TR Air-Force TF-X KAAN Fighter Jet

[Bogeyman]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1785209603380142216

Turkish Armed Forces plans to order 250 Kaan. In addition, thanks to the multiple bomb release to be developed, 8 different targets will be able to be hit in a single sortie.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1785207350439133422

TAI's Azerbaijan subsidiary was opened. The company will focus on modernization projects and collaborations in the Kaan project.

 

[2033]

Turkish Armed Forces plans to order 250 Kaan.

250 Kaan? Where did he get that number?

 

[Bogeyman]

250 Kaan? Where did he get that number?

"The Multiple Bomb Release System, which provides the opportunity to engage 8 different targets in one sortie, is planned to be integrated into approximately 250 aircraft planned to be delivered to the Turkish Air Force."


Literal translation of the news

 

[uçuyorum]

"The Multiple Bomb Release System, which provides the opportunity to engage 8 different targets in one sortie, is planned to be integrated into approximately 250 aircraft planned to be delivered to the Turkish Air Force."


Literal translation of the news

That should include F16 Özgür

 

[Bogeyman]

That should include F16 Özgür

I don't know, we'll see.

 

[Mis_TR_Like]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1785209603380142216

Turkish Armed Forces plans to order 250 Kaan. In addition, thanks to the multiple bomb release to be developed, 8 different targets will be able to be hit in a single sortie.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1785207350439133422

TAI's Azerbaijan subsidiary was opened. The company will focus on modernization projects and collaborations in the Kaan project.

Sheesh. With 250 Kaan, TuAF would put every airforce to shame (apart from USAF).

 

[Heartbang]

With 250 Kaan, TuAF would put every airforce to shame (apart from USAF).

We should make it a thousand so we can put them to shame too.

 

[TheInsider]

That should include F16 Özgür

No Özgür will have Aselsan Sadak. Altınay designs pylons compatible with the internal weapons bay.

 

[Mis_TR_Like]

We should make it a thousand so we can put them to shame too.

500 for TuAF + 500 for Turkic states

 

[No Name]

250 Kaan jets will cost Turkey $25 billion, assuming the estimated price of $100 million a jet doesn't change.


Considering the price tag of a single KAAN fighter, I wonder if we will ever see any future derivative of KAAN, sort of like how the FB-22 Strike Raptor was meant to be a derivative of F-22 or how Rafale B is a derivative of A.

 

[Afif]

Sheesh. With 250 Kaan, TuAF would put every airforce to shame (apart from USAF).

I mean, PLAAF already inducted 200+ J20A and in the process of inducting hundreds more + there could be J31, so....

 

[Zafer]

93% of the money that will go into the making of 250 Kaan fighters will stay in the Turkish economy so not a big deal how much it costs. At 100 million a pop it can even be considered cheap. And we get to pay for it over a decades time.

 

[Sanchez]

No Özgür will have Aselsan Sadak. Altınay designs pylons compatible with the internal weapons bay.

Anything we can read up on that? Altınay literally shows images of Sadak with Aselsan wording removed on its website. It looks more possible that Altınay will produce the Sadak series and not Aselsan.

 

[Heartbang]

500 for TuAF + 500 for Turkic states

More like 1000 for TuAF and 1000 for Turkic states.

 

[uçuyorum]

More like 1000 for TuAF and 1000 for Turkic states.

Did you find 600 billion dollars on the ground for next 30 years

 

[Heartbang]

Did you find 600 billion dollars on the ground for next 30 years

Imma refer you to @Zafer s post that I link below

TF-X KAAN Fighter Jet

Turkish Armed Forces plans to order 250 Kaan. In addition, thanks to the multiple bomb release to be developed, 8 different targets will be able to be hit in a single sortie. TAI's Azerbaijan subsidiary was opened. The company will focus on modernization projects and collaborations in the...

defencehub.live

 

[I_Love_F16]

More like 1000 for TuAF and 1000 for Turkic states.

Good luck maintaining thousands of Kaan’s. Anyway, I think the initial order of 250 Kaan’s will get lowered in the coming years. But let’s wait and see.

 

[Mis_TR_Like]

I mean, PLAAF already inducted 200+ J20A and in the process of inducting hundreds more + there could be J31, so....

well yes I mean in comparison to current inventories

93% of the money that will go into the making of 250 Kaan fighters will stay in the Turkish economy so not a big deal how much it costs. At 100 million a pop it can even be considered cheap. And we get to pay for it over a decades time.

We need to double down on domestic engine efforts. Once it's ready nothing can stop us from making 1000 Kaans. The world will never be the same after that.

But I wonder at what point would we stop and focus on 6th gen... and if all the speculation of Kaan being a platform which will bridge generations is true. Kaan is certainly better equipped to make the leap than other 5th gen fighters. With the dynamism of the Turkish defence industry, we could see it gradually transform in the years after its introduction. If this is ends up being the case, we could see a ludicrous amount of Kaans. For now I'm happy with 250 Realistically it's more than enough for our regional ambitions.

 

[Zafer]

well yes I mean in comparison to current inventories


We need to double down on domestic engine efforts. Once it's ready nothing can stop us from making 1000 Kaans. The world will never be the same after that.

But I wonder at what point would we stop and focus on 6th gen... and if all the speculation of Kaan being a platform which will bridge generations is true. Kaan is certainly better equipped to make the leap than other 5th gen fighters. With the dynamism of the Turkish defence industry, we could see it gradually transform in the years after its introduction. If this is ends up being the case, we could see a ludicrous amount of Kaans. For now I'm happy with 250 Realistically it's more than enough for our regional ambitions.

Similar to what is happening in mobile phone networks technology a strategy involving Long Term Evolution can be adopted where you upgrade the platform in a continuous manner. In this case making high numbers of a single incarnation of a plane is not suitable and you want to have a mix of upgraded planes along the way. So after we have several dozen planes in our arsenal we can look to involve foreign buyers to keep production going.

 

[IC3M@N FX]

The numbers being thrown around lol, we'll be lucky if we end up with 120-150 planes. Because 90-120 Million USD per plane is anything, but certainly not cheap.
Even if most of the money stays at home and circulates in our own ecosystem, it's still a big number.
We are talking about USD 12-14 billion, not including maintenance, spare parts and ammunition.