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Turkey had just destroyed a Syrian Pantsir-S1 with an Anka-S drone assisted by a KORAL EWS platform.


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Seeing as we're currently introducing a nationwide Ground Control Intercept system along with planning an AWACS platform and Theater level systems (SAMP/T, Patriot, THAAD, etc.) later on, it would make sense for us to procure something similar to the KORAL and datalink them to our national AD network. Considering for the most part we currently have a solid industrial relationship with the Turkish defense industry and that the MoD is unlikely to procure the EA-18G Growler, having a datalinked, ground based, EW system would provide a MASSIVE force multiplier for national defense.
 
Turkey had just destroyed a Syrian Pantsir-S1 with an Anka-S drone assisted by a KORAL EWS platform.


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actually, TSK already destroyed two Pantsir S1
I don't which UAV they used in the first but the second one was hit by Bayraktar TB2

did our UAV research cooperation with Turkey ended prematurely?
 
actually, TSK already destroyed two Pantsir S1
I don't which UAV they used in the first but the second one was hit by Bayraktar TB2

did our UAV research cooperation with Turkey ended prematurely?
No , we're even asking transfer of technology for guided glide ammunition with tubitak
 
we're going to expect more tatra truck product, cobra 8x8 (pandur) and probably new line of assault rifle beside the one with FN FNC platform , could be CZ 805 Bren , and if i remember correctly the previous renbut TNI AD slide also show they need 8x8 155mm 52cal Artillery platform and showing TMG EVA 8X8 as example .

im craving this for our marine corps self propelled artillery .
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even Matsimus said this was probably one of the most versatile self propelled howitzer , and already battleproven/hardened .
 
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actually, TSK already destroyed two Pantsir S1
I don't which UAV they used in the first but the second one was hit by Bayraktar TB2

did our UAV research cooperation with Turkey ended prematurely?

Our cooperation with Turkey in UAV development is only with BPPT where BPPT helps the development of Anka UAV in term of the testing since 2008. Newer UAV design is also tested in BPPT. Not many know about this, not even mention by our media. The data taken during the test IMO is also valuable for our own MALE UAV development.

Here is news from BPPT website and the other is from Turkish media.


From BPPT website (Google Translate)

2008-2018, A Decade of Cooperation between Indonesia and Turkey in Testing Wind Tunnels for the Development of Nir Awak Aircraft (UAVs, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles)

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Turkish Aerospace Vice President for Corporate Marketing and Communication, Tamer Özmen, and Executive Vice President for Unmanned Air Systems, Omer Yildiz, along with other management teams visited the Center for Aerodynamics, Aerolastics and Aeroacustics (BBTA3) BPPT, in the Science Research Center area Knowledge and Technology (PUSPIPTEK), South Tangerang, 11 October 2018.

The collaboration between BBTA3 (Center for Aerodynamic Technology, Aeroelastika and Aeroakustika) BPPT and Turkish Aerospace began in 2008 when the first campaign of wind tunnel testing was carried out at the ILST (Indonesian Low Speed Tunnel) for ANKA, a MALE (Medium Altitude Long) Endurance) belongs to Turkish Aerospace.

During the visit Ozmen said that Turkish Aerospace gave high appreciation for BPPT's contribution through BBTA3 in the development of its Unmanned Air System. Ozmen said that since 2008 BBTA3 and Turkish Aerospace have collaborated on five wind tunnel testing campaigns for unmanned aircraft.

The collaboration between BBTA3 (Center for Aerodynamic Technology, Aeroelastika and Aeroakustika) BPPT and Turkish Aerospace began in 2008 when the first campaign of wind tunnel testing was carried out at the ILST (Indonesian Low Speed Tunnel) for ANKA, a MALE (Medium Altitude Long) Endurance) belongs to Turkish Aerospace.

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The first wind tunnel testing campaign was carried out on the full configuration ANKA model and the 2D wing model. This testing campaign is aimed at obtaining aerodynamic characteristics of the first variant. This testing campaign was carried out for eight months from March to November 2008. The data collected very much during this test plays a very important role both for developing software for the autopilot control system, as well as for verifying flight performance before the first flight.

The second testing campaign was held at ILST in April-May 2015 for other ANKA variants including the SATCOM variant. Tests for the scaled model in this campaign were carried out to obtain effects of wing deformation, communication equipment installations such as SAR and SATCOM radomes, EO / IR cameras, winglets and air inlets on ANKA aerodynamic characteristics.

