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F-31
Even though the first prototype FC-31, side number 31001, was first flown about six and half years ago, very little information has emerged from the programme since then.
Dubbed as a lower-end complement to the larger, more-costly J-20, the FC-31 was never designated as the J-31 for service with the People’s Liberation Army Air Force; but was always more realistically expected as a likely candidate aircraft for the People’s Liberation Army Navy’s future carrier-borne fighter; one to supplement and later replace J-15 fighters currently used by embarked air wings on board the aircraft carrier Liaoning.
The FC-31 is a unique project: first mentioned in April 2011, when rumours suggested that the 601 Institute had been developing a fourth-generation medium multirole stealth fighter since 2007, after its own heavy stealth fighter design lost to the 611 Institute’s J-20 in an offcial request for proposal named XXJ. Note, in China this newgeneration aircraft is dubbed fourth- and not fifth-generation as is the case in the western world.
Originally, the FC-31 was revealed as a scaled-down model dubbed the F-60, unveiled during the first international UAV innovation Grand Prix held in Beijing during September 2011.
Around the same time, a full-scale metal mock-up was built, and in mid-2012 a so far unknown airframe was transported from the 623 Institute to the China Flight Test Establishment at Xi’an-Yanliang for static tests. Transportation of the mock-up was discussed in several Chinese forums, with the conclusion that the type was not another derivative of the Flanker but a new design.
Details known about the FC-31 to date show the type is offcially referred to as Project 310, initiated as a private venture by AVIC and SAC as the Advanced Fighter Concept (ACF) after the XXJ contest was over. The aim of Project 310 was almost certainly to retain certain design expertise and to promote the type on the international market as a low-cost alternative to the American F-35 Lightning II, and eventually as a candidate to replace some of the remaining J-7 and J-8 series fighters still in service with frontline PLAAF and PLAN units.
After the full-scale mock-up was built in 2011, construction of the first prototype must have begun later that year and was first spotted in a black colour scheme sporting a prominent Gyrfalcon logo on its tail, and the side number 31001 under its cockpit.
In contrast to the J-20, the first FC-31 is a much more conventional design – often mocked as a smaller clone of the F-22 Raptor – with twin engines and two large canted swept tailfins similar to the YF-22 demonstrator. However, in contrast to the F-22, the FC-31 features a diverter less supersonic inlet design, a two-piece canopy and a radome more akin to the F-35.
The pilot sits in an HTY-8 – a licenced copy of the Russian K-36D – ejection seat and the cockpit features wide-angle holographic HUD and at least four colour multifunctional displays. Most likely, the first demonstrator is not equipped with a full-up avionics suite.
Following taxi tests, the aircraft performed its maiden flight on October 31, 2012, powered by two smoky engines.
The first FC-31 demonstrator was unveiled during the Zhuhai air show 2014 proving China had become the second nation after the United States to have two stealth fighter designs in flight testing at the same time.
The second aircraft is conducting a flight test programme at SAC’s Shenyang- Beiling airfield, still unpainted. Even after two years of flight testing, only a few clear images have been released.
There are contradicting reports about the engine type; some assume standard RD-93s used by the JF-17, others assume WS-13 turbofans.
Rumours circulating on Chinese forums in 2016 suggested the People’s Liberation Army remained uninterested in the type, though reports persisted that a second airframe – sometimes called FC-31V2 – featuring major improvements (as displayed in model-form during the Zhuhai air show 2014) to make it more attractive to potential customers, would appear soon.
Improvements include a similar development to the J-20’s transition from demonstrator to prototype featuring a onepiece canopy, a reined, slightly longer and fatter fuselage, reshaped vertical tailins, and cropped wing and tailin tips.
Improved WS-13A or even WS-13E turbofan engines with stealthy nozzles are believed to be installed, an electro-optical targeting system turret itted under the forward fuselage, and a retractable IFR probe. A static test airframe was reportedly built by the SAC.
The FC-31V2 aircraft undergoing pre-flight checks on December 23, 2016, the date of its maiden flight.
FC-31V2
The second prototype irst appeared on an AVIC promotional video shown at the Zhuhai air show 2016, showing the second airframe under construction and under preparation for the maiden light.
The irst prototype was reportedly itted with upgraded WS-13E turbofans and allegedly test lown for the irst time on July 1, 2016.
High-speed taxiing tests began on December 18, 2016 with the maiden light accomplished on December 23, 2016. Until this date, even oicial statements from AVIC – including their HP – state the FC-31 remains an AVIC/SAC project related only for the export market, stressing there was no PLAAF and PLAN backing or funding.
