21.02.2025, 19:55
Zitat:A Recap for the First Anniversary of KAAN’s Maiden Flight
21 Feb 2025, 09:10 4 mins
Turkiye
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A Recap for the First Anniversary of KAAN’s Maiden Flight TurDef
Following the maiden flight on 21 February 2024, developments regarding TUSAŞ’s KAAN fighter have continued, including new prototypes and plans.
As can be expected from an aircraft project (Especially one to develop a fighter jet), the maiden flight is far from the end of the road in development.
KAAN’s development can be traced back to 2010 when the idea of a new generation fighter to succeed in F-16 and work alongside the strike-focused F-35 was that Turkiye was a partner at the time.
The conceptual design phase produced multiple configurations, including twin-engine clipped delta wing, single-engine delta wing+canard, and single-engine clipped delta wing configurations.
Because twin-engine fighters offer higher flight performance and survivability, it was decided that KAAN, named TF-X or MMU at the time, would be a twin-engine fighter emphasising air-to-air combat.
Various subcontractors started developing KAAN’s components, such as ASELSAN (MURAD 600-A AESA radar, KARAT-200 IRST, TOYGUN-200 EOTS, DIRCM, MWS...), TRMotor (Design and development of an Indigenous supercruise-capable turbofan engine with low-observability features), Alp Aerospace (Landing gear), and many others.
https://turdef.com/article/a-recap-for-t...den-flight