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3 New Cooperation Agreements Between TAI and Airbus

Three new collaborations were signed between Turkish Aerospace Industries and Airbus. The signed contract will cover the A350F's barrier wall, the A320 series 18 and 19 section combination, as well as the A220 series Mid Underbody Panels.

Starting from 2024, throughout the entire program, Turkish Aerospace Industries, which will be the Single Source Supplier of the A350F Platform – Barrier Wall, will design, manufacture and supply the Barrier Wall for the A350F Platform, one of the newest platforms of wide-body cargo aircraft that will shape the future of air transport. Turkish Aerospace Industries will be responsible for 50 percent of the production and assembly work of the 18/19 Sections of the Airbus A320 Single Corridor Series. Turkish Aerospace Industries will also produce and deliver the Middle Lower Body Panels of the A220 Series Platforms as a Single Source Supplier as of 2023.

Providing thousands of parts and components to Airbus platforms for more than 20 years, Turkish Aerospace Industries continues to produce A350XWB Winglets, A330 Rudder, A320 Section 18 and Section 19.



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How is TAI managing all these projects? Don't they have their hands full?

MMU simulator revealed





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MMU simulator revealed

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Interesting, the cockpit details that the Author of the article described below does not match the photo in the İnstagram link I shared above



TF-X's striking new look! Very Tempest like is it not?

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.”

CasualObserver said:

Interesting, the cockpit details that the Author of the article described below does not match the photo in the İnstagram link I shared above

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I think it does somewhat. The screen is basically one large touchscreen that can be divided into 4 'sections' or individual screens. The writer of the article just choose different words, albeit he should've omitted the word 'MFD' as people confuse it with older style MFD's.

He confused me a bit too but after seeing the large screen divided into 4 sections I knew what he meant.

Better quality pics of the TF-X simulator:

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Better quality pics of the TF-X simulator:

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Everything comes a bit closer...



And finally,

Every hint that we saw indicates an airframe like this;



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CasualObserver said:

Everything comes a bit closer...

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And finally,

Every hint that we saw indicates an airframe like this;

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Those wide spaces engines are going to make the thing carry a lot of fuel and other auxiliary stuff such as countermeasures and decoys and have it'll cause a lifting body effect.

If only TAI would make a new mock-up. Perhaps they'll now after the Hurjet had its mock-up updated

sequ said:

Those wide spaces engines are going to make the thing carry a lot of fuel and other auxiliary stuff such as countermeasures and decoys and have it'll cause a lifting body effect.

If only TAI would make a new mock-up. Perhaps they'll now after the Hurjet had its mock-up updated

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Well, the prototype that's going to be rolled out next year will actually be more like a mock-up with an engine installed, it may be used for ground testing but it's not like it's going to be the aircraft that's going to fly in 25-26.

So according to Ibrahim Sunnetci, the pod on the T129 Phase II is an ECM pod and not a pod for testing purposes as I thought before. Nice surprise. Can't wait what Phase III will bring besides UAV control capability and better electro-optics.

I haven't fully watched it yet but Kotil is a funny guy. "Trust us we have experience on fast development"