Turkey Military News, Reports, Data, etc.
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Yeah, I thought it would be 1024 TRM max! These are rumored to be 20W nominal and 30W max. That would be insane regardles of the relatively small aperture.
Hurjet and T929 performed very well on their first flights according to CEO of TUSAS:
"After doing this (Hurjet), it becomes easier for the National Combatant (TF-X) to fly. Because they are both the same type of aircraft. If you know aviation, the geometries of subsonic planes are more rounded, supersonic planes are sharper. They are more difficult to control because they are sharp. We call it active control. We achieved this here. If you looked at their first flight (Hurjet), their first flight was able to take off straight like a bird. Normally, the bad plane wobbles, going left and right. Ultimately, this is the first flight, you adjust the flight control system for it in the next flights. But these are all theoretically designed and manufactured. They performed number one on their first flight, and I am very happy."
Kotil, who also made statements about the Atak-2 helicopter, which made its first flight yesterday, said: "This helicopter was designed from scratch. It is an 11-ton heavy class helicopter. There are 3 of them in the world. One of them is the Russian war helicopter called MI-28, and the Americans have a helicopter called Apache. Both helicopters and our own helicopter. All other helicopters perform below this. We design everything digitally, we manufacture it digitally. It goes with automatic controls. Therefore, the workmanship is number ten. The most important part of a helicopter is its transmission. We have made Gökbey's transmission before. But Gökbey is a 6-ton helicopter, this 11-ton helicopter "So it's a double helicopter. The transmission worked on the first run. It made zero vibrations and it flew yesterday. The flight was also very stable." "Atak-2 was 'light as a bird above'" Kotil said that although it was the first flight of Atak-2, it almost acted as if it was its 500th flight. In other words, Hürjet flew stable, number ten, attracting the attention of the whole world. Although Atak-2 was heavy and weighed 11 tons, our captain (Pilot) said, "It was as light as a bird up there."
Also a little surprise:
Kotil said that a special documentary about the production phase of Hürjet has been prepared and they are planning to publish it in the coming days.
"After doing this (Hurjet), it becomes easier for the National Combatant (TF-X) to fly. Because they are both the same type of aircraft. If you know aviation, the geometries of subsonic planes are more rounded, supersonic planes are sharper. They are more difficult to control because they are sharp. We call it active control. We achieved this here. If you looked at their first flight (Hurjet), their first flight was able to take off straight like a bird. Normally, the bad plane wobbles, going left and right. Ultimately, this is the first flight, you adjust the flight control system for it in the next flights. But these are all theoretically designed and manufactured. They performed number one on their first flight, and I am very happy."
Kotil, who also made statements about the Atak-2 helicopter, which made its first flight yesterday, said: "This helicopter was designed from scratch. It is an 11-ton heavy class helicopter. There are 3 of them in the world. One of them is the Russian war helicopter called MI-28, and the Americans have a helicopter called Apache. Both helicopters and our own helicopter. All other helicopters perform below this. We design everything digitally, we manufacture it digitally. It goes with automatic controls. Therefore, the workmanship is number ten. The most important part of a helicopter is its transmission. We have made Gökbey's transmission before. But Gökbey is a 6-ton helicopter, this 11-ton helicopter "So it's a double helicopter. The transmission worked on the first run. It made zero vibrations and it flew yesterday. The flight was also very stable." "Atak-2 was 'light as a bird above'" Kotil said that although it was the first flight of Atak-2, it almost acted as if it was its 500th flight. In other words, Hürjet flew stable, number ten, attracting the attention of the whole world. Although Atak-2 was heavy and weighed 11 tons, our captain (Pilot) said, "It was as light as a bird up there."
Also a little surprise:
Kotil said that a special documentary about the production phase of Hürjet has been prepared and they are planning to publish it in the coming days.
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UMTAS-GM: Roketsan's Spike NLOS equivalent.
GM might stand for "Genişletilmiş Menzil" aka "Extended Range". Head of SSB talked about UMTAS with 16km range before. Perhaps this is what he refered to. More info is to be released today by SST.
- Helicopter launched and land based variants will be available
- The missile is in trials and will be ready for serial production by the end of this year
- Roketsan is developing/carrying out R&D for around 40 undisclosed strategic missiles programs at present. UMTAS-GM is just one of them.
GM might stand for "Genişletilmiş Menzil" aka "Extended Range". Head of SSB talked about UMTAS with 16km range before. Perhaps this is what he refered to. More info is to be released today by SST.
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The first torpedo drop by Turkey's MIR SIDE maritime drone. The Turkish military company ASELSAN, showed the first firing of torpedoes without a crewed military boat MIR SIDA. Details about a military boat that can be used as a marine drone are not reported. It is known that the MIR SIDA boat can be equipped with American Mk 44, Mk 46 and Mk 54 torpedoes. In the background, you can see that the boat is escorted by the Turkish MARLIN SIDA naval drone
Temel Kotil:
- Unmanned helicopter is under development
- Normally, if Hürjet can fly, it means that MMU can also fly. Many systems are common. In fact, we can fly it even today but additional safety measures and some parts need to be integrated. MMU will fly in December
- Domestic engine for MMU will come in 2028
Atak-2 testpilot Arif Ates:
- Atak-2 was originally designed with 9t MTOW but It is now 11,5t thanks to changing requirements
Atak-2 patch calling it "AGIR ABI" (heavy (older) brother)
By the looks of it, it can carry 16 ATGMs and 2x rocket pods either guided or unguided with perhaps ShRAAMs on the wingtips. Tomorrow ill see the it with weapons attached to it according to Kotil.
- Unmanned helicopter is under development
- Normally, if Hürjet can fly, it means that MMU can also fly. Many systems are common. In fact, we can fly it even today but additional safety measures and some parts need to be integrated. MMU will fly in December
- Domestic engine for MMU will come in 2028
Atak-2 testpilot Arif Ates:
- Atak-2 was originally designed with 9t MTOW but It is now 11,5t thanks to changing requirements
Atak-2 patch calling it "AGIR ABI" (heavy (older) brother)
By the looks of it, it can carry 16 ATGMs and 2x rocket pods either guided or unguided with perhaps ShRAAMs on the wingtips. Tomorrow ill see the it with weapons attached to it according to Kotil.
Weapons bay open?
