Turkish Aerospace Industries Inc. (TAI) shared the details of the Hürjet Project, which was launched on August 14, 2017 with the aim of developing jet trainers and light attack aircraft to meet the short-term needs of the Turkish Air Force as well as international market.
Hürjet will replace 70 T-38 jet training aircraft in Turkish Air Force inventory for use in pilot training and support F-16s in close air support and combat missions.
Hürjet will be designed with maximum 1.2 Mach speed and 45.000ft maximum altitude and will be equipped with high technologies and flight systems. The aircraft will be armed in the missions like Armed Forces of friendly and allied nations, Light Attacks, Close Air Support, Border Security, anti-terrorism operations. The payload capacity of the aircraft's Light Attack configuration will be 3000kg.
