İsmail Demir, President of the Presidency of Defense Industries, met with television and newspaper representatives in Ankara to convey the 2021 evaluation and 2022 projects. Among the targets of the Presidency of Defense Industries for 2022, it was stated that the Jet Training and Light Attack Aircraft HÜRJET will leave the hangar and start ground tests. Within the scope of the project, it is planned to produce two flyable prototype aircraft and one static and one fatigue test aircraft to be used in test activities.
In January 2022, at the Defense Industry Executive Committee Meeting chaired by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, the first stage mass production decision of HURJET, which was planned to make its maiden flight in 2023, was taken. Regarding the HÜRJET project, TUSAŞ General Manager Prof. Dr. Temel Kotil had announced that the Jet Training and Light Attack Aircraft HÜRJET would begin ground tests in early 2022. Noting that the first flight will be carried out in 2022 following the ground tests, Kotil announced on March 18, 2023 that HÜRJET will perform a more mature flight. Saying that the first jet trainer will be delivered to the Air Force Command in 2025, Kotil stated that the work on the armed version (HÜRJET-C) could continue until 2027.
HÜRJET Jet Training and Light Attack Aircraft
HÜRJET will be designed to operate at a maximum speed of Mach 1.2 and a maximum altitude of 45,000 ft, and will house the latest technology mission and flight systems. HÜRJET's Light Attack Aircraft model with a payload capacity of 2721 kg will be armed to be used in missions such as light attack, close air support, border security, and fight against terrorism in the armed forces of friendly and allied countries together with our country.
In the conceptual design phase of the project, which is still ongoing, single engine and double engine alternatives will be evaluated in the light of the market analysis, and the number of engines will be decided and conceptual design studies will be carried out accordingly. System solutions will be created by contacting suppliers regarding long-term systems.
Source: defenceturk
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