The second aircraft features several improvements including a one-piece canopy, a modiied cockpit with a new head-up display similar to the one installed in the J-20, a reined fuselage comprising more composite material, reportedly with a slightly bigger internal weapon bay, a reined, larger wing, and reshaped vertical tailins more akin to the F-35 with cropped tips similar to those on the F-22.
Details released about the FC-31’s internal weapon bays, provide no conirmation they are capable of holding up to six air-to-air missiles including the PL-10, PL-12 and PL-15, though its size does not look any larger than the J-20’s main weapon bay.
The FC-31 is expected to have greater mission focus on strike and surface attack and is likely to internally carry a new class of GPSguided bombs and the GB50 laser-guided bomb. Based on their physical size, larger, heavier weapons like the YJ-83K anti-ship missile or the YJ-91 anti-radar missile must be carried externally on six underwing hard points.
Even though the first prototype FC-31, side number 31001, was first flown about six and half years ago, very little information has emerged from the programme since then.
Dubbed as a lower-end complement to the larger, more-costly J-20, the FC-31 was never designated as the J-31 for service with the People’s Liberation Army Air Force; but was always more realistically expected as a likely candidate aircraft for the People’s Liberation Army Navy’s future carrier-borne fighter; one to supplement and later replace J-15 fighters currently used by embarked air wings on board the aircraft carrier Liaoning.
The FC-31 is a unique project: first mentioned in April 2011, when rumours suggested that the 601 Institute had been developing a fourth-generation medium multirole stealth fighter since 2007, after its own heavy stealth fighter design lost to the 611 Institute’s J-20 in an offcial request for proposal named XXJ. Note, in China this newgeneration aircraft is dubbed fourth- and not fifth-generation as is the case in the western world.
Originally, the FC-31 was revealed as a scaled-down model dubbed the F-60, unveiled during the first international UAV innovation Grand Prix held in Beijing during September 2011.
Around the same time, a full-scale metal mock-up was built, and in mid-2012 a so far unknown airframe was transported from the 623 Institute to the China Flight Test Establishment at Xi’an-Yanliang for static tests. Transportation of the mock-up was discussed in several Chinese forums, with the conclusion that the type was not another derivative of the Flanker but a new design.
Details known about the FC-31 to date show the type is offcially referred to as Project 310, initiated as a private venture by AVIC and SAC as the Advanced Fighter Concept (ACF) after the XXJ contest was over. The aim of Project 310 was almost certainly to retain certain design expertise and to promote the type on the international market as a low-cost alternative to the American F-35 Lightning II, and eventually as a candidate to replace some of the remaining J-7 and J-8 series fighters still in service with frontline PLAAF and PLAN units.
After the full-scale mock-up was built in 2011, construction of the first prototype must have begun later that year and was first spotted in a black colour scheme sporting a prominent Gyrfalcon logo on its tail, and the side number 31001 under its cockpit.
In contrast to the J-20, the first FC-31 is a much more conventional design – often mocked as a smaller clone of the F-22 Raptor – with twin engines and two large canted swept tailfins similar to the YF-22 demonstrator. However, in contrast to the F-22, the FC-31 features a diverter less supersonic inlet design, a two-piece canopy and a radome more akin to the F-35.
The pilot sits in an HTY-8 – a licenced copy of the Russian K-36D – ejection seat and the cockpit features wide-angle holographic HUD and at least four colour multifunctional displays. Most likely, the first demonstrator is not equipped with a full-up avionics suite.
Following taxi tests, the aircraft performed its maiden flight on October 31, 2012, powered by two smoky engines.
The first FC-31 demonstrator was unveiled during the Zhuhai air show 2014 proving China had become the second nation after the United States to have two stealth fighter designs in flight testing at the same time.
The second aircraft is conducting a flight test programme at SAC’s Shenyang- Beiling airfield, still unpainted. Even after two years of flight testing, only a few clear images have been released.
There are contradicting reports about the engine type; some assume standard RD-93s used by the JF-17, others assume WS-13 turbofans.
Rumours circulating on Chinese forums in 2016 suggested the People’s Liberation Army remained uninterested in the type, though reports persisted that a second airframe – sometimes called FC-31V2 – featuring major improvements (as displayed in model-form during the Zhuhai air show 2014) to make it more attractive to potential customers, would appear soon.
Improvements include a similar development to the J-20’s transition from demonstrator to prototype featuring a onepiece canopy, a reined, slightly longer and fatter fuselage, reshaped vertical tailins, and cropped wing and tailin tips.