A third wind tunnel testing campaign at ILST was conducted on the ANKA-NG (Next Generation) wing in full scale in June 2015. Aerodynamic hinge moment data for 2D wings were obtained for various trailing edge deflections. This data is very important in the development of deicing systems or anti-contamination on the surface of the wing during the operating cycle.

The fourth wind tunnel testing campaign was carried out for ANK-NG at ILST BBTA3 in the scaled model. In this test the effects of the new wing geometry on the forces and moments of aerodynamics were examined as many as 60 polar valid data.

"The four ANKA wind tunnel testing campaigns at ILST have made a major contribution to the development of the ANKA UAV System with superior flight performance and improved safety features," said Tamer Ozmen, Vice President of Turkish Aerospace for Corporate Marketing and Communication on his visit last October 11 to BBTA3 BPPT.

Ozmen said that currently ANKA is a MALE-class UAV with proven combat for Intelligence, Reconnaissance, Surveillance and Strike Systems both for domestic security and maritime surveillance operations. ANKA is now ready for the necessary military missions with various payload configurations.

At present Turkish Aerospace is continuing its collaboration with BBTA3 for the fifth time in wind tunnel testing of the new UAV System for High Payload Capacity.

The fifth testing campaign is aimed at obtaining the aerodynamic characteristics of their new aircraft model, YFYK, which is scaled in full configuration. This testing campaign will begin in September 2018 and it is planned to obtain 233 polar aerodynamic data including for various deflection of control fields and various configuration of payloads until the end of October 2018.


Ozmen added that Turkish Aerospace is very grateful for BPPT's contribution through BBTA3 in the successful development of the Turkish Aerospace UAV product line, he hopes this collaboration will continue for the foreseeable future.

On this occasion, the Head of the Center for Aerodynamic Technology, Aerospace and Aeroacustics (BBTA3), Agency for the Assessment and Application of Technology (BPPT), Fadilah Hasim acknowledged that cooperation with Turkish Aerospace in UAV aerodynamic testing was very beneficial. Fadilah said that in 2008 when BBTA3 BPPT (formerly LAGG) began cooperation in the development of ANKA UAVs with Turkish Aerospace, new unmanned aircraft technology began to develop.

"The ANKA wind tunnel testing campaign provides an opportunity to gain experience studying small UAV aircraft or aircraft with low Reynolds numbers," Fadilah said.

According to Fadilah, the aerodynamics database for low Reynolds numbers is still relatively limited compared to databases for high Reynolds numbers which are usually owned by large aircraft which are already widely available in books and various literature.

"But planes with small wings are very sensitive even though they are small disturbances, there is still not much database. We have the opportunity to study, "he added.

Fadilah explained that the aircraft model testing facility at BBTA3 BPPT namely ILST (Indonesian Low Speed Tunnel) is a wind tunnel with a test section measuring 4 m × 3 m, which was built by President B.J. Habibie uses technology from Germany and the Netherlands.

"Our wind tunnels are very precise with very low turbulence intensity below 0.1 percent, very thin boundary layers below 5 percent, and very uniform flow angles," Fadilah said.

"The ILST wind tunnel is a world-class wind tunnel, and we always try our best to maintain it well," he continued. (BBTA3 BPPT / Humas / HMP)

https://www.bppt.go.id/teknologi-ha...at-udara-nir-awak-uav-unmanned-aerial-vehicle

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TAI strengthens cooperation for UAV Testing with BPPT

The collaboration began during the development of ANKA's unmanned aircraft vehicle (UAV) in 2008
İqbal Musyaffa | 12.10.2018

Turkish aerospace company, Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) paid a visit to the Technology Assessment and Application Agency (BPPT) in Serpong, South Tangerang on Thursday, to strengthen cooperation.

The visit marked the 10th year of cooperation between the companies and institutions of the two countries.

TAI Vice President Corporate Marketing and Communication Tamer Ozmen told Anadolu Agency that the cooperation between the two parties has been ongoing since 2008.

"The collaboration began when the ANKA unmanned aircraft vehicle (UAV) was developed," Tamer said.

