TAI TF Kaan: Difference between revisions - Wikipedia

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| first flight = 21 February 2024<ref name="Bloomberg_21.02.2024"/>

| introduction = 20282030s (planned)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Malyasov |first1=Dylan |title=Turkish stealth fighter prototype made its first flight |url=https://defence-blog.com/turkish-stealth-fighter-prototype-made-its-first-flight/ |access-date=21 February 2024 |work=Defence Blog |archive-date=21 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240221085432/https://defence-blog.com/turkish-stealth-fighter-prototype-made-its-first-flight/ |url-status=live }}</ref>{{efn|serial production starting in 2028<ref>{{cite web | url=https://nz.finance.yahoo.com/news/turkeys-kaan-fighter-jet-conducts-102530872.html | title=Turkey's KAAN fighter jet conducts first flight | date=21 February 2024 | access-date=25 February 2024 | archive-date=25 February 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240225100747/https://nz.finance.yahoo.com/news/turkeys-kaan-fighter-jet-conducts-102530872.html | url-status=live }}</ref>}}

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| primary user = [[Turkish Air Force]]

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In May 2023, TAI CEO [[Temel Kotil]] said the company expects to deliver twenty Block 10 aircraft to the [[Turkish Air Force]] in 2028, then two aircraft per month by 2029, generating $2.4 billion in annual revenues for TAI.<ref name="Defense_News_11.05.2023">{{cite web |author=Burak Ege Bekdil |date=11 May 2023 |title=The cost of Turkey's TF-X fighter jet could rise, manufacturer says |url=https://www.defensenews.com/global/europe/2023/05/11/the-cost-of-turkeys-tf-x-fighter-jet-could-rise-manufacturer-says/ |website=defensenews.com |publisher=Defense News |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-date=26 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240226102045/https://www.defensenews.com/global/europe/2023/05/11/the-cost-of-turkeys-tf-x-fighter-jet-could-rise-manufacturer-says/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

[[File:Kaan2.jpg|thumb|282x282px|Kaan accompanied by a Turkish Air Force F-16 during its maiden flight]]

Kotil also warned that the price tag of the aircraft may surpass his 2021 promise of $100 million per unit.<ref name="Defense_News_11.05.2023" /> This led the company to seek additional capital and production workers. In July 2023, at the 16th International Defense Industry Fair, a protocol agreement was signed to bring Azerbaijan into the project. Project officials began looking for Azerbaijani companies and production facilities that could be used and 200 Azerbaijani workers were to be immediately dispatched to join the fighter project.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://nordicmonitor.com/2023/08/turkey-involves-azerbaijan-in-the-national-fighter-jet-project-with-hopes-of-financial-contribution/ | title=Turkey involves Azerbaijan in national fighter jet project with hopes of financial contribution - Nordic Monitor | date=August 2023 | access-date=14 August 2023 | archive-date=14 August 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230814015047/https://nordicmonitor.com/2023/08/turkey-involves-azerbaijan-in-the-national-fighter-jet-project-with-hopes-of-financial-contribution/ | url-status=live }}</ref>

=== First Flight ===

On February 21, 2024, Kaan conducted its maiden flight. [[Turkish Aerospace Industries|TAI]] shared a video showing a KAAN fighter jet taking off and then returning to [[Mürted Airfield Command]] in the north [[Ankara]].<ref name="firstflight">{{cite news |title=Turkey's KAAN fighter jet conducts first flight |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/turkeys-kaan-fighter-jet-conducts-first-flight-2024-02-21/ |access-date=23 February 2024 |publisher=Reuters|date=February 21, 2024}}</ref>

== Design ==▼

On May 6, 2024, Kaan conducted its second flight. [[Turkish Aerospace Industries|TAI]] test pilot Gökhan Bayramoğlu took the prototype Kaan up to 10,000 ft. during the 14-min. flight. <ref>{{Cite web |title=Turkish Kaan Fighter Jet Makes Much-Anticipated Second Flight {{!}} Aviation Week Network |url=https://aviationweek.com/defense-space/aircraft-propulsion/turkish-kaan-fighter-jet-makes-much-anticipated-second-flight |access-date=2024-07-08 |website=aviationweek.com}}</ref>

[[File:Kaan1TAI_TF-X.jpg|left|thumb|296x296px|Kaan landing afterTAI itsTF-X maiden(MMU) flightmock-up]]

[[File:Kaan4.jpg|thumb|288x288px|Kaan preparing for takeoff for its second flight ]]

[[File:Kaan3.jpg|center|thumb|272x272px|Kaan takeoff for its second flight]]‎ ‎ ‎ ‎

▲== Design ==

===Requirements===

[[File:TAI_TF-X.jpg|thumb|TAI TF-X (MMU) mock-up]]In June 2021, the Turkish Air Force, in a presentation made to the press, announced its requirements for minimum capabilities of the TF-X:<ref name=presentation/>

* Improved aerodynamics and propulsion

* Supercruise

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<ref name= "airrecognition">{{cite web|url=http://www.airrecognition.com/index.php/archive-world-worldwide-news-air-force-aviation-aerospace-air-military-defence-industry/global-defense-security-news/global-news-2018/avril/4243-tai-aselsan-sign-preliminary-agreement-for-tf-x-development.html|title=TAI, Aselsan sign preliminary agreement for TF-X development|date=2018-04-27|work=Air Recognition|access-date=2018-10-30|archive-date=30 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181030035529/http://www.airrecognition.com/index.php/archive-world-worldwide-news-air-force-aviation-aerospace-air-military-defence-industry/global-defense-security-news/global-news-2018/avril/4243-tai-aselsan-sign-preliminary-agreement-for-tf-x-development.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

<ref name= "defensenews">{{cite web|url=http://www.defensenews.com/story/defense/air-space/strike/2015/12/06/rolls-royce-offers-engine-for-turkish-made-fighter-jet/76890154/|title=Rolls-Royce Offers Engine for Turkish-Made Fighter Jet|date=6 December 2015|work=Defense News|access-date=8 January 2016|archive-date=27 March 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230327123045/https://www.defensenews.com/air/2015/12/06/rolls-royce-offers-engine-for-turkish-made-fighter-jet/|url-status=live}}</ref>

<ref name="reuters">{{Cite news |url= http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-britain-eu-turkey-bae-idUKKBN15C0IM |title= Britain, Turkey sign defence deal to develop Turkish fighter jet |work= Reuters |date= 27 January 2017 |access-date= 28 January 2017 |archive-date= 12 May 2017 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170512154414/http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-britain-eu-turkey-bae-idUKKBN15C0IM |url-status= livedead }}</ref>

<ref name= "gov-uk">{{cite web |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/open-general-export-licence-exports-in-support-of-turkish-aerospace-industries-tf-x-programme |title=Open general export licence (exports in support of Turkish Aerospace Industries TF-X programme) |date=2017-07-26 |work=Department for International Trade, the UK |access-date=2018-10-29 |archive-date=29 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201229024051/https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/open-general-export-licence-exports-in-support-of-turkish-aerospace-industries-tf-x-programme |url-status=live }}</ref>

<ref name=as1>{{cite web |url=http://www.defense-aerospace.com/article-view/release/160363/turkey-picks-ej200-engine-for-future-tfx-fighter-program.html |title=ASELSAN Signs MoU with EUROJET |publisher=Defense & Aerospace |access-date=2016-01-08 |archive-date=16 February 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150216151912/http://www.defense-aerospace.com/article-view/release/160363/turkey-picks-ej200-engine-for-future-tfx-fighter-program.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>