IF there ever will be a "supersonic UAV" (aka IF it will ever have a functioning engine)
Because it's most likely going to use the
in the subsonic version and
in the supersonic one.
IF that will ever be fitted "with AESA"
Soon we'll see AESA radars on the
and subsequently on the
.
IF there will ever be "CeC"
It's a matter of electronics and software, both of which Turkey has a high degree of proficiency in.
IF it will ever feature "EOTS"
Oh yes it will by that time. Project '
' (pomegranate) was initiated by various Turkish institutions including Aselsan in 2018 to indigenize FPA's for various IIR systems, cooled and uncooled detectors, missile seekers, SWIR, MWIR and LWIR detectors. Next year the Aselflir-F500C with HD resolution (1280*720) MWIR and SWIR will be integrated on various platforms.
For comparison, the original F-35 EOTS has a 1024*1024 resolution MWIR. According to
(one of the signatories of the 'Nar' project and producers of ROIC), higher resolution FPA's are under development like 1280*1024, 2k*2k and 4k*4k.
The indigenization of the 640*512 FPA has already been completed seeing as the CATS is currently mass produced. According to a source, it previously used French Sofradir FPA's. And the 1024*768 FPA is currently being tested on the
.
The
of Aselsan has already indicated on twitter that it would be his pleasure to 'decorate' the MIUS with whatever it suits.
IF the "ramjet BVR missiles" will be finished
Tubitak-Sage, the institution who is responsible of air-to-air missile development, previously said that they were working on ramjet engines. There was no indication about a solid-fuel ramjet engine being tested at all, untill the minister of defense recently stated that he looks forward to the 'Gokhan' ramjet air-to-air missile. Even more recently, the Head of Tubitak-Sage stated that the missile:
You recently accused me of being like an '
INDIAN'. Well India is even further than Turkey in the BVR air-to-air (ramjet) department with the first test-launching of the Astra Mk3 ramjet propelled BVR missile more than
ago. A feat worthy of praise.
and finally IF that all works, it is still highly questionable IF " it can even take on other 5th gen fighters"
The MIUS is smaller than other manned fighters and will have a VLO airframe without a cockpit. It can use various senors to detect targets and even other VLO targets with its passive sensors. The EOTS that it will use in the second half of this decade will have at least 1280*720 resolution. To see how good their performance will be in detecting air targets, take a look at this:
Detection at 180 km and with the supersonic speed and ramjet BVR, it will defeat its opponents with relative ease.
Yes for sure, but you are already dreaming as IF this all is done and the whole world applauds Turkey for such a super-duper UAV no country before managed to make.
Like the usage of the TB2, a small tactical drone that wiped out billions of dollars worth in military equipment as a worlds first? It comes as no surprise that a rising country can be a pioneer in a certain field. Selcuk Bayraktar is considered to be the Elon Musk of Turkey. And soon we'll be amazed by the air-to-air capability of the Akinci.
I would call this a typical WET DREAM.
I wouldn't call it a dream, but a realistic perspective. But if you want to know what excites me, it would be
