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sequ

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Where is this from? How recent is it? We know that they collaborated before but it was not certain if they will continue after the first collaboration ended.

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It's from TRMotor twitter page from march. I believe the cooperation with IP never stopped and they are still supporting the development, just not formalized yet:

"(...)but efforts are underway to develop a national fighter engine. TAI-owned TRMotor and TUSAS Engine Industries (TEI) are already collaborating on the development of the fighter engine, although Demiroglu says this collaboration is not finalized. The indigenous engine partnership will be formalized in the weeks following the
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, as will collaboration with Ukrainian engine development house Ivchenko Progress.

The Ukrainian company is supporting the engine development effort, Demiroglu said, because it has “walked the road [of engine development] before, and we are trying to reduce the time of development by getting some help.”


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Could be that IP helped TRMotor set up everything and then competed against TRMotor+TEI design which was selected to be the winner by the 13 man technical committee as mentioned by Aksit recently.
 

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The fist signs of delay in the Kaan program are appearing:

FARNBOROUGH—Turkish Aerospace (TAI) has launched assembly of the next two Kaan combat aircraft prototypes, but supply chain issues are pacing the indigenous program, the company’s new CEO Mehmet Demiroglu says.

Speaking at a press conference on the second day of the
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—and just five weeks into his tenure as CEO of the OEM, following the departure of Temel Kotil in June—Demiroglu said that supply chain issues around titanium as well as castings and forgings were causing “significant manufacturing delays.

He said TAI was now working to fix the problems with its suppliers and to help them return to what Demiroglu called the manufacturer’s “normal schedule” of production.
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Interestingly, just before Temel Kotil got booted there were reports of bad quality titanium from TAI. Perhaps this whole titanium affair has damaged business ties between TAI and its customers which could only be rectified by new faces leading the company.

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Do you guys think TAI's recent GM change might be related to this?

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I'm now afraid it is.
 
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The stuff I've paid for is getting stolen again :mad:

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He probably justifies himself thinking the magazine is on public domain in addition to the paid one. Of course he should have cited you if he is using your screenshot directly. I don't understand such behavior but we are a rightful albeit small minority it seems. At least he stopped using here. They (aktrolls) have quite a lot of power in SPF for some reason :)
 
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