15 December 2010 Defense Industry Executive Board (SSIK) -
Start of contract negotiations with TAI for TFX conceptual Design Project. (Feasibility phase)
Phase 0 - Conceptual Design Period 2011 - 2014
29 September 2011 SSIK: Signing of the TFX conceptual design contract. Determination of requirements and conceptualization phase. The state contribution is about $ 20 million.
2012 - Conceptual Design Period started
2012 - Undersecretariat for defense industry ( now SSB ) agreed with SAAB for Technical Support and Assistance Provider (TSAP).
September 2013 - Different design alternatives for TFX identified; the operational concept was defined and the general requirements were shaped.
2014 - Conceptual design phase completed with a delay of 4 months.
2014 - Request for proposal document sent to Engine companies. (EuroJet, General Electric, Pratt & Whitney, Rosoboronexport and Snecma)
2015 - A Request for proposal document for the 'Foreign Cooperation Company' within the scope of preparations for the Preliminary Design Period has been released. (Saab, BAE Systems, Airbus, CASIC, Aermacchi and Sierra Nevada Corporation)
Phase-1 Stage-1 / 05 August 2016 - Signing of the Articles of Association with contractors and official implementation of the project.
January 28, 2017 - Head of Agreement was signed with BAE Systems within the scope of TF-X Development Programme Engineering Development & Preliminary Design Phase, which covers the design, development, production, test and certification studies of MMU/TFX prototypes. The cooperation came into force in August 2017. The deal's value $ 156 million.
2017 - Engine negotiations started with Rolls Royce.
2017 - Inter-state cooperation agreement was signed, between UK and Turkey. UK Department for International Trade brought an Open General Export License (OGEL) into effect on July 28, 2017.
July 2018 - An agreement was signed between BAE and TAI on risk reduction of project.
2018 - Wind tests started in England. (Turkey's new test site was under construction at that time.)
July 1, 2019 - Mock-up exhibited at the Paris Air Show. (The final geometry is complete and system integration will proceed through this geometry.)
March 2018 - New block High Performance Computing System (10.000-core computer) installation completed.
April 2018 - Dassault Systemes and TAI sign a cooperation agreement on software support. ( 3DEXPERIENCE platform)
May 2018 - The design phase of the TFX project was included in the Project Based Incentive System, with approximately $ 1 billion.
2018 - Negotiations with many subsystem manufacturers, especially Leonardo, started under ToT preconditions.
April 2018 - A preliminary agreement was signed between TAI and ASELSAN for some avionics packages of TFX Project , such as indigenous AESA radar, EW suites and electro-optical (IRIST) systems
2018 - Collaboration agreements of technical universities started to be signed. A guest engineer program was prepared.
August 2, 2018 - state support of approximately $ 1.2 billion was announced. In addition, VAT refund, tax deduction, interest support will be provided; half of the energy consumption expenditures will be covered by the state state.
Within the same scope, the project was legally secured for 15 years.
November 2018 - SSB and TRMOTOR have signed the next generation Indigenous Engine Development Program Framework Agreement for TFX.
November 2018 - General Electric F110-GE engine has been decided to be used in prototypes. (total 7 aircraft)
Phase-1 Stage-2 / 2020/2021 - Completion of preliminary design phase and transition to detail design phase. At the end of the preliminary design phase, a continuous transition is envisaged for the following periods and phases of the Project.
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2023 - According to the schedule, the Roll-Out Ceremony will be held and ground tests will be started.
2025 - Realization of the first flight.
2028 - Completion of prototype and qualification phase - Initiation of Air Force Command tests. Starting the IOC phase for TFX version 1.
2031 - Beginning of FOC phase
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"Scheduled Engineering Development & Preliminary Design Phase is expected to cost around US$1.3 Billion and to be followed by 8-year scheduled Critical Design Review and Prototype Production and Qualification Phases, which planned to cost around US$7.3 Billion. At the end of 12-year and US$8.6 Billion expenses seven flying TF-X prototypes will be manufactured for the test, evaluation and qualification purposes. Another US$14 billion is earmarked for the serial production of the TF-X fighters, bringing the total budget for the project to US$20 billion." (Taken from the Ibrahim Sunnetci's article which is published at Defence Turkey's 83rd issue.)
