Turkey Military News, Reports, Data, etc.

Lay out of the BMC tank plant in Ankara:



Altay subsystems that've been indigenized:

F-22 overlayed with TF-X by Buchmaru:



I don't find this CGI to be very accurate. The TF-X wingspan is supposed to be 44cm wider @14m vs 13,56. Still good to know the TF-X wing area is in the high 70's if not reaching 80m2.

sequ said:

I wonder if @Stealthflanker can make an RCS analysis of this

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Well if someone commissioned it i could.

Mahmut Akşit, General Manager of TEI:

At the end of 2024, we will start the official process for the civil certification of the TEI-TS1400 engine. By the end of 2024, we plan to start the first mass production of the TEI-TS1400 engine. We are now producing materials in Turkey that Roketsan, which is strictly controlled in the world, cannot buy from anywhere else. All intellectual property rights of TEI-TS1400 belong to Turkey. It does not belong to TEI.

Major progress on MKEs CIWs design.

This is old news.

Kizilelma test flight, takeoff length ~200m or less:

sequ said:

It's a mystery to me too. Perhaps there is negligent RCS reduction gain compared to the drawback(s)? I can guess its heavier, and draggier?

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Swept vertical stabilizers stall later and move the center of the yaw moment backward. This is why you see them on even ultra-light gliders. Trapezoid is less draggy except in transonic.

Speaking of the Turkish defense industry
I see three 35 mm turrets here. 1 Goker 2 Korhan. The photo is a month old.

Goker is an unmanned AA turret. Korhan is for AFVs and is unmanned again. I may write about Korhan here later if it becomes operational. The thing is basically an IFV tech splurge turret.

Japan's Ambassador to Ankara SUZUKI visited Baykar.

Embassy: "Ambassador SUZUKI visited Baykar. He received the most up-to-date information about the drone."

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According to the Nigerian ambassador, TAI offered to establish a production line for the Anka UAV in Nigeria:

“There is a lot going on in the defense industry between Nigeria and Turkey, and in fact, very recently, Turkish Aerospace Industries offered to establish a factory for ANKA unmanned aerial vehicle in Nigeria. This will be a new milestone.”

Nothing official yet but possibly the "hybrid air defence system" with 4 AESA radars, 1 FCR, 1 35mm gun, 4x sungur MANPADS and 4x SAM.

We'll probably soon hear more about it.