FF very soon now:
Well, at least when Selcuk is back from vacation
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Well, at least when Selcuk is back from vacation
Waiting for KAAN's (and possibly Kızılelma's) İris-300
The critical design has started last year (Aselsan annual report 2023) so luckily we won't have to wait for too long. This -200 version came as a surprise as I didn't expect it for the F-16. Or perhaps it was mentioned before and I forgot about it...
Anyway a welcome surprise!
I believe this is the one used in Kizilelma already. Dome shape matches this product more than other existing aselsan products.
wow, Kızılelma test is from a week ago. Should fly soonTM
PT3i s using the AI-322F, do they have a license to build them in Turkey ?
Most likely yes, but in we need to wait for 4 years according to the latest information:
Turkey Military News, Reports, Data, etc.
CEO of Baykar, Haluk said the following in an interview with "Capital Dergisi" - Haluk Bayraktar says that they allocated 1 billion dollars to the development of Bayraktar Kızılelma and says, "As Baykar, we decided to invest in the engine last year. We will invest 300 million dollars in engine...
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Hoping that they bought a stockpile of them to do development, Ukraine will have a hard time pumping out more of these. Still, I can see the Kızılelma development taking a couple of year to complete anyway so it's probably not a big problem for the future.