There has been an exciting development regarding the National Combat Aircraft (MMU), one of the biggest projects of the Turkish defense industry. The National Combat Aircraft, which started its engines for the first time in the past months, this time started the taxi tests, which is the next stage of the ground tests.
“OUR PLANE IS ON THE RUNWAY TODAY”
Regarding the issue, İsmail Demir, President of the Presidency of Defense Industries, used the following statements in his social media account:
“In honor of our martyrs! We said that we will take our National Combat Plane out of the hangar on March 18. Our plane is at the top of the runway today! Under the leadership of our President, Mr. Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, we will witness its soaring in our sky country.”
NATIONAL COMBAT AIRPLANE WILL LEAVE FROM THE HANGAR TOMORROW
MMU, which is the most important technology development project of Turkey and carried out by Turkish Aerospace Industries (TUSAŞ), will leave the hangar by starting the engine tomorrow.
MMU will replace the F-16 aircraft, which are in the inventory of the Air Force Command and are planned to be phased out starting in the 2030s.
Turkey will become one of the countries with the infrastructure and technology to produce a 5th generation combat aircraft as a result of the project’s studies in technology areas such as low visibility, internal weapon slot, high maneuverability, increased situational awareness and sensor fusion, which should be in a new generation aircraft. (AA)