At that time, TAI conducted a wind tunnel test for ANKA UAV at the Indonesian Low Speed Tunnel (ILST) owned by the Center for Aerodynamic Technology, Aerospace, and Aerospace (BBTA3) BPPT.

ANKA is a medium altitude long endurance (MALE) unmanned aircraft (UAV) developed by TAI. The test is to obtain data on the aerodynamic characteristics of the UAV.

Then, Tamer explained the second test conducted by TAI at BBTA3 for other ANKA variants including SATCOM variants from April to May 2015.

This test is to obtain data related to the effects of deformation (deformation) of wings, SAR and SATCOM, cameras, winglets, and air inlet in ANKA aerodynamic characteristics.

Subsequently, in April and June 2015 a full scale test was carried out for the wings of the latest generation ANKA. And the fourth test was carried out in October 2017 for all the latest generation ANKA configurations.

"The four wind tunnel tests at ILST have contributed greatly to the development of the ANKA UAV system with superior flight performance and enhanced safety features," Tamer acknowledged.

Tamer asserted that the MALE-class UAV ANKA has a system of intelligence, reconnaissance, surveillance, and attacks for combat that has been tested for internal security in Turkey.

"In addition, ANKA has also been tested for surveillance operations used by various end users in Turkey," Tamer added.

Tamer also said that currently ANKA was ready to serve military missions with various payload configurations needed by the air forces of various countries.

"ANKA has had a mature experience and has flown in Turkey and other countries for anti-terrorism activities as well as land and sea surveillance," said Tamer.

Currently, TAI is also collaborating with BBTA3 for the fifth time in testing the UAV system's payload capacity in ILST to obtain aerodynamic characteristic data for the latest unmanned aircraft being developed by TAI

"We greatly appreciate BPPT's contribution through BBTA3 for the success of the development of our UAV product lineup and this is crucial to maintaining a useful collaboration for years to come," said Tamer.

https://www.aa.com.tr/id/dunia/tai-perkuat-kerja-sama-pengujian-uav-dengan-bppt/1279558
 
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Indonesia to turn former Vietnamese refugee camp into hospital for COVID-19 patients
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    The Jakarta Post
Galang Island, Batam / Wed, March 4, 2020 / 07:50 pm
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Medical workers stand ready to spray disinfectant on 69 Indonesian crew members and passengers of the Diamond Princess cruise ship as they alight in Yokohama, Japan. (Antara/Indonesian Embassy in Tokyo)


Following the confirmation of the first two COVID-19 cases in Indonesia, the government is making plans to transform a former camp for Vietnamese refugees on Galang Island, Batam, Riau Islands, into a hospital for COVID-19 patients.

During a visit to assess the site, Indonesian Military (TNI) commander Air Chief Marshal Hadi Tjahjanto said Galang Island was chosen as the location for a COVID-19 hospital as several of the site's buildings still remained after being used as a refugee camp from 1979 to 1996.

The site also has access to clean water and electricity, while the island is located 50 kilometers from Hang Nadim International Airport.

Read also: 'Diamond Princess' evacuees to start separate quarantine on Sebaru island

Hadi explained the hospital would treat infected patients and also function as a quarantine center. A coronavirus quarantine center was previously set up in Natuna, Riau Islands.

“We shall see if this is the right time to turn the location into a special hospital to treat patients infected with novel coronavirus. Hopefully, this plan will be realized soon and the hospital can be put to use immediately, especially if there are infected patients near Galang Island,” Hadi said.

The hospital, which is expected to be able to accommodate 1,000 patients, will be equipped with isolation rooms as well, which will take up 2 percent of the hospital’s total capacity.

“We will prepare 50 isolation rooms as the World Health Organization's health protocol stipulates that 2 percent of the hospital's capacity must be isolation rooms,” Hadi said.

Public Works and Housing Minister Basuki Hadimuljono said construction would be completed within a month.

“We will not forget the locals' contribution here. The construction might not take long. The water source is already available, everything has been prepared according to the standards of the facilities in Natuna and Sebaru,” Basuki said, adding that he did not know what the total budget for the project would be.

Hadi and Basuki were also unable to say when construction would begin.

Read also: Indonesia to test more people for COVID-19

Meanwhile, head of the Riau Islands Health Agency Tjeptjep Yudiana said the decision to set up the special hospital on Galang Island had not yet been made final.

“They have only come to assess the site. Galang is one option, but so far no decision has been made,” Tjeptjep said.

