TAI is Working on the 6th Generation KAAN

TAI General Manager Mehmet Demiroğlu announced that after the fifth generation national combat aircraft KAAN, they are also working on sixth generation combat aircraft technologies.

While Turkish Aerospace Industries (TUSAŞ) continues the development process of the national combat aircraft KAAN, it also continues its work on future combat aircraft technologies. TAI General Manager Mehmet Demiroğlu, in his statement at the programs he attended in Kastamonu, said that they aim to develop a sixth generation fighter jet after the fifth generation KAAN.

Demiroğlu said, "There is the 5th generation KAAN. We will make the 6th Generation KAAN." He stated that studies in this field are continuing. Emphasizing that Turkey should improve its current work on sixth generation technologies, Demiroğlu said, "The 6th generation has arrived. We are working in this field, we are good, but we have to be better." he said.

Sixth generation warplanes; It comes to the fore with capabilities such as artificial intelligence-supported mission management, co-operation of manned and unmanned aerial vehicles, advanced sensor networks and higher level data sharing. However, the technical specifications and development schedule of the sixth generation KAAN concept, which TAI is working on, have not been disclosed in detail yet.

The new prototype of the current KAAN will fly in 2026

Demiroğlu stated that the current KAAN program is also progressing with the sixth generation studies. Following the P0 prototype, which made its first flight, the P1 prototype is aimed to be flown in 2026. Work on the P2 prototype continues simultaneously.

It is planned to complete the pre-flight tests of the P1 and move on to the fast taxi phase after the ground tests. The results of these tests will be decisive in the prototype's first flight schedule.

The KAAN program aims to provide Turkey with the ability to develop fifth-generation fighter jets, as well as to develop the design, avionics, system integration, testing and production infrastructure. Sixth generation studies are important in terms of transferring this knowledge to the combat air systems of the future.