TR Air-Force TF-X KAAN Fighter Jet

[Huelague]

“Right now, we will produce 2 MMU per month. We can double this rate to four. If necessary, we can produce 1 unit per day, but hope we will not force to do so ( he talks about war).” - T. Kotil

 

[Angry Turk !!!]

Right now, we will produce 2 MMU per day

WOW

 

[Zafer]

2 MMU per day

Supposed to be two per month and not per day as a regular production rate.

 

[Huelague]

WOW

Per month of course

 

[moz68k]

Trying to texture our hero Buchmaru's 3D model of the KAAN. I've UV unwrapped it, but I don't really know how to texture, so it'll be a learning experience for me.

Here's a preview:

Placeholder plain materials for now. KAAN's looks are definitely growing on me.

 

[Rodeo]

Trying to texture our hero Buchmaru's 3D model of the KAAN. I've UV unwrapped it, but I don't really know how to texture, so it'll be a learning experience for me.

Here's a preview:
View attachment 57322 Placeholder plain materials for now. KAAN's looks are definitely growing on me.

do you have the model's link?

 

[moz68k]

do you have the model's link?

Here's their Google drive shared folder. It's a Blender file.

 

[MADDOG]

KAAN & Lightning II

 

[Khagan1923]

Hmm the nose and cockpit shape of Tempest reminds me of someone……

Picture from @rotorfocus on Twitter ( don’t know if they took it though)

 

[MADDOG]

TUSAŞ CEO Prof. Dr. Temel Kotil: "HAVELSAN developed the simulator of the National Combat Aircraft. Air Force personnel of NATO countries constantly visit us. We tell them that it's confidential and that they can't take pictures of it."

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1657437947216506882

 

[Agha Sher]

TUSAŞ CEO Prof. Dr. Temel Kotil: "HAVELSAN developed the simulator of the National Combat Aircraft. Air Force personnel of NATO countries constantly visit us. We tell them that it's confidential and that they can't take pictures of it."

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1657437947216506882

Why is Turkiye showing the simulator?

potential sales within NATO?

 

[Boz]

Cover of Aviation Week
100 Year+ publication.​

 

[Cabatli_TR]

Mr Kotil: "We're working on 6th generation aircraft"

 

[GoatsMilk]

Mr Kotil: "We're working on 6th generation aircraft"

makes sense, you don't wait until you finish the 5th gen to begin work on the next gen.

 

[dBSPL]

Mr Kotil: "We're working on 6th generation aircraft"

All the things that have been said in the last two years about the MMU concept and doctrinal approaches, which would take hours to collect together again, but I will not repeat them as we all follow the thread closely: The framework that the MMU's whole concept wants to achieve is what the Europeans are already marketing as the 6th generation. In the 2030s, block by block, each of these capacities will be brought into the programme.

However, my understanding is that Kotil here also refers to the next stage after KAAN. Maybe a decade or so late, but the period when we enter the combat aviation indigenously, where major changes are taking place, will probably enable us to minimise decades of disadvantage in terms of experience, technical infrastructure and labour force. ANKA-3 is the difficult phase, KAAN is the difficult phase, but when we move on to their successors, there will be an extraordinary experience that we can build on.

 

[Cabatli_TR]

Mr. Kotil: "When KAAN shows performances that we target, it will be best aircraft in Europe"

 

[CAN_TR]

The question is, is it a new project or will MMU evolve slowly to a 6th Gen with every new Block.

 

[Cabatli_TR]

The question is, is it a new project or will MMU evolve slowly to a 6th Gen with every new Block.

When we look at 6th generation concept of UK, we can see that there are many design similarities with KAAN. That's why I think KAAN will be evolved into a 6th generation aircraft with future blocks.

 

[Cabatli_TR]

Mr Kotil: "We have been developing engine (Tf35K) for 2 years. We will integrate it to KAAN in 2028. It will take a few years for qualification. The TF35K will have Ceramic technology but F110 does not. It will be a very powerful engine. There is also Kale group on the TEI axis (partner for Tf35K project (?))"

 

[dBSPL]

Kotil: Building a fighter jet engine is accepted to take 10 years under today's peace conditions. However, during the US-Soviet cold war period (i.e. a period of high tension with the risk of war), this period was 5 years. You don't sleep, you do it, it is possible.