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According to an SSB insider
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Additional information on Altay and its engine

The engine supplied from Korea Doosan had arrived in Turkey long before the announced date. The process of integration into the tank is currently ongoing. It'll be on the field around May.

No problems with the Korean transmission. It passed the tests of Korea.

An important threshold has been crossed in the domestic power group. It will be made public soon.

The integration of the domestic power group into the tank will begin this year. Depending on the corrections to be made in the future feedbacks, we will see the local power group Altay in 2024 with an optimistic point of view.

There were allegations about BMC Power that a lot of personnel had left their jobs and the project could not be done. I researched the allegations. The head team in the production of the engine still works in-house. There are personnel leaving, but there is no collective separation that will negatively affect the projects.
 
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It is not that surprising really. South Korea has a highly advanced car manufacturing and ship building industry.
They are pretty good at all kinds of heavy duty mechanical engineering. The Leopard 2 is like, what, 5 decades old by now?
You might put a lot of upgrades on it but the limitations of the original chassis will still be there.

The K2 has a turret with auto-loader and the turret is designed to be large enough to fit a 130mm gun if necessary.
 
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Latest info about air-to-air missiles from Tubitak:

In the statements made by Gürcan OKUMUŞ, “The project process continues successfully in the GÖKTUĞ project. Most of the planned tests within the scope of the project have been completed, but there are some ongoing tests as well. There may be shifts in test programs due to various internal and external factors, but as a result, we maintain our goal of completing the project within this year. The results we have achieved so far are very successful, the data obtained is above expectations.

We are beyond range targets in both BOZDOĞAN and GÖKDOĞAN, they have abilities that stand out from their counterparts. In one of the tests, the first supersonic air-to-air missile was launched within the scope of this project. The second phase of the GÖKTUĞ Project; The first productions will start again this year, including their integration with different F-16 types and UAVs. In the continuation of the project, we started the preliminary studies for the advanced configurations of BOZDOĞAN and GÖKDOĞAN. Capability gains such as longer range, more advanced data link, and warhead with directed reactive particles are on the way.

Using an air-to-air missile in a UAV is a different and difficult concept. For this, our negotiations with BAYKAR continue. AESA Radar integration is very important here. I think that the studies will be completed in parallel on both missile level and AESA radar integration.

AKDOĞAN May Turn To Close Air Defense Missile As for AKDOĞAN, it is being worked on as an internal project of ours. We are planning AKDOĞAN as a 'Mini Air Air Missile', but we are also evaluating the case of returning to the 'Close Air Defense Missile for Naval Platforms'. I think maybe AKDOĞAN or a version of BOZDOĞAN will be used for helicopter platforms.”

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TurDef had an interview with SSB director Ismail Demir:

Question: You are working on multiple alternatives in the TF-X engine. Last time you mentioned that you would work with alternative engines. Could you explain this working model a little more?

Demir: We are working on an alternative engine with the F110 in TF-X. The F110 engine will indeed be used in the first prototype. The F110 at least assures us. The alternative engine we found to the F110 will protect us from nasty surprises. This engine may serve two prototypes and/or until the Turkish engine joins the program.

The engine that will be used at TF-X is the engine and TRMotor that we will work in partnership with Rolls-Royce. In fact, both should merge at some point. There should be a single national engine project because we do not have the financial strength to continue the two national engine projects simultaneously. Let’s clarify first what Rolls-Royce is proposing in the preliminary studies. They had some reservations about working with TRMotor. Those reserves are not on the table anymore. Therefore, unification will be possible. TRMotor is working on its own. It will make some progress. When a certain point is reached, they can walk together if Rolls-Royce stays like it is today. TRMotor, Rolls-Royce / Kale / Pratt and TEI all have to work together.

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