The field coordinator for the visit, Said Adnan, said the military had inspected a former hospital building, a logistics building and several religious buildings.

“We have been ordered to clean out the buildings and provide details on the condition of the buildings to the commander,” Adnan said. (dpk)

https://www.thejakartapost.com/news...rmed-into-hospital-for-covid-19-patients.html
 
One called F 35 is still as immature products and so on, and so on. But did you know, yesterday they had a rather great milestone, Lockmart just delivered the 500th aircraft toward their customer. 500 Fucking aircraft, even the decades ahead Typhoon only had 565 samples everbuilt, Rafale only had 201 samples, Jas Gripen only had around 306 samples and so on. This aircraft is already had rather large number base, continuity support from several supplier and almost three or four decades ahead of service life.

F-35 passes 500th delivery milestone
Gareth Jennings, London - Jane's Defence Weekly
04 March 2020
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The 500th Lightning II was a US Air Force F-35A destined for Burlington Air National Guard Base in Vermont. Source: Lockheed Martin
The 500th production-standard F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) was delivered by Lockheed Martin and the Joint Program Office (JPO) on 3 March.

The milestone at the Fort Worth facility in Texas took place nine years after production standard deliveries first began in May 2011. Besides Fort Worth, aircraft have also been delivered from the Final Assembly and Check-Out (FACO) facilities in Italy and Japan.

With the 500th aircraft being a conventional take-off and landing (CTOL) F-35A for the US Air Force (USAF), 354 F-35A, 108 F-35B short take-off and vertical landing (STOVL), and 38 F-35C carrier variant (CV) JSFs have now been delivered to US and international customers.

As noted by Lockheed Martin, the delivery of the 500th aircraft coincided with achieving 250,000 flight hours across the international fleet.

The F-35 operates from 23 bases worldwide, and more than 985 pilots and more than 8,890 maintainers are trained. Nine nations use the F-35 from their home soil, eight services have declared initial operating capability, and five services (Israeli Air Force, UK Royal Air Force/Royal Navy, US Marine Corps [USMC], and US Air Force [USAF]) have employed F-35s in combat operations.

Lockheed Martin recently disclosed that it was pleased with the mission capability rates for the aircraft. The company noted that the USAF has reported 90% mission-capable rates for the F-35A during 'Red Flag' exercises, while the USMC has reported 75% for the F-35B during its real-world combat deployment to the Middle East and Afghanistan.

With the 500th delivery milestone passed, the focus is now on upgrading some of the aircraft's capabilities at the same time as beginning the process of bringing on board some of the international weapon systems that customers have contracted for.

https://www.janes.com/article/94680/f-35-passes-500th-delivery-milestone

rather than stubbornly insist on Su 35, i rather prefer to scrap all of our Flanker fleet legacy together, made progress on integration of our already established Link Y and Link 16 system, made deals and nego with US on F15X as our truck bomber fighter to replace the Flanker and taking the initiative to joint RAAF and Boeing loyal wingman program, taking the chance to joint F35 program and push development of kfx/ifx with solely using Link 16 system as our choice to simplyfy logistick and integration problem. As interim measure for the number gaps, try to nego for more second hand F16 and if needed F16 V.

I would rather to have altogether four type of manned fighter aircraft in 2030-2050, F 16, F15, KFX/IFX, and F35. And supplemented them with loyal wingman units, and number of highly efficient attack drones.

Thus with capable AEW/C aircraft and ground surveillance battlefield like Sentinel or J Star, we will be more than capable to wreaking havoc scattered combat system like what the Turks do.
 
One called F 35 is still as immature products and so on, and so on. But did you know, yesterday they had a rather great milestone, Lockmart just delivered the 500th aircraft toward their customer. 500 Fucking aircraft, even the decades ahead Typhoon only had 565 samples everbuilt, Rafale only had 201 samples, Jas Gripen only had around 306 samples and so on. This aircraft is already had rather large number base, continuity support from several supplier and almost three or four decades ahead of service life.

F-35 passes 500th delivery milestone
Gareth Jennings, London - Jane's Defence Weekly
04 March 2020
Follow

RSS


p1743268_main.jpg

The 500th Lightning II was a US Air Force F-35A destined for Burlington Air National Guard Base in Vermont. Source: Lockheed Martin
The 500th production-standard F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) was delivered by Lockheed Martin and the Joint Program Office (JPO) on 3 March.

