Regarding the engines, these are indigenous IHI XF5-1 turbofans delivering 49.03 kN (11,023 lbf) with afterburner.

As such all this hype about a new Japanese stealth fighter are bit over the top IMO … is is a giant leap – most likely especially technology-wise – but this bird is not a fighter. It is simply what it is: a demonstrator.

what hype?
only 3 people here have reacted to it.
i think most of us know its a tech demonstrator like the x-35, x-32, donkey punch

The Turkish President is currently Recep Erdogan – it means ‘Brave, Warrior Hawk’

Kamov re-worked the single-seat Ka-50 to produce the tandem two-seat Ka-50-2 ‘Erdogan’ that would be licence-built in Turkey by TAI.
The helicopter incorporated avionics produced by the Israeli firm of IAI.

More here.

The mockup was on display at MAKS 2003 – where I took these photos…..

The Ka-50-2 lost out in the Turkish competition to the Bell AH-1Z(?) Cobra IIRC.

Ken

Good thing this never happened.

For the Russians.. Everyone was getting a hard on a decade ago over this mock up because it had a good angle. but now that we have more clear shots. it’s pretty ugly, and a lot of the pilot is exposed in that huge bubble. I heard this seating also had center of gravity issues

For the Turks.. had they bought the Erdogan before the coming of Erdogan, the Erdogan would’ve been jeapordized by the Erdogan administration because Erdogan destroyed his relationship with Russia. This would’ve caused Erdogan to indirectly limit off spares and support for the Erdogan.

dumb, they should’ve ordered Japanese submarines like Australia

Pakistan to receive 9 AH-1Z attack helos

Eventually replace their AH-1F Cobras with these AH-1Zs, Mi-35s and Z-10s? And also evaluate the Mi-28NE? Just how many types does the PA need when they’re buying them in such small quantities? Needlessly complicates logistics, maintenance and training.

And what does this say about the Turkish T129 ATAK? They were interested in selling them to Pakistan but seem to be only ones left out.

Pakistan is realizing these light weight attack helicopters like the Mongoose and Z-10 are too compromised for their role.
if you’re going to buy one, you go heavy and nothing else.

Pakistan needs a US and a non-US solution because they mutually don’t trust each other.
Pakistan knows the US will side with India.
US knows Pakistan will side with terrorist groups in certain countries

Russia knows they are losing India as a customer so this is a benefit to both.
Russia gets a replacement for India
Pakistan gets access to Russian weapons that are better than what they could get with China.

Pakistan unimpressed by Z-10 and JF-17 potential, seeks to order Mi-28 and Su-35 from Russia
http://quwa.org/2016/04/01/pakistan-reportedly-interested-su-35s-mi-28nes/

Your link is headlined to an article about the Mitsubishi X-2 demonstrator while actually directing the user to a subscription page for ‘Flight Global’, and is followed by a quote from an article from ‘The Diplomat’ about the MMRCA cancellation, dated August 2015.

Weird.

my sorry. i still had the url for another post in the cache.

https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/second-mitsubishi-x2-421374/

India cancels Rafale/MMRCA..Again!!

It is official now: The Indian government has cancelled its $12 billion program to purchase 126 medium multi-role combat aircraft (MMRCA), according to Defense News.

“The RFP issued earlier for procurement of 126 Medium Multi Role Combat Aircraft (MMRCA) has been withdrawn. In this multi-vendor procurement case, the Rafale aircraft met all the performance characteristics stipulated in the Request for Proposal (RFP) during the evaluation conducted by Indian Air Force,” a July 30 press release circulated by the Indian Ministry of Defense stated.

The statement provided no additional reasons for the program’s cancellation, although the announcement comes as no surprise to observers. Pricing differences as well as the inability to come to a mutually satisfactory arrangement over the question of technological transfers, as well doubts over India’s ability to build the plane locally, were the likely main causes for the withdrawal of the RFP.

As I reported back in June (See: “India to Buy Only 36 Rafale Jets”), the price tag for $20 billion MMRCA project went up 2.7 times from the original cost proposal, according to Indian press reports.

Originally, the MMRCA project had India’s Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) building 108 out of a 126 total Rafale jets locally, with the first batch of 18 fighter jets directly delivered from France in flyaway condition.

However, New Delhi announced in April last year that it would only purchase 36 off-the-shelf Rafale fighters in a government-to-government deal instead of the original 126. Back in June, Indian Defense Minister Manohar Parrikar told local press that 126 Rafale aircraft are “way too expensive” and “economically unviable and not required.” Purchasing the fighters would have been “a very steep slope to climb financially (…) we are not buying the rest. We are only buying the … 36,” he said.

The current contract under negotiation for the 36 off-the-shelf Rafale – expected to be concluded by the end of 2015 – includes an offset clause which stipulated that France will have to invest 50 percent of the contract value as offsets in India, which could cause further delays. The costs for the 36 Rafale fighters – excluding the maintenance contract and the weapons suite – are estimated at around $4.5 billion.

According to the Times of India, India will very soon invite global defense contractors to once more compete under the “Make in India” campaign to build 90 fighter jets for the Indian Air Force at an estimated cost of $30 billion.

“An RFP is expected to be drafted soon for making 90 MMRCAs in India. A global tender will be floated. The private sector will also have an active participation,” a source within the defense ministry told the Times of India.

Out of the 90 aircraft, 54 allegedly will be single-seaters and the remaining 36 tandem-seaters. There is also the possibility for the additional purchase of 45 fighters in a follow-up order, the source added.

The aircraft types that will be reconsidered include all jets from the original bidders such as Russia’s MIG-35 (RAC MiG), Swedish Gripen, French Dassault Rafale, American Lockheed Martin F-16IN and Boeing’s F/A-18IN Super Hornet and the Eurofighter Typhoon build by the Eurofighter consortium.