Errr...no. The USN was part of the specification of the F-35 so in essence got what they asked for.
Errr...because no-one wants to design 3rd or 4th sen aircraft...
There is quite a lot of information on what US Navy wanted back then, on this very forum...
I hear the USNavy preferred a twin engine fighter for redundancy and a larger size for longer legs especially given the size of the Pacific theater but everybody had to compromise to get a common platform.
I mean in that sense you're right that they shaped the F-35 through their requirements but there's a reason why they're going for a larger airframe in F/A-XX as they've always gone in their previous fighter/attack aircraft before. Though the F-35 is exceptionally large for a single engined plane and has sufficient range for its size, it is still an exception in their decades old naval aviation doctrine because they had to make concessions due to budget cuts and programme cancellations.
After their purchase of FA-50s I doubt there will be any sale here regardless of how satisfied he was.
Malaysia is favoured and envisioned as an ideal market by TAI so the company -especially the CEO- tries real hard and pitches them pointless offers with unmatched work share all the time.
Gotta remind you that JAST/JSF was started and got underway way before, and by way before, I mean "before this millenia" before, the Chinese-rise in terms of economic and military capability, and by that matter the Asia-Pacific region and Chinese A2/AD was a serious threat.
Also gotta remind you that EFA was started a couple of decades ago, when there wasn't even something called "5th generation fighter" for that matter.
He just copied the statement from Temel Kotil
He is but what he wrote was just a translation of an official quote. Anyway, I don't have much time these days hence I shared this instead of finding the exact quote and then translating it.
Please go all the way back to the first page of this thread and start reading from there.
I have no stake in this debate, but I'm curious why you think so? Volvo already licence-builds their own derivative of the F404.
Because of the disastrous US-Turkey relations in the last 13 years. But lately things seem to have taken a different turn for the better, I think. At least there's now a mutual understanding and effort to not block each other's efforts where can be.
"amid fiscal uncertainty" not really. It was always in the plans to introduce a partner to rack up some exports and divide the costs, not something new.
Objectively speaking this is the most "well-funded" project/procurement in Turkey's history. Also, it was said by the industry leaders themselves that the aircraft is going to fly in December at the earliest and that they would not take any risks with a programme of this significance."amid fiscal uncertainty" not really. It was always in the plans to introduce a partner to rack up some exports and divide the costs, not something new.
You know these programmes cost a lot
"“In all probability, the aircraft will fly for political purposes before critical local elections [in March] but without most systems fitted into it,” a program insider told Defense News on the condition of anonymity, fearing prosecution for discussing the subject"
Like uhhh, does anyone really care about elections in Turkey anymore? "Fearing prosecution for discussing the subject" I have never seen this happening to anyone.
It was made clear by TUSAŞ CEO that the P0 lacks some of its systems, why does this guy try to make this sound like a taboo or a secret?
Another point that the news get wrong is the "partnership". It is not a partnership like how Tempest/GCAP is, for Kaan Azerbaijan or Pakistan dont set the requirements, TurAF does, what Azerbaijan and Pakistan gets is some local share which boosts their industry and reduces some of the costs for them, for Turkey this means reduced costs, more manpower and ready-on export sales.
Looking at Burak Bekdil's pre-2017 news and columns, he doesnt really have a good record, many manipulative news about ATAK, Hurkuş etc.
@snne your views?
Calling BS on this. Weird article all around.
