전투기 터키, KAAN 전투기 20기 주문

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인도네시아, 터키 KAAN 전투기 48대 도입

터키가 KAAN 전투기 블록 10 20기를 TAI에 주문했습니다. 인도네시아는 개발국에서 주문하기도 전에 48기를 선주문 때린 거였네요 ㄷㄷㄷ 

터키 공군, 자국산 KAAN 전투기 첫 물량 계약 체결
“초기 판매는 Block 10 항공기 첫 20대 물량에 대해 이뤄졌다. 이것이 첫 주문이다. 시간이 지나면서 수량이 증가할 것으로 기대한다”고 Turkish Aerospace CEO Mehmet Demiroglu는 Breaking Defense에 말했다.

작성자 Agnes Helou
2026년 5월 8일 오후 12시 34분

2024년 5월 6일 터키 앙카라에서 터키 방위산업청(SSB)이 터키 공군사령부의 전투기 수요를 충족하기 위해 추진하고 Turkish Aerospace Industries(TAI)가 개발한 국가 전투기 KAAN의 두 번째 시험비행이 성공적으로 수행되고 있다. (사진: TUR Defence Industries Presidency/Anadolu via Getty Images)

이스탄불 — 터키 공군이 Turkish Aerospace(TA)와 5세대 KAAN 전투기 20대를 도입하는 계약을 공식 체결했으며, 향후 추가 도입 계획도 추진 중이다.

“초기 판매는 Block 10 항공기 첫 20대 물량에 대해 이뤄졌다. 이것이 첫 주문이다. 시간이 지나면서 수량이 증가할 것으로 기대한다”고 TA CEO Mehmet Demiroglu는 수요일 이곳 SAHA 방산 전시회에서 공식 서명 이후 Breaking Defense에 말했다.

이번 국내 계약은 터키 전투기에 대한 첫 계약은 아니다. 이는 인도네시아가 지난해 6월 48대 전투기 계약을 체결한 지 몇 달 만에 이뤄진 것이다.

터키 국영 Anadolu Agency에 따르면 새 계약은 TA와 터키 방위산업청 사이에서 체결되었다.

방위산업청장 Haluk Gorgun은 계약 체결 후 “여기에 나열된 제품들을 국내 기술로 개발하고 우리 영웅적인 안보 세력에 인도하게 되어 자랑스럽다”고 말하며, KAAN과 기타 여러 국산 방산 제품들을 언급했다.

KAAN은 아마도 터키의 가장 주목받는 방산 프로그램일 것이며, 시제기는 2024년 2월 처음 비행했다. 인도네시아 외에도 TA는 사우디아라비아와 잠재적 수출 계약도 추진하고 있다.

전투기 계약 외에도 터키 방산업계는 SAHA 전시회에서 국내 생산 엔진을 포함해 해당 기체에 들어갈 다양한 구성품을 공개하는 기회로 활용했다. 현재 KAAN 시제기와 시험기는 GE F110 엔진을 사용하고 있지만, TA는 2032년까지 TEI가 생산하는 터키산 TF35000 터보팬 엔진을 사용하기를 희망하고 있다.

SAHA에서 TEI는 TF35000 엔진 개념 모형을 전시했으며, 회사 관계자들은 현재 설계 단계에 있다고 밝혔다. 시제 엔진 생산은 2027년 시작될 것으로 예상된다. (터키 당국자들이 과거 미국 의회가 추가 미국산 엔진 이전을 지연시키고 있다고 언급한 것으로 알려지면서, 국산 엔진 문제는 더욱 부각되고 있다.)

IISS 국방·군사분석 연구원 Sascha Bruchmann은 오늘 Breaking Defense에, 터키 방산기업들이 SAHA에서 KAAN 생산에 대한 우려를 불식시키기 위해 상당한 노력을 기울인 것으로 보인다고 말했다.

그는 “2차, 3차, 때로는 그 이상의 공급망 업체들까지 현장에 나와 부품, 제품, 재료들을 공개하고 있으며, 경우에 따라 제조 공정에 대한 통찰까지 보여주고 있는 것으로 보인다”고 말했다. 그는 이어 “이는 생산형 전투기가 실제로 비행하기 전까지는 항상 일부 의문이 남겠지만, 지난 10년간 터키 산업이 얼마나 발전했는지를 보여주는 좋은 지표”라고 덧붙였다.

KAAN 외에도 TA는 SAHA에서 ANKA 3 무인전투기, Gokbey 헬리콥터, 그리고 자사가 개발 중인 항공기들의 다양한 소형 모형을 공개했다. 또한 이번 주 General Electric과 Hurjet 훈련·경공격기용 GE Aerospace F404 엔진 도입 계약도 체결했다.

