TR Air-Force TF-X KAAN Fighter Jet

[Sanchez]

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Beauty, they did a really good job fixing the proportion. Both P1 and P2 look really good.

To clarify, it looks like the one behind the P0 is the static test article, or the iron bird. One on the left is the P1. P2 is not out yet.

 

[hugh]

i was looking to find out about P1's landing gear bays(and its non-existent doors), only to find out they blurred them on the video. what could be the reason?

 

[Pete Mitchell Maverick]

Here are the updates I've spotted so far:

The air intakes are positioned further back, suggesting the aircraft's length has been shortened a bit.

Other than that, the radome is more compact and smaller.

Also, the P1 now features the actual landing gear. These are the main changes I've seen up to this point.

 

[BalkanTurk90]

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Beauty, they did a really good job fixing the proportion. Both P1 and P2 look really good.

İts to me or the nose is still same as P0 ?

 

[hugh]

TUSAŞ CEO:

"The 10 engines we have are sufficient for the prototypes.

We are awaiting engines from the USA, and we are currently in the final stage of the approval process.

We will likely receive approval for the first batch of blocks 10 and 20 this month, or perhaps next month. "

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2022325470054826229

 

[IC3M@N FX]

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KAAN P1 is finally here!

BÄM welcome to the next Generation of Aviation in Turkey

 

[Yasar_TR]

This is great news. Finally we have sight of P1 Kaan.
They need to hurry up and fly this asap and produce the P2 and P3 subsequently as well so that all relevant testing procedures are completed before end of 2027 or latest by mid 2028. Then we need to start LRIP cycle to get some Block10 planes in to our airforce inventory.

TEI needs to start the licence production of around 90+ f110GE129E engines as well in late 2027 or early 2028. Hopefully that production line will convert to the production line of TF35000 engines in the early 2030’s.

 

[TR_123456]

Kaan as a project is not in a state to be shared with other countries for joint development. To open this up, all the development milestones and future tech for Kaan B0, B10 and B20 are already set in stone. There is no tech to be worked on from beginning for Kaan, no tech we need from someone else. Only "tech" being sough after are the F110 engines for the B10; that's it. Rest are to be Turkish. Development of some things can be distributed among other companies, but Turkey still retains the IP for whole aircraft.

If any country wants to be part of Kaan as a customer or as a building partner, agreements can be made. Joint development is not part of it; and except the engine, there's no roadblock any country can put ahead of Kaan's development or production.

Nice words,lets hope the current administration thinks the same.
''P1 and P2 sold to KSA'' kind of nonsense would be funny.