TF-X First Flight Could Take Place In 2023, CEO Suggests

TF-X

A model of the TF-X on display at Farnborough Airshow 2022.

Credit: Mark Wagner/Aviation Images
Turkish Aerospace CEO Temel Kotil has hinted that a first flight of the country’s indigenous combat aircraft, TF-X, could be brought forward to the end of this year. Speaking to national television news outlet CNN Turk on Jan. 9, Kotil said “business [work on the prototype] had gone very well.” A...
Tony Osborne

Based in London, Tony covers European defense programs. Prior to joining Aviation Week in November 2012, Tony was at Shephard Media Group where he was deputy editor for Rotorhub and Defence Helicopter magazines.

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