Mock-up of Turkey's first national fighter jet to be unveiled at Paris Air ShowThe mock-up version of Turkey's first national fighter jet will be showcased for the first time at this year's Paris Air Show, Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) General Manager Temel Kotil announced at the 14th International Defense Fair (IDEF).
Kotil indicated that they have progressed by establishing all infrastructure facilities in the National Fighter Jet Project.
"This is our biggest project. When we finish this, Turkey can say technologically it is no different from the U.S., Russia, and China," he stressed.
TAI continues its preliminary design works for the production of modern aircraft designed with domestic capabilities and that can replace the F-16 aircraft, which are in the inventory of the Turkish Air Forces Command and are considered to be gradually deactivated as of the 2030s.
For the development of the first national fighter jet, Turkey and the U.K. signed a memorandum of understanding during President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's visit to the U.K. on May 13-15, 2018.
The fifth-generation fighter jet will be realized within a project-based incentive system. Preliminary design activities received a TL 4.8 billion incentive certificate under the incentive program. The project will employ 3,200 people, with an indirect employment contribution estimated to be around 11,200. Turkey will, after the U.S., Russia and China, take its place among the countries in the world that have the infrastructure and technology to produce the fifth-generation fighter jet. Pointing to five ongoing helicopter projects, Kotil suggested that five years later, they would become the fourth or fifth largest helicopter manufacturer in the world.
"We have about 400 helicopter engineers. We are expanding our scope in this regard," Kotil said, underlining that they would also not abandon the production of aircraft parts which made the TAI what it is now.
"We will not stop making the small bolts for Boeing and Airbus, no matter how original products we manufacture," he continued. "We have learned a lot from these processes. The aircraft building will always continue. We will raise half a billion we make in exports to $2 billion." Kotil further commented on the developments regarding the F-35 program, saying, "We are a part of the F-35 program. Turkey's orders rank second in quantity." Kotil informed that they used their own resources to make Aksungur, a domestic unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) with a high-use load carrying capacity. "Aksungur made its first flight in 18 months. We will deliver it to the security forces at the end of the year," he added. Noting that the Atak-2 helicopter will have a total engine capacity of 6,000 horsepower, Kotil said that the engine needed will be domestic, but the project has not started yet.
https://www.dailysabah.com/defense/2019 ... s-air-showP.S. ..както се казва ,системата е Миш-Маш и желанието е да се асемблира в Турция към 2030 година.А ,като чета,Ердоган се е кандидатирал и за друг самолет ,ако го резнат американците
Russia to Procure 76 Su-57 Stealth Fighter Jets by 2028
Russia is set to procure 76 Su-57s by 2028, according to the Russian President Vladimir Putin.
By Franz-Stefan Gady
May 16, 2019
Russia is slated to purchase 76 Sukhoi Su-57 fighter aircraft, the country’s first purported indigenously designed and built fifth-generation stealth fighter jet, by 2028, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced on May 15.
“The 2028 arms program stipulated the purchase of 16 such jets,” Putin said during a defense meeting, according to TASS news agency. “We have agreed to purchase 76 such fighters without the increase in prices in the same period of time.”
During the same meeting, Russian Minister of Defense Sergei Shoigu noted that the per-unit cost per aircraft and associated equipment went down by 20 percent.
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According to the Russian president, no contract for the 76 Su-57 fighter jets has been signed.
“In the nearest future we will sign a package contract to supply 76 such jets equipped with modern weapons of destruction and provided with the necessary land infrastructure,” the president said yesterday.
Three aviation regiments of the Russian Air Force are expected to receive the Su-57. The service is slated to officially take delivery of the first Su-57 this year.
During a recent flight to the 929th Chkalov State Flight-Test Center in Russia’s southwestern Astrakhan region, Putin’s IL-96-300PU presidential plane was escorted by six Su-57.
There are currently 10 Su-57 prototypes undergoing various stages of testing and evaluation with the Russian Air Force. Two Su-57 aircraft are expected to be delivered to the service in 2019 and 2020 respectively.
Notably, the aircraft will not enter serial production until 2020, as I reported previously. This has principally to do with delays surrounding the Su-57s engine. The Saturn izdeliye 30 will not be ready for serial production until at least 2020.
The new engine features increased thrust and fuel efficiency and is reportedly fitted with 3D thrust vectoring nozzles. All of the 10 Su-57 prototypes have been fitted with a derivative of the Russian-made Saturn AL-41F1S engine, the AL-41F1, an older aircraft engine also installed on the Sukhoi Su-35S Flanker-E.
The Su-57 lacks high-end low-observable design features and the aircraft’s sensor suite and other mission systems continue to suffer from developmental issues. The aircraft also reportedly cannot carry some of Russia’s most advanced air-launched weapons systems, including the BrahMos-A and KH-35UE, in its internal weapons bay, turning the missiles into radar cross section hotspots.
Overall, the Su-57 should not be be compared with fifth-generation aircraft such as Lockheed Martin’s F-22 Raptor in terms of stealth capabilities. Notably, the Su-57s primary mission will also likely not consist of penetrating sophisticated integrated air defense networks, but rather to defend Russian airspace with standoff weaponry in the event of conflict.
Russia is looking to export the fighter jet abroad. The Russian government is expected to offer the Su-57 to the Chinese People’s Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF), the Indian Air Force,
and the Turkish Air Force (TAF), following approval of the export variant of the Su-57, designated Su-57E, by the Russian president.
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