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TAI is working on an unmanned attack helicopter. The unmanned attack helicopter, which will be the first in Turkey, is planned to be unveiled soon.

Answering the questions of Sertaç Aksan from TRT Haber, TUSAŞ Helicopter Deputy General Manager Mehmet Demiroğlu made important statements about the unmanned attack helicopter developed by TAI. The helicopter is scheduled to debut soon.

In the statement made by Demiroğlu, “Yes, we are currently working on unmanned helicopters. We, as the helicopter side, do not do this alone. We are working with TUSAŞ Unmanned Aerial Vehicles group. Because they know very well the issue of 'dehumanization'. We're pretty good at making helicopters, too."

“The first studies are from a ready helicopter”

"At this point, these two forces, these two experiences combined. We will do our first work from a ready-made helicopter. First there will be test flights, and then we will start from scratch and develop our own platforms into several families."

"Of course, one wonders when this work will become more concrete. It's a little behind due to the priority we give to other platforms, but we will see the drone fly in a few months.”

It is emphasized that the 'unmanned attack helicopter' Mehmet Demiroğlu mentioned may be the T629. It is thought that the unmanned and electric T629 Attack Helicopter will be especially useful for the Turkish Naval Forces Command.


Please stop. I can only take so much!

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Seems like this design has been chosen to proceed with under the "HIBRIT" designation:



And not this one:

sequ said:

Aselsan CEO also made statements:

- GÖKDEMİR Air Defense System will operate autonomously. There will be 8-12 GÖKDOĞAN missiles in the vehicle. It will be a very practical, mobile system. GÖKDEMİR will fill the mid-range and altitude as a concept. I can say that I expect the SİPER Block-2 to be shared very soon.

- We delivered the first version of the AESA radar for AKINCI. A radome was designed for him. Tests were started with a radome.
The next step is to get on the plane and fly. We may be sharing new news very soon.

- There are 1,152 transmit-receive units inside our AESA radar. It contains the core chip we designed, circuits, amplifiers. Truly an engineering art.

- You will make such a core chip that it will be 5x5mm in size and will transfer numerical information at 500 GB per second. This means processing 20 DVDs in 1 second.

- Threats need to be detected before they come to you. It is calculated where the most accurate engagement to that threat should be made at the right time. You have to do these in a few seconds.

Thnx to GDH defence

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Murad F16 AESA

• 1152 TRM GaN module
• 20W each modules with 30W(?)peak power (defenceturkey)
• Liquid cooling

APG-83 (open source info)

• 1020 TRM GaAs modules
• 10W each modules with 10kW peak power
• Liquid cooling

RBE2 AESA (open source info)

• 830 TRM GaAs modules
• 10W each modules with 8kW peak power
• Liquid cooling

CasualObserver said:

Murad F16 AESA

• 1152 TRM GaN module
• 20W each modules with 30W(?)peak power (defenceturkey)
• Liquid cooling

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20 Watt each module with 30 Watt peak power ? That's kinda unusually high duty cycle there which amount to 60%. If it's real, the radar will have some serious issues with eclipsing similar to British Foxhunter Radar. Even Foxhunter which operates in FMICW mode only have about 50% duty cycle. The range measurements will also suffer as such duty cycles means the radar emit in very high PRF which precludes proper range measurement. It instead have to rely on FM Ranging which less accurate than pulse delay ranging.

I inclined that 20-30 Watt would be the options available for the TRM's. The "average" or Mean power would likely be lower with duty cycle in line with typical fighter radar of 10-30%.

Defense Turkey: A new missile named UMTAS-GM was announced recently, can we get some information about it? What different features will it have compared to its predecessor, UMTAS?
Murat İKİNCİ: It will be Man-in-the-loop via data-link. It will have a longer range and can be launched from both helicopters and land platforms. Its wings were designed to be larger and openable. It will be a solid-fuel rocket-powered missile. We aim for a range of 25 kilometers in the first stage. Afterwards, we aim to put the 30 and 40 kilometer versions on the field.

Defense Turkey: One of the biggest criticisms from the users for UMTAS was that the resolution of the imaging system, which was preferred for its cost-effectiveness, was slightly lower than the products of other brands in the market. Now, ASELSAN has also developed newer and higher resolution cameras such as 640x512 for missiles. Will there be a change in the imaging system as the UMTAS-GM will go beyond 25 kilometers?
Murat İKİNCİ: The biggest change in UMTAS-GM will be the hybrid seeker head. So the imaging will not only be with an IR camera, it will be a hybrid seeker head.

Defense Turkey: By hybrid do you mean both IR and millimeter wave radar?
Murat İKİNCİ: No, IR and high resolution CCD daytime camera.

Defense Turkey: You said that there will be data-link at UMTAS-GM, but will the data-link range be sufficient for beyond 25km?
Murat İKİNCİ: Data-link range has been extended, work has been completed. It will have a range far beyond what is currently used.

Defense Turkey: When will we be able to see UMTAS-GM on the field?
Murat İKİNCİ: Our target is the end of this year. The first shot of UMTAS-GM was made, hopefully by the end of the year, it will be ready for mass production with its qualification in the field.

Defense Turkey: What are the target platforms here? ATAK and ATAK-2 helicopters belonging to the Land Forces?
Murat İKİNCİ: Helicopters, as well as USVs and land vehicles. Currently, Weapon Carrier Vehicles (STA) and armored KMC-like vehicles that can fire anti-tank missiles will be able to use this missile. Of course, when launched from the helicopter, the range will be higher. We can say that the main target audience is land vehicles, USVs and helicopters.

Defense Turkey: Does ROKETSAN develop UMTAS-GM on a contractual order or with its own resources?
Murat İKİNCİ: It is a project carried out entirely with our own resources. As ROKETSAN, what we are doing right now is to create derivative products by investing all our income in R&D.

TUSAS CEO Kotil:

America and Russia worked without sleep during the Cold War. This is our era. Not sleeping years. These items should arrive quickly. Now we have to hold the corners.

If we want HÜRJET, we can make it unmanned in 6 months.It will use a huge radar. As for the capability, it will be a small F-16.

(T929/ATAK-II) We will deliver it to our Land Forces in 2025. Demands come from African countries, NATO members, Latin America and Europe. 2 countries in the world are making this type of helicopter.

(Kaan) Such an aircraft would normally sell for $100 million. We can't say the price right now, but that's how it is. An aircraft above the F-35. By 2029, we will produce 2 per month. That's $2.4 billion.

TurDef again with one of the best interviews out there in English:

12 Anka's to be exported each to Indonesia and Algeria.

"We are currently producing 5 ANKA UAVs per month. We will increase it to 10 units per month. There is an explosion in demand from abroad.

We have 12 contracts each with Indonesia and Algeria, and we are trying to deliver them as soon as possible."

A team of 300 people is working for the national engine of KAAN

A team of 300 people continues to work within TEI for the national engine of the National Combat Aircraft KAAN. TEI General Manager Prof. Dr. Mahmut F. Aksit made special statements to M5. Making evaluations about the latest situation in the development of KAAN's domestic engine, Akşit said, "We have started our work for the national engine of KAAN. Currently, a team of 250-300 people is working. The team is getting bigger. We have largely completed the performance analyzes and cycle analyzes that will determine the first general configuration of the engine. The detailed design work of the engine has now started,".

Part I of the Kizilelma documentary. It has various subtitles to choose from: