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Turkey’s domestically developed 5th-generation fighter jet

Type of event:
New technology presentation

Victims

Wounded

Date

May 1, 2023

What happened

Turkey’s domestically developed fighter jet is named KAAN, produced by TAI in order to replace the F-16. The 21-meter jet is able to reach a maximum speed of 1.8 Mach thanks to its twin engines, which can produce 13,000 kilograms thrust each.
With its high-performance radar, electronic warfare, electro-optics, communication, navigation and identification capability, it will achieve increased combat power with precision and accurate firing from internal weapon slots at high/supersonic speed.
It also has automatic target recognition and detection, multiple data fusion and artificial intelligence capabilities.

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