To0 much misinformation about Turkey’s TF-X program here.

Firstly, Turkey’s TX program and TF-X program are two different programs.

The First is a Jet Trainer replacement for the Talons- dubbed the T-X program
The Second is an Air-Superiority Twin-engine fighter that would compliment the F-35 in a network-centric airforce structure: the TF-X program.

Sierra Nevada Corporation and Turkish Aerospace Industries have jointly developed the Freedom Trainer, which will almost certainly win Turkey’s TX trainer program

BAE Systems + Rolls Royce + Turkish Aerospace Industries + TUSAS Engine Industries are working on the TF-X Air Superiority Fighter program.

Now BAE Systems is merely providing technology (BAE Replica program and Eurofighter Typhoon technology) transfer and Engineering support services to TAI in the TFX program.

Rolls Royce is also transferring EJ-200 technology to TUSAS Engine Industries. Rolls Royce has extensive research on a EJ-200 with Thrust vectoring that did not come to fruition. TEI wants to develop the EJ-200 with thrust vectoring further and use it as an indigenous replacement for the TF-X.

TX
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LOL

so much confidence over nothing,
all the information you posted is not new or revealing. everyone else posted the same thing, or better information

you even posted an old picture of BOEING’s TX render. that’s not Turkish

I suspect you’re not even Turkish

Su-27 Engineers experienced difficulties with the development of the chassis. “The main landing gear,” borrowed from the F-14. Air intakes – too.

F14

Su27

no their landing gears look substantially different.

Air intakes..
shape is pretty much the same, but the flanker has far more grills and other things

Really?

Lets see who is jumping the gun,

PAK-FA demoed at the MAKS 2011. Full 8min demo. First flight was made on the January 29, 2010
J-20 had a short fly by at Zhuhai November 2016. First flight was on January 11, 2011
F-22 first public appearance was 2003 Edwards open house. First full demo 2007. First flight 7 September 1997.

You are forgetting the PAK-FA suffered serious setback with the 055 fire. If it wasn’t for that who knows how fast they would induct the PAK-FA.

should we start at f-22 or YF-22, which would be 1990? (wow 13 years from prototype to full version)

A very strange move for Northrop; the T-X competition isn’t just about the USAF’s training needs for the next 60 years but also the FMS market, off-shoring of training ( as Belgium just announced ) and the market for replacing the World’s Hawk and Alpha Jet fleets in the next 30 years.

It takes a very brave CEO to say that his company has more than 60 years of foresight. Though, naturally, his share options will vest in much less time…

It also takes BAE Systems out of the manned-airframe business; Hawk production is now concentrated in India and once the Typhoon winds-down they’ll be closing-down factories.

maybe some under the table agreement.
we’ll give you the bomber but you gotta stay out of the trainers. that’ll go to boink.

Lol..Northrop withdrew from T-X !

Northrop BAe withdrawal cuts T-X bidders to 2

this means LM and Boeing-Saab are the only real competitors, the Freedom Trainer is just a side show.

indeed, Northrop just pounded my sweet sweet derriere with that news.

the Stealthy T-38 has now gone the way of the Tejas. out and gone!

So You still think these are photoshopped images ??

Anyway; a rare image posted by @OedoSoldier at Twitter shows both J-XX concepts at the China Aerospace Science & Technology-expo in 2000: The CAC concept – aka later J-20 – in grey and the SAC concept in black.

Deino

don’t ask me. you were the one fighting tooth and nail against su-35 acquisition. perhaps you really still think they didn’t purchase it at all.