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Radar Cross Section (RCS) Test Facility
One of the 5 largest indoor RCS facilities in the World
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Yes, this one. See that huge building attached to front building on the front. That's where anechoic test chamber is. This is the front of the building, at the back of the building there is a huge gate. It let's aircrafts in to chamber up to 23 meters wingspan.

 

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Yes, this one. See that huge building attached to front building on the front. That's where anechoic test chamber is. This is the front of the building, at the back of the building there is a huge gate. It let's aircrafts in to chamber up to 23 meters wingspan.

another one test facility for HURJET-KAAN

A test facility designed entirely with domestic resources to conduct tests of fuel systems.

 

[Sinan]

another one test facility for HURJET-KAAN

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I only worked on RCS facility.

They wanted us to keep the chamber at a certain temprature 7/24.. So we designed a system according to that. Can't go into specifics. But it took a few iterations / CFD anaylsis. I know there were other teams working at other aspects, like another team was anaylsisg our design on the impacts of radar echoes.

It was hard because you don't know how to do it. There are no literature on it. Just a problem and design parameters. Solution is upto you. I think it was similar for every team.

Good thing is, you can also analize Kızılelma or Anka-3 in it. Like we can anayize the RCS of every aircraft we build or plan to build but we can't take a B21 with 40 meters wingspan. US has that too.

 

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Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI/TUSAŞ) operates high tech extensive state-of-the-art industrial infrastructure to support cutting edge domestic defense projects like the KAAN , ANKA-III


TUSAŞ composite production Building is the 4th largest composite facility in the world

 

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Good thing is, you can also analize Kızılelma or Anka-3 in it. Like we can anayize the RCS of every aircraft we build or plan to build

Most importantly, all the secrets remain in our Country. If we had brought them to another country for testing, the real data of strategic platforms like KAAN, ANKA-3, and KIZIILELMA would have fallen into the hands of others.

Only 12 Countries in the world possess advanced, dedicated military Radar Cross Section (RCS) test facilities

USA , Turkiye , China , Russia , France , The UK , Japan , S.Korea , India , Brazil , Sweden , Italy

And Turkiye's one of the 5 largest indoor RCS facilities in the World