Turkish 5th generation fighter jet "Kaan"
Oct 17,
2023. Posted by Balkan Periscope - Hellas
Any party
that aspires to acquire Turkey’s fifth-generation fighter aircraft known as
“KAAN” need to “think twice” before contemplating buying it, because the price
of one unit of the fifth-generation fighter aircraft is expected to exceed
US$100 million (RM450 million).
This was confirmed by the Chief Executive Officer of Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI), Temel Kotil, who stated that the per-unit price of the aircraft is expected to be “slightly” less than US$100 million, as estimated previously.
However,
he did not explain the reason or rationale for the current price of a
Turkish-made fifth-generation fighter aircraft exceeding US$100 million.
In an
interview in 2021, Kotil estimated the per-unit price of the fifth-generation
fighter aircraft to be US$100 million, and two years later, his estimate was
almost accurate.
With an
estimated price of over US$100 million per unit for the Turkish-made fighter
aircraft, the “KAAN” price does not differ significantly from the price of
fifth-generation fighter aircraft from the United States, especially the F-35
variants C (conventional takeoff and landing) or B (short takeoff and vertical
landing).
“KAAN”
Defense Security
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