After the statement made by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, the name of the National Combat Aircraft was announced. Speaking at the Century of the Future program organized by Turkish Aerospace Industries, Erdogan said that the “National Combat Aircraft”KAANannounced that it will be called ”.
National Combat Aircraft comes with the name “KAAN”
TAI continues to work on the production of Hürjet and MMU after Hürkuş. The video of Hürjet’s 2nd prototype, whose assembly process was completed recently, was taken out of the hangar was shared. Although no visual of the first one has been published, it is said that ground tests have started in the past months.
Details of new defense industry products, including MMU, were shared as part of a new launch at the Kahramankazan Campus of Turkish Aerospace Industries. After the announcement in the Century of the Future program, the name of MMU was determined as KAAN.
Unexpected surprise from TAI! MMU calendar moved forward 2 years
According to the statement made by TAI General Manager Temel Kotil, the first flight date set for the National Combat Aircraft-MMU has been delayed.
In his statement on the subject, the President said, “We are now present in every field on land, at sea and under the submarine, in the air and in space. Right now Hurjet in front of us and our ‘Kaan’ (National Combat Aircraft) is in front of us”.
In the program held at Kahramankazan Campus, National Combat Aircraft, Hürjet, Atak-2 helicopter and Anka-3 unmanned warplane were unveiled. Here are all the known features of MMU:
MMU/TF-X “KAAN” features
- Length: 21 meters
- wingspan: 14 meters
- Height: 6 meters
- Impulse: 2x 29.000-2x 32.500 lbs (2x F110)/ TEI production 2x 35.000 lbs
- service ceiling: 55,000+ ft
- Maximum speed: 1.8 Mach
- G limits: +9g / -3.5g
- Avionics:
- ASELSAN’s domestic AESA radar integrated RF system (BURFIS)
- SAR (Synthetic aperture radar system)
- IRST (Infrared seek and track) sensor
- EOTS (Electro-optical targeting system)
- Helmet mounted sight system
- Other:
- High maneuverability and a powerful propulsion system
- supernavigation capability
- Long radius of action
- Low visibility on radar
- Sensor fusion
- Advanced data link capabilities
- Ability to fire high precision ammunition
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