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The announcement made by..CEO of Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI), places the schedule for the Kaan’s indigenous engine in immediate contradiction. 

According to Defence Review, testing of this Turkish-developed turbofan will not begin until 2032, while the TF35000 is expected to be operational and available as early as 2033 to take over from the American engine.

Thus, only one year would separate the announced start of testing from its use on a production combat aircraft, following the integration, qualification and validation of an entirely new propulsion system.

Ukraine initially requested the Australian helicopters in 2024 but formally withdrew its interest in early 2026 after military specialists evaluated the aircraft and the resources required to operate them.

Australia had reportedly been prepared to transfer its retiring Tigers to Ukraine. Although the helicopters themselves would have been provided without charge, Kyiv would still have needed to finance pilot and ground-crew training, repairs, spare parts and continued maintenance.

Funny how Bing is still only blurring US camps in KR but not KR’s camps.

Given so many commercial satellite images readily available these days, this seems rather redundant but surprising it took so long.