Turkish Aerospace reveals name of national combat aircraft as KAAN

The country is also moving to dramatically expand its capacity for naval airpower. Less than a month before it revealed the TF-X, Ankara commissioned its first light aircraft carrier – the TCG Anadolu – on 10 April. Originally meant to carry the short take-off and vertical landing F-35B variant, the ship will instead be centred on an air wing of domestically produced UAVs and conventionally piloted helicopters.