The Turkish Defense Industry Agency has announced the start of taxi tests of prototypes of its indigenous TF-X stealth fighter and Hurjet advanced jet trainer. Turkey’s procurement agency head Ismail… Continue reading "Turkish TF-X Fighter and Hurjet Trainer Prototypes Begin Taxi Tests"
Another significant milestone has been reached in Turkey’s first domestic warplane project. On Wednesday, November 23, the TF-X (MMU in Turkish), Turkey’s future fighter jet, was moved to the Final… Continue reading "Turkey’s Domestic 5th Generation TF-X Fighter Jet Is On The Final Assembly Line"
Turkey’s defense procurement agency has officially launched a competition for a Turkish-developed and built turbofan engine to power the TF-X indigenous stealth fighter currently under development by Turkish Aerospace. The… Continue reading "Turkey Officially Launches TF-X Stealth Fighter Engine Competition"
Turkey has reached another significant milestone in its efforts to reduce reliance on foreign critical equipment in the defense and aerospace industries, as well as develop domestic technological capabilities. In… Continue reading "Turkey’s First Domestically Developed Military Turbofan Engine TF6000 Successfully Completed Its First Ignition Test"
Ukraine’s Ambassador to Ankara, Vasyl Bodnar, stated in an exclusive interview with CNN Turk, on 15 February, that Ukraine is interested in purchasing Turkey’s KAAN fighter jet, which is currently… Continue reading "Ukraine Shows Interest in Turkey’s Fifth Generation KAAN Fighter Aircraft"
Turkey has turned to Europe’s multinational aircraft, the Eurofighter Typhoon, to bolster its air force, following Turkey’s ejection from the F-35 program and difficulties in procuring additional F-16 aircraft from… Continue reading "Turkey Is In Negotiations For The Purchase of 40 Eurofighter Typhoons"
Turkey’s domestic jet trainer and light attack aircraft Hürjet makes its first flight, reaching a significant milestone for the project. On Tuesday, April 25, Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) flew the… Continue reading "Turkey’s Jet Trainer And Light Attack Aircraft Hürjet Makes Its First Flight"
Prof. Dr. Temel Kotil, CEO of TAI, released the first images of the ANKA-3, Turkey’s first flying wing unmanned combat aircraft developed by Turkish Aerospace Industries. Kotil shared images of… Continue reading "Turkey Reveals The First Images and Specs Of The ANKA-3, Its Newest Flying Wing Unmanned Combat Aircraft"
The Turkish defense industry is working hard to replicate its global success with the Bayraktar TB-2 and ANKA drones in the field of unmanned fighter aircraft. In this context, it… Continue reading "Turkey Is Developing A New Unmanned Fighter Called ANKA-3 MİUS"
Welcome to Overt Defense’s Weekend Briefing where we round up the week’s most exciting and important defense news. In this weekend’s issue topics including the second hypersonic ARRW booster test,… Continue reading "Weekend Briefing (18-22 July)"