{"id":1458682,"date":"2024-02-22T07:45:00","date_gmt":"2024-02-22T12:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/?p=1458682"},"modified":"2024-02-22T07:45:00","modified_gmt":"2024-02-22T12:45:00","slug":"watch-turkeys-fifth-gen-fighter-jet-conducts-maiden-flight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/watch-turkeys-fifth-gen-fighter-jet-conducts-maiden-flight\/1458682\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch: Turkey’s Fifth-Gen Fighter-Jet Conducts Maiden Flight"},"content":{"rendered":"

Watch: Turkey’s Fifth-Gen Fighter-Jet Conducts Maiden Flight<\/span><\/p>\n

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Since Washington imposed sanctions on NATO member Turkey’s defense sector in 2020 due to its purchase of Russian S-400 missile defense systems and excluded Ankara from the F-35 ‘friends circle,’ the country that bridges Europe and Asia has been accelerating the development of its own fifth-generation fighter jet.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Turkey launched its TF-X project to produce a national combat aircraft in 2016. By 2017, Turkish Aerospace Industries (TUSAS) signed a deal with Britain’s BAE Systems, worth up to $125 million, to develop the next-generation fighter known as “KAAN.”\u00a0<\/p>\n

According to state broadcaster TRT, KAAN took off from an airstrip in Ankara, the capital, on Wednesday. The maiden flight lasted about ten minutes.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Turkey\u2019s nationally produced fifth generation fighter jet KAAN successfully makes its maiden flight today.<\/p>\n

We will have to see how the project would evolve or meet its timeline, but it is still a proud moment for the nation pic.twitter.com\/UqW39iu6ux<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Rag\u0131p Soylu (@ragipsoylu) February 21, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n

“With KAAN, our country will not only have a fifth generation fighter jet, but also technologies that few countries in the world have,” Haluk Gorgun, head of Turkey’s Defence Industries Directorate (SSB), wrote in a post on social media platform X.\u00a0<\/p>\n

KAAN, #G\u00f6kVatan<\/a>‘\u0131 ile bulu\u015ftu.\ud83c\uddf9\ud83c\uddf7
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\nCumhurba\u015fkan\u0131m\u0131z Say\u0131n @RTErdogan<\/a> \u2019\u0131n savunma sanayiinde \u00fclkemize \u00e7izdi\u011fi yerlilik ve millilik vizyonunun kilometre ta\u015flar\u0131ndan olacak bir geli\u015fmeyi daha tarihimize kaz\u0131d\u0131k. Hamdolsun\u2026
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\nMilli Muharip U\u00e7a\u011f\u0131m\u0131z KAAN\u2019\u0131n ilk u\u00e7u\u015fu milletimize\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/9KMNP8Qveu<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Prof. Dr. Haluk G\u00f6rg\u00fcn (@halukgorgun) February 21, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n

“It’s still expected to take several years for Kaan to be operational, with engine procurement emerging as the biggest challenge facing developers,”\u00a0Bloomberg<\/a>\u00a0pointed out, adding, in a separate report from December, that TUSAS was looking to manufacture GE Aerospace’s F110 engines domestically to supply the first series production phase of KAAN.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Tyler Durden<\/a><\/span>
\nThu, 02\/22\/2024 – 02:45<\/span><\/p>\n

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