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"Akıncı UCAV has been exported to 4 countries so far. 5 more countries are very close to acquiring Akıncı UCAV."

Gokdogan BVR missile successfully tested!

According to the information obtained by SavunmaSanayiST.com; 3 F-16 Fighter Aircraft and 1 KC-135 Tanker Aircraft of the Air Force Command participated in the test carried out in Sinop on July 5, 2022. The radar seeker head of the missile was also used in the firing against the air target by the launcher aircraft under loft firing conditions.
According to the information we have obtained; In the intermediate phase, the target information was updated in the light of the radar information received from the F-16 aircraft with the data link, and thus successful guidance was achieved. At the terminal stage, the target was locked by the GÖKDOĞAN Missile's own active radar seeker and a successful engagement was achieved. Thus, another critical phase in the development journey of the GÖKDOĞAN Oversight Air Missile was completed.

Completion of the Sea Replenishment Combat Support Ship “Derya” has now been delayed until [2023] by the shipyard.

New Bayraktar Akinci UAVs entered the Turkish troops. In addition, contracts for delivery abroad have already been concluded. The Turkish Ministry of Defense does not disclose the number of drones received by the troops. The Akıncı UAV belongs to the class of "heavy" drones and is equipped with a phased array radar. Akıncı is controlled by six computers and an artificial intelligence guidance system. The drone is capable of carrying both conventional and guided weapons. The Bayraktar Akinci is also equipped with air-to-air guided missiles, allowing it to attack aerial targets as well. The wingspan of Bayraktar Akinci is 20 meters, the length of the device is 12.2 meters, the size of the drone is huge and this makes it vulnerable to many air defense systems. The maximum takeoff weight of the UAV is 6000 kg, the maximum payload weight is 1350 kg. The operating altitude of the drone is approximately 9150 meters, the practical ceiling is 12,200 meters. UAV Akıncı can stay in the air for 24 hours and fly, take off and land in a fully automatic mode. UAV maximum speed - 360 km/h

Sahin anti-(mini-micro)drone system entered the inventory of the Turkish armed forces. Very good for base defense:

2 years ago they were enemies, now they are cooperating in space:

Just a nice video of the TAF featuring the Baykar drones. Perhaps this vid is to send a message to the PKK and the Syrian regime for the possible coming Turkish incursion into Syria. Last time they used TB2's and Anka's, now the Akinci is going to play too.

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New domestically produced medium and large caliber ceramic alloy naval artillery barrels in development by Urban Savunma.

Urban Savunma touts that newly procured barrels will be more cost effective, with a longer service life and better ballistic characteristics when compared with other contemporary naval artillery systems already in service.

MKE's 76mm naval gun has been installed on a Burak class corvette for testing purposes:

Inside the Turkish TF-X fighter​

Our man gets a sneak preview of Türkiye's new stealth fighter. (Stephen Bridgewater/RAeS)

On the third day, AEROSPACE’s Steve Bridgewater became the first international journalist to climb aboard the cockpit mock-up of the Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) TF-X fifth generation fighter.
While photographs and videos were strictly prohibited, we can report that the main cockpit consists of four large multi-function displays (MFDs) – referred to as portals - that can be independently configured for different display material or, when required, joined together to provide the pilot with a larger display area. “Our mission was to create a clean cockpit to make the pilot’s job as easy as possible” Gokhan Simsek, TAI’s Simulator and Training Systems IPT Lead.

The roomy cockpit has twin throttles and other engine controls on the left and a side stick controller on the right.

The engines themselves have long been a bone of contention with Türkiye originally intending to use a variant of the Eurojet EJ200 but in 2017 Rolls-Royce established a joint venture with the Kale Group of Turkey to develop and manufacture engines for the project. These negotiations fell through in 2018 and General Electric’s local partner Tusaş Engine Industries (TEI) proposed an indigenously built version of the F110 engine for the project.

Although sources reported that Kale & Rolls-Royce had re-entered the fray earlier this year, TF-X Technologies, Business Development Strategy Chief Ferhat Kutlucan confirmed to AEROSPACE that the aircraft will be rolled out on 18 March next year complete with TEI built powerplants. “We will hold an engine run the same day as the roll-out” confirmed Kutlucan, “and we will have our first flight by the end of 2025 at the latest.”

TF-X was designed specifically for the Turkish Air Force and was required to have improved aerodynamics and propulsion with a super-cruise function and advanced and internal multi-spectral sensors (EW and RF/IR). Low observability was also high on the requirements as well as data-link capabilities for network-enabled warfare and high precision stand-off weapons.

Those weapons include the Göktuğ programme of BVR and short-range radar homing air-to-air missiles as well as myriad bombs of varying size. “We are proud that almost all of the airframe, it’s system and its weapons are indigenous to Türkiye,” said Kutlucan.

Although the TF-X has been designed to meet a very tight Turkish specification TAI has not ruled out the possibility of exploring the export market. “We are not in active discussions with other nations at this point as our poriority must be delivering to Türkiye,” emphasised Kutlucan. “However, any export model will likely be delivered without some of the more sensitive indigenous technologies.”