TF-X / KAAN / Hürjet Turkish Fighter & Trainer Aircrafts News & Discussions

[hyperman]

What about full load ?
KAAN is a stealth Platform ... KAAN to carry only air to air Missiles in internal weapon bays ... no need beast mode

KAAN does not take on much fuel during takeoff; it can reach full capacity by refueling in the air

Is this a problem for Turkiye ? No. We can build an unmanned air refueling tanker from the ANKA-3

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KAAN has a great AESA Radar ( MURAD-600A ) with stealth capability

Who can stand against KAAN ? The RAFALE-M on the Indian Aircraft Carrier ?

Also , We can use Helicopter for AEWC role as like British

and our CH-47F heavy Helicopters can be used for air logistic - transport


btw , We can not get more F-110 Engines for navalized KAANs
If we acquire GE F-414s and develop a twin-engine version of the HURJET, it would serve our purpose ... a stealth-capable mini-KAAN

The US won't give us EMALS either.

If they build a Naval 2 engine jet, its going to need to be a completely new design, not a porting of an existing Air Force design. Lets see how this goes. How many would need to be produced for it to be worthwhile. Lets see, for all we know, Turkey might be forced into a situation where it looks to build a drone force instead, you break new grounds in different areas depending on the element one is forced into out of necessity.

 

[Anatolia]

The Kaan is not available for sale or export and won't for another 10-15 years.

Everyone kept saying in 2025 that KAAN was “10–15 years away from export.” Now we’re heading into 2027 and the same line is still being repeated like nothing has changed. At this rate, even when KAAN is flying full mission profiles and entering proper squadron service, people will still be parroting the same timeline. There’s no doubt it will take time to mature, but the realistic window is early 2030s, not some distant 2040s fantasy. My own guess is around 2033, when a stable Block‑20 or Block‑30 configuration is ready for foreign customers.

The part people ignore is that export timing isn’t about whether KAAN exists, but whether the right block is ready. Block‑10 is for Türkiye only, using F110 engines and early‑stage avionics. Block‑20 with the TF35000 engine is the real export baseline, because that’s when Türkiye has full sovereignty over propulsion, EW, and stealth coatings. The flight test tempo is accelerating, more prototypes are joining the program, and weapons integration is moving faster than outsiders expected. Türkiye’s doctrine is shifting toward a KAAN/Kızılelma/Anka‑3 ecosystem, which means the whole system will mature quicker than the old “10–15 years” meme suggests.

People also forget that export policy is political, not technical. Once Türkiye has a decent domestic fleet, maybe 40–60 aircraft in service, export doors open

 

[Afif]

Everyone kept saying in 2025 that KAAN was “10–15 years away from export.” Now we’re heading into 2027 and the same line is still being repeated like nothing has changed. At this rate, even when KAAN is flying full mission profiles and entering proper squadron service, people will still be parroting the same timeline. There’s no doubt it will take time to mature, but the realistic window is early 2030s, not some distant 2040s fantasy. My own guess is around 2033, when a stable Block‑20 or Block‑30 configuration is ready for foreign customers.

The part people ignore is that export timing isn’t about whether KAAN exists, but whether the right block is ready. Block‑10 is for Türkiye only, using F110 engines and early‑stage avionics. Block‑20 with the TF35000 engine is the real export baseline, because that’s when Türkiye has full sovereignty over propulsion, EW, and stealth coatings. The flight test tempo is accelerating, more prototypes are joining the program, and weapons integration is moving faster than outsiders expected. Türkiye’s doctrine is shifting toward a KAAN/Kızılelma/Anka‑3 ecosystem, which means the whole system will mature quicker than the old “10–15 years” meme suggests.

People also forget that export policy is political, not technical. Once Türkiye has a decent domestic fleet, maybe 40–60 aircraft in service, export doors open

Turkish officials now pushed the timeline for TF35000 mass production into 2035. (From previously announced 2033) That is for TurAF. And to make enough engine to simultaneously meet TurAF and export need would at least take additional 1/2 years. So no export delivery until 2036/37. That is a decade away.