터키는 KAAN과 Hurjet 모두에 대해 미국이 추진 중인 것과 유사한 무인 협동전투기(CCA), 즉 드론 윙맨을 도입하기를 희망하고 있다.

Demiroglu는 Breaking Defense에 “유무인 협동 개념과 관련해서는 작업이 진행 중이다. KAAN의 경우 아직 시험이 시작되지 않았다. HÜRJET은 초기 시험만 시작된 상태다. 우리는 시간이 지나면서 이러한 시험을 점진적으로 확대해 나갈 것”이라고 말했다.

Turkish air force contracts its first batch of indigenous KAAN jets - Breaking Defense

Turkish air force contracts its first batch of indigenous KAAN jets - Breaking Defense

Turkish air force contracts its first batch of indigenous KAAN jets

“The initial sale was made for the first batch of 20 Block 10 aircraft. This is the first order. Over time, we expect the numbers to increase,” Turkish Aerospace CEO Mehmet Demiroglu told Breaking Defense.

By Agnes Helou on May 08, 2026 12:34 pm

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The second flight of the national combat aircraft KAAN, which was initiated by the Turkish Defence Industries Presidency (SSB) in order to meet the combat aircraft requirement of the Turkish Air Forces Command and developed by Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI), is carried out successfully in Ankara, Turkiye on May 06, 2024. (Photo by TUR Defence Industries Presidency/Anadolu via Getty Images)

ISTANBUL — The Turkish air force has formally inked a deal to procure 20 fifth-generation KAAN fighter jets from Turkish Aerospace (TA), with plans for more in the future.

“The initial sale was made for the first batch of 20 Block 10 aircraft. This is the first order. Over time, we expect the numbers to increase,” TA CEO Mehmet Demiroglu told Breaking Defense today, following the official signing at the SAHA defense expo here on Wednesday.

The national deal is not the first contract for the Turkish fighter jets, coming a few months after Indonesia contracted 48 fighters last June.

The new contract was signed between TA and Turkey’s Defense Industries Secretariat, according to Turkey’s state-run Anadolu Agency.

“We are proud to develop the products listed here locally and nationally, and to deliver them to our heroic security forces,” Secretariat chief Haluk Gorgun said after the signing, referring to the KAAN and a number of other domestically developed defense products.

The KAAN is perhaps Turkey’s most high-profile defense program, a prototype of which first took to the skies in February 2024. In addition to Indonesia, TA is courting a potential export deal with Saudi Arabia.

Beyond the signing for the jets, Turkish industry took the opportunity at SAHA to show off various components that will go into it, including domestically made engines. The current KAAN prototypes and test articles are powered by GE F110 engines, but TA hopes to use Turkish-made TF35000 Turbofan engines produced by TEI by 2032.

At SAHA, TEI was displaying its concept of the TF35000 engine, and company officials said it is still in the design phase. Prototype production is expected to start in 2027. (The question of domestically made engines has come to the fore since Turkish officials reportedly previously said US lawmakers were holding up transfer of additional US-made engines.)

Sascha Bruchmann, research fellow for defence and military analysis at IISS, told Breaking Defense today that it appeared Turkish defense firms had gone out of their way at SAHA to put to rest any concerns about the KAAN’s production.

“It seems that second, third and sometimes further layers of suppliers are present and ready to show the parts, products and materials used, sometimes even insights into the manufacturing process,” he said. “This is a good indication how far the Turkish industry has come in the last decade, even though some doubts will always remain until the [production] jet flies.”

Beyond the KAAN, TA showed at SAHA a model of its ANKA 3 unmanned combat aerial vehicle, its Gokbey helicopter and a number of small models for the aircraft it develops. The company this week inked an agreement with General Electric to procure GE Aerospace F404 engines to power its Hurjet trainer and light attack aircraft.

For both the KAAN and the Hurjet, Turkey hopes to introduce unmanned Collaborative Combat Aircraft, or drone wingmen, like those pursued by the US.

“As for the manned-unmanned teaming concept, work is ongoing. For KAAN, testing has not started yet. For HÜRJET, only the initial tests have begun. We will gradually intensify these tests over time,” Demiroglu told Breaking Defense.

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미국 본토 때릴 수 있는 ICBM 만들었다고 떠들면서 Kaan 20대는 미국 F110 엔진 사다가 쓴다고 하는군요.

https://turdef.com/article/saha-expo-2026-ssb-and-tusas-sign-kaan-procurement-deal