ANKARA
- In a qualitative leap for Turkey's efforts to develop military defense industries within its vision for the year 2023, "Baykar" has intensified its efforts to develop a new fighter belonging to the sixth generation of war fighters to fight wars and dominate the future skies.
And yesterday, Tuesday, the Turkish company revealed - through its official account on Twitter - the "conceptual design" of its new sixth-generation "MİUS" project, after the introductory video that the company published on July 17, in which it said that it " Carrying a holiday gift, wait on July 20.” The fighter is expected to fly on the centenary of the Turkish Republic in 2023.
And "Muse" is the name of the new aircraft, which is an abbreviation of (Combat Unmanned Aerial System), which means "the unmanned combat air system."
As part of its quest for self-reliance and dispensing with the outside in supplying weapons, local marches - such as Bayraktar and Akengi - played a prominent role in strengthening Turkey's military position, after it achieved great success and reputation in the military operations in which it was used.
#BayraktarTB3 ve #MİUS, #MaviVatan'ın güvenliği için TCG ANADOLU'da birlikte görev yapacak.#MilliTeknolojiHamlesi ✈️🚀🌊🌍🇹🇷 pic.twitter.com/SQRMTTThTUm
— BAYKAR (@Baykar_Savunma) July 21, 2021
strategic strikes
Baykar has released images of the conceptual design, showing the new fighter during sorties from a Turkish ship at sea, where it hopes to turn this design into a jet fighter system.
The aircraft will be powered by an AI25 turbofan engine, developed by the Ukrainian company Ivchenko Progress.
The technical director of the company, Selcuk Bayraktar - who is the founder of the "Bayraktar" drone system and the son-in-law of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan - made important statements about the MUSE system.
Bayrakdar said, "Fifth-generation warplanes are being developed all over the world, and they are manned warplanes, and it is said that after the fifth generation, unmanned warplanes will start their mission, and our conceptual studies also began a long time ago, but after making the Aqengi plane we started working on our plane." The sixth generation unmanned combat aircraft, which will be the combat aircraft of the future.
Bayraktar stressed that work on the Turkish unmanned combat aircraft system has already begun, and the MUSE will be used in strategic strikes, close air support, suppression and destruction of enemy air defenses, and missile attack missions with different payloads, he said.
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— BAYKAR (@Baykar_Savunma) July 17, 2021
aircraft characteristics خصائص
According to Turkish reports and statements by Selcuk Bayraktar;
The MUSE aircraft has the following characteristics:
Prototypes will fly at less than the speed of sound, while in the future they will exceed the speed of sound.
The fighter will be able to take off with a payload of 1.5 tons of ammunition inside its body and on its wings.
Flying at a speed of 900 km / h for 5 continuous hours at a maximum altitude of 12 km.
The ability to hide from radars.
The most important aspect that distinguishes it from other prototypes developed by other countries is its ability to land and take off from domestic TCG Anadolu attack ships.
Another important element in the design of the fighter is its horizontal front and vertical rear tails;
Which will have strong capabilities to maneuver independently thanks to the artificial intelligence computers developed by the company.
The MUSE will be able to fight against the highest capacity warplanes, as well as it will open new horizons in air combat through its advantages of unmanned combat, autonomy provided by artificial intelligence and cost-effectiveness.
The development of the "Muse" fighter comes in the midst of Turkey's efforts to develop military defense industries within its vision for 2023 (Turkish press)
The F-35 fighter jet competition
The Turkish Minister of Industry and Technology, Mustafa Varank, said during his opening today, Wednesday, the Technological Competence Exhibition;
The world will show interest in Turkey's Miuse, not in the F-35, when it is on the market.
Varank explained that Turkey is one of the few countries that has invested in drone technology, and that the world is currently talking about the local drone technology that Turkey has developed.
While the head of the Turkish defense industries, Ismail Demir, said - in a press statement - that the Turkish drones played a very important role, and strengthened the capabilities of the security forces in the fight against terrorism, adding, "Today we will strengthen our strength more, congratulations to you, continue to work without stopping."
The French newspaper "Le Figaro" commented that, in just 15 years, Turkey had become one of the most prominent producers of armed drones in the world, stressing that it had contributed to Turkey's rise in the defense industry market, pointing out that it began to compete with the models of American, Israeli, and Chinese marches. In just 15 years.
Local rallies - such as Bayraktar - played a prominent role in strengthening Turkey's military position and achieved success in military operations (Anatolia)
sixth generation
In this context, Ismail Hakki, the former deputy head of military intelligence in the Turkish Chief of Staff, stated that Turkey's use of its local drones changed the course of operations in Syria, Libya and Azerbaijan, and its use of a MUSE aircraft would change many events for Turkey's benefit.
Haqqi confirmed to Al Jazeera Net that "the new plane, along with its predecessors, Akinci and Bayraktar, can resolve any battle, and will contribute significantly to the final elimination of the Kurdistan Workers Party and other terrorist organizations."
The retired officer explained that "Turkey uses mostly local raw materials in its military industry, and plans to completely dispense with importing raw materials in manufacturing."
Expert Haqqi said that sixth-generation fighters differ mainly from fifth-generation fighters in that they can operate without the need for a pilot to drive them, in addition to possessing the same advanced characteristics as fifth-generation stealth fighters, but they are faster and more capable of stealth and maneuverability, as well as Its low cost and less fuel consumption during flight.
It is expected that the new plane will be able to work in concert with other armed drones, control suicide drones, as well as employ electronic warfare systems, not only to protect itself, but to attack, jam and shoot down enemy planes.