(Luft) TAI Kaan (TF-X)

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Turkey opens new engineering facilities for TF-X/MMU fighter

Turkey has opened new engineering facilities dedicated to the design, development, and manufacture of its future combat aircraft.

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan announced on 6 January that the Engineering Center of the National Combat Aircraft had been formally opened, with the goal of rolling out the first Turkish Fighter Experimental (TF-X)/National Combat Aircraft (MMU) prototype in 2023. [...]

According to Turkish officials, the 65,000 m 2 Engineering Center of the National Combat Aircraft near Ankara will accommodate 2,300 people dedicated to the TF-X/MMU project. Also in the Kahramankazan suburb of Ankara, the Composite Manufacturing Facility is to build the necessary components and subsystems for the TF-X/MMU aircraft, while the Maintenance and Repair Center will conduct maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) activities for the project.

https://www.janes.com/defence-news/air-p...mu-fighter

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