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sequ said:
Had 60 runs, the first engine is dismantled for research while a 2nd has been produced.


No Kizilelma integration so far. Baykar is planning to design and produce their own engines so they won't perse use TF6k/10k. Maybe they will for the Turkish airforce, who knows?


No news so far on serial production of TF6000. It's too early for that.


Completely new design.


Turkish airforce always had a 400+ size fighter fleet and it's now down to 260-ish. They want more fighters and they are considering multiple fighters all at once because of contingency planning and getting the best deal for the buck.
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thanks..

TF-6000 serial production will take time as this is the first project of Turkey and this experience will use in high thrust engines. so by 2030 can we expect full KAAN be ready to serve with local engine ??
 
sequ

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sequ said:
"What would Roketsan be without Chinese technology?"

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Chinese-Turkish arms development is a love-hate relationship. Started with the tug-of-war (pun intended) to allow the Varyag through the straits, ended up in a comprehensive cooperation spanning rockets, missiles, aircraft design inspiration (KE/J-20) and electronics till this day...

Take it with or without a grain of salt :D
 
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sequ

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Radonislav said:
I couldn't get their reasoning for bigger EOs
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Their ambitions are too big for the Turkish defence industry...

TBH, Aselsan screwed up by losing 5 years of EO development after they unveiled the CATS in 2014 and did nothing with it until 2019...
 
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sequ said:
Their ambitions are too big for the Turkish defence industry...

TBH, Aselsan screwed up by losing 5 years of EO development after they unveiled the CATS in 2014 and did nothing with it until 2019...
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Yeah, but also keep in mind that ASELSAN is tied to the state. Military is usually too short-sighted and just used MX-15s
 
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Radonislav said:
Yeah, but also keep in mind that ASELSAN is tied to the state. Military is usually too short-sighted and just used MX-15s
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Sorry I don't buy that excuse. Aselsan is indeed a semi-state company but it's operated as a regular international company with stocks:

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They missed the EO boat hard and are still having a hard time recovering. They are streamlining their company according to their 2024-2030 roadmap are and forsaking some products to focus on the more important ones. That's why I believe they didn't and won't go into the small EO market.
 
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