The milestone at the Fort Worth facility in Texas took place nine years after production standard deliveries first began in May 2011. Besides Fort Worth, aircraft have also been delivered from the Final Assembly and Check-Out (FACO) facilities in Italy and Japan.

With the 500th aircraft being a conventional take-off and landing (CTOL) F-35A for the US Air Force (USAF), 354 F-35A, 108 F-35B short take-off and vertical landing (STOVL), and 38 F-35C carrier variant (CV) JSFs have now been delivered to US and international customers.

As noted by Lockheed Martin, the delivery of the 500th aircraft coincided with achieving 250,000 flight hours across the international fleet.

The F-35 operates from 23 bases worldwide, and more than 985 pilots and more than 8,890 maintainers are trained. Nine nations use the F-35 from their home soil, eight services have declared initial operating capability, and five services (Israeli Air Force, UK Royal Air Force/Royal Navy, US Marine Corps [USMC], and US Air Force [USAF]) have employed F-35s in combat operations.

Lockheed Martin recently disclosed that it was pleased with the mission capability rates for the aircraft. The company noted that the USAF has reported 90% mission-capable rates for the F-35A during 'Red Flag' exercises, while the USMC has reported 75% for the F-35B during its real-world combat deployment to the Middle East and Afghanistan.

With the 500th delivery milestone passed, the focus is now on upgrading some of the aircraft's capabilities at the same time as beginning the process of bringing on board some of the international weapon systems that customers have contracted for.

https://www.janes.com/article/94680/f-35-passes-500th-delivery-milestone

rather than stubbornly insist on Su 35, i rather prefer to scrap all of our Flanker fleet legacy together, made progress on integration of our already established Link Y and Link 16 system, made deals and nego with US on F15X as our truck bomber fighter to replace the Flanker and taking the initiative to joint RAAF and Boeing loyal wingman program, taking the chance to joint F35 program and push development of kfx/ifx with solely using Link 16 system as our choice to simplyfy logistick and integration problem. As interim measure for the number gaps, try to nego for more second hand F16 and if needed F16 V.

I would rather to have altogether four type of manned fighter aircraft in 2030-2050, F 16, F15, KFX/IFX, and F35. And supplemented them with loyal wingman units, and number of highly efficient attack drones.

Thus with capable AEW/C aircraft and ground surveillance battlefield like Sentinel or J Star, we will be more than capable to wreaking havoc scattered combat system like what the Turks do.
The SHornet is a better deal for us, as they're cheaper while also retaining a lot of the strike capabilities of the Eagle along with having interception capability and a higher ordnance load. And like the Eagle, they're also made by Boeing lol. The reason the SHornet isn't acquired by a lot more nations than it does currently is because the carrier capability turns-off most prospective customers. Apart from that they are a stupidly capable aircraft for their price.

Either way, Boeing and LM is the future!
 
Nah, f16 name will rise high again :chilli:
Buy more f16 it
Our cooperation with Turkey in UAV development is only with BPPT where BPPT helps the development of Anka UAV in term of the testing since 2008. Newer UAV design is also tested in BPPT. Not many know about this, not even mention by our media. The data taken during the test IMO is also valuable for our own MALE UAV development.

Here is news from BPPT website and the other is from Turkish media.


From BPPT website (Google Translate)

2008-2018, A Decade of Cooperation between Indonesia and Turkey in Testing Wind Tunnels for the Development of Nir Awak Aircraft (UAVs, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles)

BBTA3.jpg

Turkish Aerospace Vice President for Corporate Marketing and Communication, Tamer Özmen, and Executive Vice President for Unmanned Air Systems, Omer Yildiz, along with other management teams visited the Center for Aerodynamics, Aerolastics and Aeroacustics (BBTA3) BPPT, in the Science Research Center area Knowledge and Technology (PUSPIPTEK), South Tangerang, 11 October 2018.

The collaboration between BBTA3 (Center for Aerodynamic Technology, Aeroelastika and Aeroakustika) BPPT and Turkish Aerospace began in 2008 when the first campaign of wind tunnel testing was carried out at the ILST (Indonesian Low Speed Tunnel) for ANKA, a MALE (Medium Altitude Long) Endurance) belongs to Turkish Aerospace.

