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To support this news another credible enough source has also mentioned the same quantities. 200 f404 engines with first 100 being definite and a further 100 units on option.https://x.com/mavivatannet/status/1720730178643488855?s=20
Negotiations are being held for 100+100 F404-GE-102 engines from the American General Electric company for the TUŞAŞ-produced Hürjet, developed to meet the Turkish Air Force's need for jet trainer and close air support aircraft in the near future.
Prof.Dr. Mahmut AKŞİT
if true 100+100 engine means at least 150+ Hürjet???
Inside sources said that the agreement does not include the purchase of engines. Hopes are left for another spring, guys.
Something I found...
The U.K.'s Export Control Joint Unit on Nov. 6 replaced and updated its open general export license for goods in support of the Turkish Aerospace Industries TF-X program. The new license replaces the revoked license and allows for the export of "software or technology for the Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) TF-X Programme aircraft, also known as KAAN, from the U.K. to" Turkey and, in the case of reexports, the U.K.
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UK Updates Turkey-Related General Export License
exportcompliancedaily.com
Having read the whole document, my understanding is such that, it includes every technology related to KAAN, including propulsion systems.Inside sources said that the agreement does not include the purchase of engines. Hopes are left to another spring, people.
But I'm still waiting for an answer from TAI. It will become clear soon.
IRIS-300 seems a little too small for a DAS (Distributed Aperture System, F-35) like system. I hope it's not an UV (ultraviolet) tube based MWS(Missile Warning System). I doubt but we may see a discrete DAS and MWS system.From ASELSAN. Plenty of sub-systems visible.
Thx to @Radonsider for noticing these initially.
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It would be helpful if you added meaning to the letters so that people like myself(amateurs) know what it means.IRIS-300 seems a little too small for a DAS like system. I hope it's not an UV tube based MWS. I doubt but we may see a discrete DAS and MWS system.
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It is IR based, having no scale doesn't help with the imageIRIS-300 seems a little too small for a DAS like system. I hope it's not an UV tube based MWS. I doubt but we may see a discrete DAS and MWS system.
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It would be helpful if you added meaning to the letters so that people like myself(amateurs) know what it means.
DAS(.........)
MWS(........)
I also remember it being IR based but the image is confusing. DAS(Distributed Aperture System) has 640x480p cooled MWIR/LWIR (Mid/Long wave infrared) dual mode detectors for now(they will be upgraded to 1024p ones in Block 4). Cooler assembly takes so much space alone, with the electronics taken into account whole system becomes quite big like DAS. There are a couple possibilities.It is IR based, having no scale doesn't help with the image
It is specified as an IR MWS and imaging system, unlike İris-100 which is just "MWS"I also remember it being IR based but the image is confusing. DAS has 640x480p cooled MWIR/LWIR dual mode detectors for now(they will be upgraded to 1024p ones in Block 4). Cooler assembly takes so much space alone, with the electronics taken into account whole system becomes quite big like DAS. There are a couple possibilities.
1) The illustration may be misleading,
2) We may not get a sensor as capable as current DAS. Maybe with an uncooled sensor or a lower resolution MWIR/LWIR single mod sensor. But I doubt it since ASELSAN is already developing a dual mode MWIR/LWIR detector kit for KAAN.
3)I think this is the most possible one. We will see a IR based only MWS capable sensor for Block 0/1 and get a upgraded true DAS system with further blocks.
Yeah HD is marketing speak in that context, current DAS is less than 1MP (he might mean that the stitched image is HD, which is true). At 41 seconds, you can see the Northrop rep holding a mockup unit. Wide and tall but not that deep. Plus, we really don't know the scale of IRIS-300.A good presentation of what DAS is and what it can do. (Here it says DAS is HD)
Yeah HD is marketing speak in that context, current DAS is less than 1MP (he might mean that the stitched image is HD, which is true).