Improved WS-13A or even WS-13E turbofan engines with stealthy nozzles are believed to be installed, an electro-optical targeting system turret itted under the forward fuselage, and a retractable IFR probe. A static test airframe was reportedly built by the SAC.
The FC-31V2 aircraft undergoing pre-flight checks on December 23, 2016, the date of its maiden flight.
FC-31V2
The second prototype irst appeared on an AVIC promotional video shown at the Zhuhai air show 2016, showing the second airframe under construction and under preparation for the maiden light.
The irst prototype was reportedly itted with upgraded WS-13E turbofans and allegedly test lown for the irst time on July 1, 2016.
High-speed taxiing tests began on December 18, 2016 with the maiden light accomplished on December 23, 2016. Until this date, even oicial statements from AVIC – including their HP – state the FC-31 remains an AVIC/SAC project related only for the export market, stressing there was no PLAAF and PLAN backing or funding.
The second aircraft features several improvements including a one-piece canopy, a modiied cockpit with a new head-up display similar to the one installed in the J-20, a reined fuselage comprising more composite material, reportedly with a slightly bigger internal weapon bay, a reined, larger wing, and reshaped vertical tailins more akin to the F-35 with cropped tips similar to those on the F-22.
Details released about the FC-31’s internal weapon bays, provide no conirmation they are capable of holding up to six air-to-air missiles including the PL-10, PL-12 and PL-15, though its size does not look any larger than the J-20’s main weapon bay.
The FC-31 is expected to have greater mission focus on strike and surface attack and is likely to internally carry a new class of GPSguided bombs and the GB50 laser-guided bomb. Based on their physical size, larger, heavier weapons like the YJ-83K anti-ship missile or the YJ-91 anti-radar missile must be carried externally on six underwing hard points.
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KAAN... The 5th Generation Advanced Fighter Jet.
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Turkish Fighter Jet Kaan Meets Skies
Turkiye’s indigenous fighter jet, Kaan, performed its maiden flight today at Ankara Akıncı Air Base.
Turkiye’s indigenous fighter jet, Kaan, took off for the first time today from Akıncı Air Base, next to Turkish Aerospace (TUSAŞ) facilities in Kahramankazan, Ankara. The aircraft, escorted by the Turkish fighter jet F-16, performed its maiden flight around the airfield.
Kaan’s first flight was scheduled for December 27, 2023. The aircraft could not perform its flight on an earlier scheduled date as its technical problems were not overcome on time even though Turkish Aerospace teams worked on the project on 7/24 with three consecutive shifts.
The aircraft is the one that was displayed on May 1, 2023, at Akıncı Air Base to President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. This aircraft, however, was not compatible with flying in terms of flight requirements at that time. The displayed aircraft in the crowd was built for ground tests.
The same aircraft has received permission for airworthiness after fundamental changes. For example, the landing gear is no longer the same. The entire aircraft was put in pieces and reassembled according to flight requirements. All harnesses, for example, were checked pin to pin with all safety measures.
The aircraft was planned to reach 14,000 feet altimeter on the scheduled flight on December 27, 2023. This time, the altitude is not known. It most probably followed the earlier planned route.
KAAN took off from the Akıncı Air Base at 08:50 A.M. Turkish Aerospace President and CEO Temel Kotil stated that the aircraft was airborne for 13 minutes and reached 8000 feet altitude. It flew at the speed of 230 knots.
The Landing gear was not retracted as part of the safety rules during the entire flight. This safety measure is a standard precaution in case there is a malfunction on the aircraft or on the landing gear. Most probably, TUSAŞ Test Pilot Barbaros Demirbaş was in the cockpit on that flight.
KAAN is designed as a multi-role aircraft, mainly for air domination with a consideration of air-to-surface roles. The fighter will benefit from
• Augmented lethality with support of Artificial Intelligence and Neural Networks
• Increased air-to-air engagement ranges with Novel Weapons
• Precise and accurate weapon firing from internal weapon bays at high/supersonic speed to reach its air domination role.
TECHNICAL DATA
Dimensions / Weight Performance
| Wing Span | 14 m (46 ft) |
| Length | 21 m (69 ft) |
| Hight | 6 m (20 ft) |
| Engine Thrust Class | 2x 29.000 lb |
| Maximum Speed | 1,8 Mach |
| Service Ceiling | 55.000 ft |
| Positive / Negative G Limits | +9g / 3,5g |
Turkish Fighter Jet Kaan Meets Skies
Turkiye’s indigenous fighter jet, Kaan, performed its maiden flight today at Ankara Akıncı Air Base.
