To understand the issues related to TUSAŞ vs. Baykar, you must watch this video.
TUSAŞ being a state-owned company, has some problems within. Look at the Hürkuş, for example; how many years have passed since that thing made its first flight? They don't even bother saying the exact reasons for the project to go back into the design stage. They didn't even finish Hürjet, yet speak of redesigning it for TCG Anadolu competency.
Tunisia ordered 3 Anka + 3 Control stations for 80M$, yet Baykar is so cheap that people can raise crowd-funding. Saying government doesn't advertise TAI products is a blatant lie. We have been watching minister-president-level people trying to sell Hürjet to Malaysia for weeks.
Also, Turkish-made engine requirements exist for Baykar as well. Akıncı has a model using the TEI engine, but TEI doesn't have a 750 hp engine for Akıncı-B. Also, the production speed of components is not enough for Baykar. For example, Aselsan aims to produce 6 CATS (TBH nowhere near MX15 for performance) in a month, yet 20 TB-2/month is the speed of Baykar, and aiming to extend it to 30. The same goes for engines.
So, let TUSAŞ put all his efforts and money into their primary projects, which are MMU, Hürjet, and the new Hürkuş (which will come after Hürjet unfortunately). Why does everybody believe every winning product in a competition won by political connections and lost one was better? Maybe they just won because they are better? Not just us, I mean the same goes for "YF-22 vs YF-23" or "X-35 vs X-32".
TUSAŞ being a state-owned company, has some problems within. Look at the Hürkuş, for example; how many years have passed since that thing made its first flight? They don't even bother saying the exact reasons for the project to go back into the design stage. They didn't even finish Hürjet, yet speak of redesigning it for TCG Anadolu competency.
Tunisia ordered 3 Anka + 3 Control stations for 80M$, yet Baykar is so cheap that people can raise crowd-funding. Saying government doesn't advertise TAI products is a blatant lie. We have been watching minister-president-level people trying to sell Hürjet to Malaysia for weeks.
Also, Turkish-made engine requirements exist for Baykar as well. Akıncı has a model using the TEI engine, but TEI doesn't have a 750 hp engine for Akıncı-B. Also, the production speed of components is not enough for Baykar. For example, Aselsan aims to produce 6 CATS (TBH nowhere near MX15 for performance) in a month, yet 20 TB-2/month is the speed of Baykar, and aiming to extend it to 30. The same goes for engines.
So, let TUSAŞ put all his efforts and money into their primary projects, which are MMU, Hürjet, and the new Hürkuş (which will come after Hürjet unfortunately). Why does everybody believe every winning product in a competition won by political connections and lost one was better? Maybe they just won because they are better? Not just us, I mean the same goes for "YF-22 vs YF-23" or "X-35 vs X-32".