During the visit Ozmen said that Turkish Aerospace gave high appreciation for BPPT's contribution through BBTA3 in the development of its Unmanned Air System. Ozmen said that since 2008 BBTA3 and Turkish Aerospace have collaborated on five wind tunnel testing campaigns for unmanned aircraft.

The collaboration between BBTA3 (Center for Aerodynamic Technology, Aeroelastika and Aeroakustika) BPPT and Turkish Aerospace began in 2008 when the first campaign of wind tunnel testing was carried out at the ILST (Indonesian Low Speed Tunnel) for ANKA, a MALE (Medium Altitude Long) Endurance) belongs to Turkish Aerospace.

BBTA32.jpg


The first wind tunnel testing campaign was carried out on the full configuration ANKA model and the 2D wing model. This testing campaign is aimed at obtaining aerodynamic characteristics of the first variant. This testing campaign was carried out for eight months from March to November 2008. The data collected very much during this test plays a very important role both for developing software for the autopilot control system, as well as for verifying flight performance before the first flight.

The second testing campaign was held at ILST in April-May 2015 for other ANKA variants including the SATCOM variant. Tests for the scaled model in this campaign were carried out to obtain effects of wing deformation, communication equipment installations such as SAR and SATCOM radomes, EO / IR cameras, winglets and air inlets on ANKA aerodynamic characteristics.

A third wind tunnel testing campaign at ILST was conducted on the ANKA-NG (Next Generation) wing in full scale in June 2015. Aerodynamic hinge moment data for 2D wings were obtained for various trailing edge deflections. This data is very important in the development of deicing systems or anti-contamination on the surface of the wing during the operating cycle.

The fourth wind tunnel testing campaign was carried out for ANK-NG at ILST BBTA3 in the scaled model. In this test the effects of the new wing geometry on the forces and moments of aerodynamics were examined as many as 60 polar valid data.

"The four ANKA wind tunnel testing campaigns at ILST have made a major contribution to the development of the ANKA UAV System with superior flight performance and improved safety features," said Tamer Ozmen, Vice President of Turkish Aerospace for Corporate Marketing and Communication on his visit last October 11 to BBTA3 BPPT.

Ozmen said that currently ANKA is a MALE-class UAV with proven combat for Intelligence, Reconnaissance, Surveillance and Strike Systems both for domestic security and maritime surveillance operations. ANKA is now ready for the necessary military missions with various payload configurations.

At present Turkish Aerospace is continuing its collaboration with BBTA3 for the fifth time in wind tunnel testing of the new UAV System for High Payload Capacity.

The fifth testing campaign is aimed at obtaining the aerodynamic characteristics of their new aircraft model, YFYK, which is scaled in full configuration. This testing campaign will begin in September 2018 and it is planned to obtain 233 polar aerodynamic data including for various deflection of control fields and various configuration of payloads until the end of October 2018.


Ozmen added that Turkish Aerospace is very grateful for BPPT's contribution through BBTA3 in the successful development of the Turkish Aerospace UAV product line, he hopes this collaboration will continue for the foreseeable future.

On this occasion, the Head of the Center for Aerodynamic Technology, Aerospace and Aeroacustics (BBTA3), Agency for the Assessment and Application of Technology (BPPT), Fadilah Hasim acknowledged that cooperation with Turkish Aerospace in UAV aerodynamic testing was very beneficial. Fadilah said that in 2008 when BBTA3 BPPT (formerly LAGG) began cooperation in the development of ANKA UAVs with Turkish Aerospace, new unmanned aircraft technology began to develop.

"The ANKA wind tunnel testing campaign provides an opportunity to gain experience studying small UAV aircraft or aircraft with low Reynolds numbers," Fadilah said.

According to Fadilah, the aerodynamics database for low Reynolds numbers is still relatively limited compared to databases for high Reynolds numbers which are usually owned by large aircraft which are already widely available in books and various literature.

"But planes with small wings are very sensitive even though they are small disturbances, there is still not much database. We have the opportunity to study, "he added.

Fadilah explained that the aircraft model testing facility at BBTA3 BPPT namely ILST (Indonesian Low Speed Tunnel) is a wind tunnel with a test section measuring 4 m × 3 m, which was built by President B.J. Habibie uses technology from Germany and the Netherlands.