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Size comparison of frontline fighter jets of the Turkish Air Force, to give an idea of just how humongous #Kaan really is. It's also about 2m longer than the US F-22 Raptor
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Global 6000 is a high-speed enterprise plane with a range of 6,700 nautical miles at Mach 0.80, a potential altitude of 51,000 feet, and a 14-hour longevity. Lighter aluminum alloys and composite materials make up the quasi monocoque airframe. It has a low wing, tricycle landing gear, and propellers that are mounted in the fuselage.
The design is based on the previous Canadair CL-600 and Bombardier CRJ aircraft. It has the same hull cross-section as these planes, but with a new T-tail and wing. The latter is a supersonic airfoil with wing tips and a 35° side sweep. Disruption is effectively attenuated by this extensible wing. It was initially powered by two FADEC-controlled BMW-Rolls-Royce BR710 turbofans. A 6 Honeywell Primus 2000 XP EFIS suite is installed on the jetway.
Since the successful operation Swift Retort against India, the importance of electronic warfare has grown. India breached Pakistani airspace on the 25th of February 2019 and claimed to have bombed militant targets inside Pakistani territory, which Pakistan categorically denies. According to Pakistan, IAF fighter jets released their drop tanks as soon as PAF fighter jets were dispatched in the air. No one knows who is telling the truth.
After all of this, Pakistan decided to take retaliation for the violation of its airspace. Mirage ROSE, JF-17, F-16, SAAB 2000 AWACS, and Falcon 20 EW jets were employed in Operation Swift Retort. The game changer things in that operation was Falcon 20 EW which blinded the IAF radars and there pilots had no idea what was going around them. Taking advantage of the circumstance, the Pakistan Air Force launched two missiles, one of which shot down an IAF MiG-21 and other Su30mki. Although India denied that any Su 30mki was shot down, But no one can deny that a Mig-21 was shot down.
All of this is due to Falcon 20's electronic warfare capabilities. They are now being replaced by Global 6000 aircraft by the Pakistan Air Force. These jetliners will be outfitted with high-powered radar jamming technology, bolstering the PAF's capabilities.
With the induction of Rafale, Tejas, and more Mig-29, the Indian Air Force is rapidly expanding. In addition, India recently received the S-400. For such situations, electronic warfare machines are appropriate. They jammed enemy radars and allowed their pilots to complete their missions, but the S-400 is no laughing matter. To jam it, you'll need some serious Electronic Warfare skills.
The design is based on the previous Canadair CL-600 and Bombardier CRJ aircraft. It has the same hull cross-section as these planes, but with a new T-tail and wing. The latter is a supersonic airfoil with wing tips and a 35° side sweep. Disruption is effectively attenuated by this extensible wing. It was initially powered by two FADEC-controlled BMW-Rolls-Royce BR710 turbofans. A 6 Honeywell Primus 2000 XP EFIS suite is installed on the jetway.
Since the successful operation Swift Retort against India, the importance of electronic warfare has grown. India breached Pakistani airspace on the 25th of February 2019 and claimed to have bombed militant targets inside Pakistani territory, which Pakistan categorically denies. According to Pakistan, IAF fighter jets released their drop tanks as soon as PAF fighter jets were dispatched in the air. No one knows who is telling the truth.
After all of this, Pakistan decided to take retaliation for the violation of its airspace. Mirage ROSE, JF-17, F-16, SAAB 2000 AWACS, and Falcon 20 EW jets were employed in Operation Swift Retort. The game changer things in that operation was Falcon 20 EW which blinded the IAF radars and there pilots had no idea what was going around them. Taking advantage of the circumstance, the Pakistan Air Force launched two missiles, one of which shot down an IAF MiG-21 and other Su30mki. Although India denied that any Su 30mki was shot down, But no one can deny that a Mig-21 was shot down.
All of this is due to Falcon 20's electronic warfare capabilities. They are now being replaced by Global 6000 aircraft by the Pakistan Air Force. These jetliners will be outfitted with high-powered radar jamming technology, bolstering the PAF's capabilities.
With the induction of Rafale, Tejas, and more Mig-29, the Indian Air Force is rapidly expanding. In addition, India recently received the S-400. For such situations, electronic warfare machines are appropriate. They jammed enemy radars and allowed their pilots to complete their missions, but the S-400 is no laughing matter. To jam it, you'll need some serious Electronic Warfare skills.
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