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TAI TF-X has started its taxi tests!

Partially agree. TurAF and TAI needs to figure stuff out first though. The Hürkuş-B deal is still problematic. The blame goes both ways.

You should celebrate their success now as well. It is no easy feat. This program will go on for years. And it won't be considered a success until the program is over. It's not only about mass producing hundreds of airframes. Hürkuş-B is being mass produced as well, has TurAF inducted them yet...

TF-X is progressing steadily. There are some nice updates. The public will be able to recognize some of these updates once the rollout occurs. We MIGHT get newly released pics of the aircraft in the upcoming days (prob old footage). But the rollout ceremony date has not been decided as of yet...

1) The design of GTU-0/P0 is actually frozen. But the CDR for the Block 10 (aka the real TF-X), has not yet finished. That aircraft, like aforementioned, isn't scheduled to fly until 2025. Its CDR activities will come to an end in the not too distant future. 2) I didn't call the first flying...

The first prototype hardly matters. GTU-0/P0 was meant to be an airworthy ground test aircraft. Alterations to the program schedule caused the first flight date to be brought forward. Block 10 was always meant to fly first. Block 10 or the second prototype, as things stand, isn't scheduled to...

Block 30 will feature the national engine. Block 10 is the variant that will enter mass production initially. This got confirmed by İbrahim Sünnetçi and another source. I think they're on the verge of producing the Block 10 prototype. Although this prototype might never make it into...

Turkish Aerospace Industries will soon start producing the TF-X Block 10.

The rollout date of the TF-X has been postponed due to the recent earthquakes in Turkey. The program itself continues without delays.

New details regarding the aircraft have emerged. The contracts for the Detail Design and Clarification Phase, which is planned to be completed by the last quarter of 2028, are expected to be signed at the DSEI 2023 fair to be held in England in September, when the CDR process of the Block 10...

TF-X started her engines and taxied on the runway for the very first time.

National Combat Aircraft Group Presidency has just been established. The "National Combat Aircraft Group Presidency" was established under the Presidency of Defense Industries. The newly established Group Presidency will focus solely on the TF-X Project. It is considered that this change...

A foreign country has requested to join the TF-X program! Agreements will be signed if all goes well.

TF-X's CDR will be completed before the maiden flight.

TF-X's hydraulic tests will commence at 17.00 today. Engine integration was done in 2 hours like aforementioned. Fuel system tests were also successful. GTU-0 will make her maiden flight at the end of 2023.

TF-X's engines have not yet been powered up. Temel Kotil was misquoted. TAI is prepping the aircraft for an engine start.

-TAI team has started the engines of the MMU/TF-X. The ceremony date is to be decided by the presidency. -A lighter, more agile Hürkuş, the so called Hürkuş-II, is on its way. -The static Hürjet is currently undergoing tests, whereas the flying prototype is currently on her landing gears...

NEWLY OBTAINED INFO TF-X's engines were planned to be integrated in 2 days. It took TAI 2 hours to get it done.

A miniaturized model of ANKA-3 unmanned warplane developed by TAI was flown, and the larger model will be revealed in the coming months. - The flight will take place in March or April. - It will be able to accompany TF-X, HÜRJET and other air platforms.

TF-X will fly at the end of 2023. This is the third time the date has been revised. First it was 2026, then 2025, then late 2024 and now it is late 2023.