US EditionAfter Rejecting U.S. F-35 Fighters, Spain Mulls Acquisition Of Turkey's KAAN Aircraft: Spanish Media
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After Rejecting U.S. F-35 Fighters, Spain Mulls Acquisition Of Turkey's KAAN Aircraft: Spanish Media
After rejecting US F-35 stealth fighters, Spain is reportedly considering acquiring Turkey’s under-development KAAN aircraft. Spain’s decision had come in the backdrop of multiple countries, including Canada, Portugal, and Switzerland, rethinking their commitments to the F-35 program, over rising costs, software delays, a string of mishaps in recent months, and controversy over the US’s backdoor […]
The defense relations between Turkey and Spain have gained relevance in recent months, in a context in which Madrid seeks options to modernize its fleet of combat aircraft after discarding the purchase of Lockheed Martin’s F-35B Lightning II for its Armed Forces. Turkish media and specialized portals recently reported [...] The TAI KAAN ticket: An alternative to the US F-35 to equip the Spanish Armed Forces with a new fifth generation fighter? a…
The Spanish concluded negotiations on the purchase of the F-35 in August of this year. However, the aircraft was considered not as a replacement for the future European "6th Generation" FCAS/SCAF combat aircraft, but as a middle ground between the currently operational EF-18s and Typhoons and a design that Spain is planning to develop jointly with France and Germany.
In recent months there have been certain movements for the return of Ankara to the program led by Lockheed Martin, to the point that at the recent meeting between US presidents Donald Trump, and Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, this issue was discussed in the White House.Pressions from WashingtonA number of analysts have pointed out that Washington is aiming for a return from Ankara to the fifth-generation combat aircraft program led by the United …
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