Türkei: Mehrzweckkampfflugzeug TFX / KAAN

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Reverse Engineering?


https://de.linkedin.com/pulse/f-35-eots-michelle-bryan

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Indonesien hat heute den Kaufvertrag für 48 "Kaan" unterzeichnet:

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Turkey Releases Imagery Of Second Prototype Of Kaan Fighter

Turkey’s Defense Industries Agency, SSB, released the first imagery of the almost completed second prototype of the indigenous Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) Kaan fighter on Feb. 13.

Aircraft P1 was presented to SSB’s head Haluk Gorgun alongside a new ground test vehicle and aircraft P0, the engineering prototype that was adapted to fly and made two flights in 2024.

The P1 aircraft appears virtually complete externally, albeit unpainted and with several panels around the lower sections of the vertical stabilizer yet to be fitted. Its two General Electric F110 engines have also been installed.

Several minor design tweaks have been made, including the repositioning of the air intakes farther back behind the cockpit rather than just below the midpoint of the cockpit on P0. The intakes have also been significantly enlarged. Just in front of the canopy is a faceted aperture for the Aselsan Karat infrared search and track (IRST), while under the nose is another faceted fairing for the Toygun electro-optical targeting system, which appears to be fitted. It is unclear whether the aircraft features the Murad active electronically scanned array radar, but the radome lacks a pitot tube.

The imagery also suggests possible repositioning of the main landing gear to provide a wider track, which would require some internal redesign compared to P0, but this is yet to be confirmed.

First flight for P1 is planned for no later than June, Turkish Aerospace CEO Mehmet Demiroglu told Aviation Week at the World Defense Show 2026 this week in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, but was more likely to take place in May.

https://aviationweek.com/defense/aircra ... an-fighter