Air Warfare

Malaysia signs contracts for light combat aircraft and MALE UAVs

29th May 2023

Malaysia announced several important aircraft contracts at LIMA 2023, including UAVs and light combat aircraft.

Training

Exosonic begins trials of UAS testbed for supersonic aerial target programme

26th May 2023

Exosonic has commenced trials of its EX-3M Trident UAV, a quarter-scale testbed for the EX-3 Revenant supersonic aerial target drone it is developing for the US Air Force.

Air Warfare

Raytheon upgrades KAI FA-50 combat aircraft with PhantomStrike radar

16th May 2023

Raytheon is to integrate its PhantomStrike fire control radar on the KAI FA-50 light attack aircraft.

Defence Helicopter

Canada to upgrade AW101 rescue helicopters in-country under Leonardo-IMP deal

3rd May 2023

Canada's IMP Aerospace will carry out upgrades on 13 of the 16 AW101 aircraft covered by the CMLU programme under a sub-contract from Leonardo Helicopters UK.

Fighter - multirole

TF-X Next Generation Fighter (Turkey)

Programme Background Geopolitical factors have spurred aircraft development in Turkey. With its removal from the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter project following the Russian S-400 air ...

Maritime patrol

MELTEM 3 MPA (Turkey)

Turkey ordered ten ATR 72 anti-submarine warfare (ASW) aircraft in 2005 under the MELTEM-3 project. The original deal between Alenia (now part of Leonardo) and the ...

Trainer

KT-1T - Turkey

In 2007, Turkey bought 40 KT-1 aircraft under a $400 million deal that puts average unit cost estimate around $10 million per platform.The first five ...

Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - MALE

Anka-S (Turkey)

Programme Background Larger Procurement In February 2018, TAI announced that it had delivered the first Anka-S UAVs to the Turkish Air Force. It has been ...

Military UAS - MALE

Anka-B - Turkey

Programme Background The Anka is a MALE UAV used by the Turkish Armed Forces. The system is able to perform day and night in all ...

Trainer

Hurjet (Turkey)

Programme Background The Turkish Executive Committee of Defence Industry (SSIK) has officially given the green light to mass production of the Hürjet trainer and light ...

Light attack, Trainer

FLIT-LCA (Malaysia)

Programme Background Malaysia released an RfI in early January 2019 seeking light combat aircraft capable of some air-to-air and full air-to-ground missions. The requirement is ...

Military helicopters - attack

T129B (Philippines)

Programme Background On 31 August 2019, it was announced that the Philippines National Defence Acquisition Decision Memorandum continues with the T-129 procurement. However, on 30 April ...

Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - MALE

MALE UAV (Indonesia)

Programme Background Requirement Indonesia wants to acquire or produce a MALE UAV to operate at different air bases around Indonesia to cover the archipelago. Early reports suggested the country ...

Military helicopters - attack

T129B - Forecast (Philippines)

Programme Background The Philippines has been waiting some time for T129s from Turkish Aerospace. The type was selected in November 2018, but it was not ...

Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - MALE

Aksungur (Algeria)

Programme Background Algerian media outlets reported in early October 2022 that the Algerian Air Force had acquired six Aksungur UAVs from Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI). Forecast Methodology ...

Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - MALE

Bayraktar TB2 (Nigeria)

Programme Background Rumours On 11 October 2021, Bello Matawalle, the Governor of Zamfara State, stated that several companies had signed an MoU with the Nigerian Government. ...

Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - MALE

MALE UAV - Additional Units (Malaysia)

Programme Background Inception Malaysia's desire to acquire a MALE UAV dates back to 2009 when it announced it would be the first country in the region ...

Trainer

T-6C - Thailand

Programme Background The contract is for 12 Beechcraft T-6C Texan II advanced military training aircraft, ground-based training systems for pilots and maintenance professionals, a mission ...

Military helicopters - attack

Surion Marine Attack Helicopter (South Korea)

Programme Background The ROKMC wants to obtain 24 attack helicopters for the first time. When bidding opened in January 2019, there were five contenders: Bell ...

Air: aerial targets

Turna

The Turna is a high-speed target drone system that was indigenously designed and produced by Turkish Aerospace Industries and entered the inventory of the Turkish armed ...

Uncrewed aerial systems engines

PD170

The PD170 is a turbodiesel engine initially developed to meet the engine requirement of Turkish Aerospace Industries' indigenous Anka UAV. Development began in December 2012 ...

Subsystems: visual

Medallion-6000

The Medallion-6000 series is the latest member of the CAE Medallion image generator family. It combines the feature set and image quality of previous Medallion ...

Trainer

Hurjet

The Hurjet is an advanced jet trainer being developed by Turkish Aerospace Industries in collaboration with Sierra Nevada Cooperation to meet the requirements of the Turkish ...

Fighter - air superiority, Fighter - multirole

TF-X

The TF-X 'Turkish Fighter' is a fifth-generation stealth-twin engine air superiority fighter jet in development by Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI), and BAE Systems as its subcontractor. The development ...

Military helicopters - transport/heavy lift

T70

The T70i is a 10t utility helicopter in a military configuration that is suitable for CSAR and offshore operations. The platform is currently under development ...

ISR/special mission, Maritime patrol

CN-235 MP/MPA/ISR

CN-235 MPA and CN-235 ISR aircraft were developed based on the original CN-235 transport aircraft designed under a cooperative agreement by Spain's CASA, now part of ...

Helicopter engines

CTS800

The CTS800, the result of the LHTEC partnership between Honeywell and Rolls-Royce, provides power across a range of military and civil aircraft, including several versions ...

Loitering munitions

Kargi

The Kargi is an in-development loitering munition that Lentatek has developed in collaboration with the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TÜBITAK), Aselsan and Turkish Aerospace ...

Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - MALE

Aksungur

The Aksungur is a twin-engined MALE UAS manufactured by Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) for the Turkish Armed Forces. TAI completed the platform's maiden flight on 20 March ...

Air: UAS radar

ANKA SATCOM Radome

The ANKA SATCOM Radome is a structural component developed by the Turkish defence manufacturer Meteksan Savunma Sanayi. It is designed for the protection of Ku-band ...

Trainer

Hurkus

Turkey’s Undersecretariat for Defence Industries signed an agreement with Turkish Aerospace Industries in March 2006 for the Hurkus Turkish Basic Training Aircraft development programme. Three ...

Military helicopters - attack

Multirole Heavy Combat Helicopter

The Multirole Heavy Combat Helicopter is an attack helicopter being developed by Turkish Aerospace to meet the operational requirements of the Turkish Armed Forces, including air-to-ground ...

Military helicopters - attack

AW129

The AW129 is a tandem two-seat, twin-engine attack helicopter originally developed for the Italian Army and subsequently developed into a multirole combat platform for the ...

Helicopter engines

TS1400

The TS1400 turboshaft engine is designed to power the T625 multirole helicopter developed by Turkish Aerospace Industries. The project started on 7 February 2017 under the ...