, available from Mk-82 to Mk-84, provides extended range through the wing kit. Baseline SOM variants, unlike SOM-J, are too large to fit inside KAAN’s internal bays.
Considering the time it will take to ready the internal weapon bays, and the fact that external weapons testing is less complicated, it is expected that the first weapon tests for KAAN will be performed with the externally carried munitions.
SOM-J, GÖKDOĞAN, BOZDOĞAN, and GÖKHAN will be carried internally; the integration work was previously announced by the Minister of Industry and Technology, Mehmet Fatih Kacır.
turdef.com
