TR Air-Force TF-X KAAN Fighter Jet

[hugh]

a quick reminder, the engines are not the only stranglehold the US have on KAAN. the aircraft's bulkheads are made by EBM machines, provided by an american company. I'm sure our shortsightedness will cause a roadblock there too. our brilliant leaders wanted to gain independent foreign policy through KAAN which can only be built with foreign tooling. The aircraft sits at the heart of our independence but investing in a goddamn hydraulic-press is too much to ask!

 

[BalkanTurk90]

Don't waste any more energy on countries like that. Get the WS 10 C or D engine directly from Pakistan over China. It is almost nearly identical to the CFM56/F-101 Family -> F-110 engine in terms of size, weight, diameter and LBF, it also has FADEC. It's just a transitional engine anyway.

Yes its a transitional engine , people should not worry too much about kaan but more about f16 that have same F110 engine so can Turkiye maintain and repair itself those engines ?
And for KAAN we just needs few F110 engines just for 3-6 prototypes until 2030 . So i see this ban on engines more to hurt f16 fleet

 

[mehmed beg]

It is time for these liars to live with their bases from Turkey. Nothing can be worked out with them.
Not surprising really.
So no need for f16 from them and no need for f35. Not a f penny. Boing planes, I understand. But nuclear deal and gas deals should be abandoned.
Turkey won't be protected or helped in any possible scenario.
So what is the point?

 

[godel44]

That's a pity. All I wanted from this deal was engines for the initial batches of Kaan. This topic is much more important than everything else. Of course, Americans would be hesitant to supply those engines and would rather sell F16s, but I would have made the LNG deal dependent on engines.

 

[Yasar_TR]

Japan Offers IHI XF9-1 Engine for India’s AMCA Program, GTRE Invited for Technical Review Amid Global Competition - Indian Defence Research Wing

SOURCE: RAUNAK KUNDE / NEWS BEAT / IDRW.ORG In a significant development for India’s Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft (AMCA) program, Japan has offered its advanced IHI XF9-1 low-bypass afterburning turbofan engine for co-development and potential local production, as first reported by Indian...

idrw.org

Japan has offered XF9-1 engine to India for their AMCA stealth fighter.

This is a 33000lbf + wet thrust and 24250lbf dry thrust engine using 5th generation single crystal turbine blades and specifically developed for 5th generation fighter jets.

May be we should approach Japan and IHI to inquire about using this engine for KAAN until TF35000 is fully matured. That would ease the pressure on TEI as well.

We first alienated RR with Qatar involvement. Mistake #1
We went for a very big plane that needed a large engine. Mistake #2
We got ourselves kicked out from F35 project. Mistake #3
We assumed we had an ally in the form of USA. Mistake #4
We became too verbal in our animosity towards Israel. Mistake #5

Now we are in a predicament and don’t know how to get ourselves out of it.

There is always a way out of a predicament if the administration plays the cards right. But do we have that administration with balls and determination and morals that are patriotically driven and not politically and profit driven, to sort this mess out?
After all, why are we in this mess?

 

[Angry Turk !!!]

After all, why are we in this mess?

Self sabotage.