"Our wind tunnels are very precise with very low turbulence intensity below 0.1 percent, very thin boundary layers below 5 percent, and very uniform flow angles," Fadilah said.

"The ILST wind tunnel is a world-class wind tunnel, and we always try our best to maintain it well," he continued. (BBTA3 BPPT / Humas / HMP)

https://www.bppt.go.id/teknologi-ha...at-udara-nir-awak-uav-unmanned-aerial-vehicle

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TAI strengthens cooperation for UAV Testing with BPPT

The collaboration began during the development of ANKA's unmanned aircraft vehicle (UAV) in 2008
İqbal Musyaffa | 12.10.2018

Turkish aerospace company, Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) paid a visit to the Technology Assessment and Application Agency (BPPT) in Serpong, South Tangerang on Thursday, to strengthen cooperation.

The visit marked the 10th year of cooperation between the companies and institutions of the two countries.

TAI Vice President Corporate Marketing and Communication Tamer Ozmen told Anadolu Agency that the cooperation between the two parties has been ongoing since 2008.

"The collaboration began when the ANKA unmanned aircraft vehicle (UAV) was developed," Tamer said.

At that time, TAI conducted a wind tunnel test for ANKA UAV at the Indonesian Low Speed Tunnel (ILST) owned by the Center for Aerodynamic Technology, Aerospace, and Aerospace (BBTA3) BPPT.

ANKA is a medium altitude long endurance (MALE) unmanned aircraft (UAV) developed by TAI. The test is to obtain data on the aerodynamic characteristics of the UAV.

Then, Tamer explained the second test conducted by TAI at BBTA3 for other ANKA variants including SATCOM variants from April to May 2015.

This test is to obtain data related to the effects of deformation (deformation) of wings, SAR and SATCOM, cameras, winglets, and air inlet in ANKA aerodynamic characteristics.

Subsequently, in April and June 2015 a full scale test was carried out for the wings of the latest generation ANKA. And the fourth test was carried out in October 2017 for all the latest generation ANKA configurations.

"The four wind tunnel tests at ILST have contributed greatly to the development of the ANKA UAV system with superior flight performance and enhanced safety features," Tamer acknowledged.

Tamer asserted that the MALE-class UAV ANKA has a system of intelligence, reconnaissance, surveillance, and attacks for combat that has been tested for internal security in Turkey.

"In addition, ANKA has also been tested for surveillance operations used by various end users in Turkey," Tamer added.

Tamer also said that currently ANKA was ready to serve military missions with various payload configurations needed by the air forces of various countries.

"ANKA has had a mature experience and has flown in Turkey and other countries for anti-terrorism activities as well as land and sea surveillance," said Tamer.

Currently, TAI is also collaborating with BBTA3 for the fifth time in testing the UAV system's payload capacity in ILST to obtain aerodynamic characteristic data for the latest unmanned aircraft being developed by TAI

"We greatly appreciate BPPT's contribution through BBTA3 for the success of the development of our UAV product lineup and this is crucial to maintaining a useful collaboration for years to come," said Tamer.

https://www.aa.com.tr/id/dunia/tai-perkuat-kerja-sama-pengujian-uav-dengan-bppt/1279558
With our help in win tunnel now their drone operate sucsessfully
 
The SHornet is a better deal for us, as they're cheaper while also retaining a lot of the strike capabilities of the Eagle along with having interception capability and a higher ordnance load. And like the Eagle, they're also made by Boeing lol. The reason the SHornet isn't acquired by a lot more nations than it does currently is because the carrier capability turns-off most prospective customers. Apart from that they are a stupidly capable aircraft for their price.

Either way, Boeing and LM is the future!
Hmm you're right, The F-18 Super Hornet uses engine which is planned to also be used on our KFX/IFX. And the Advantage of the Super Hornet over Strike Eagle, it can land on the road and highway strips like Gripen (btw, the Swiss Air Force choose Hornet over Mirage 2000 because of that ability and better reaction time from its alert position).
 

Hopefully the renegotiation is completed and we are still inside the program. Government should also keep their initial agreement to buy 48 IFX planes and manage their defense procurement carefully with long term plan so that it will have financial capability to buy those planes in the period of 2026-2030(expected mass production phase). So far based on our history after the year 2000, government always has difficulty to buy large quantity of new fighter jet planes.
 
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