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Turkish-Korean defense cooperation at full speed

KAI and TAI, the respective aerospace companies operating in South Korea and Turkey, will deliver their first jointly manufactured basic trainer aircraft, the KT-1T, to the Turkish Air Force next month. Following increasingly warm diplomatic relations, the two countries share close economic and trade ties

Korea Aerospace Industries, or KAI, and [...]

STM Prepared Feasibility Report for Turkish Indigenous Helicopter

A feasibility report for the construction of the Turkish Indigenous Helicopter, which is included among the targets planned for meeting the requirements of the Turkish Defence Industries with national means, was prepared and submitted to the Undersecretariat for Defence Industries (SSM) by STM.
In the report, which was completed in quite [...]

Turkey and Israel’s venture will provide tanks to Colombia.

The Colombian government and army are studying a range of solutions jointly offered by Israel Military Industries (IMI) and Turkey’s Aselsan to fulfil the country’s requirement for a new main battle tank (MBT), sources in Bogotá have told Jane’s .
The Israeli-Turkish offer includes a wide number of options – ranging [...]

Emre Yazichi: “TAI may improve all helicopters of Azerbaijani Armed Forces”

First test flights of T129 attack helicopters produced within the framework of Turkish ATAK program will start in spring of 2011.
Executer vice-president of TAI (Turkish Aerospace Industries) Inc. United Helicopters Systems Emre Yazichi told APA.
To him, it is planned to give the first T129 helicopter to the Armed Forces in July of [...]

Turkish Airlines looks into parts and seats ventures

Turkish Airlines is looking to form another couple of joint ventures, covering aircraft components and seats.
Chairman Hamdi Topcu says the airline is talking with Turkish Aerospace Industries over a partnership, stating: “We can produce aircraft parts together.”
He says that the other venture would involve building aircraft seats, although he gives fewer details [...]

Nano materials lab to open at university in central Turkey

Karatay University is planning to open Turkey’s largest composite nano material production laboratory in the Central Anatolian province of Konya, according to announcement from dean of the university’s engineering faculty.
Professor Ali Okatan said the nano material produced from boron serves a diverse field of applications, adding that the element itself [...]

Turkey’s aerial industries prosper with new joint venture deals

In a sign of Turkey’s growing economic might and sophistication, the country is increasing its indigenous arms production.
Turkish Foreign Trade Minister Zafer Caglayan said that Turkey’s defense contractor KaleKalip will start manufacturing F135 engines for F-35 Joint Strike Fighters along with Sikorsky helicopters under license from the United States’ United Technologies Corporation, the Star Gazetesi [...]

TAI delivers First Large, Complex F-35 Composite Structure

Turkish Aerospace Industries continues to expand, refine F-35 manufacturing skills.
Turkish Aerospace Industries, Inc. (TAI), a major international F-35 Lightning II supplier to Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC), has delivered a prototype of its first major structural element for the jet’s center fuselage, which Northrop Grumman produces for F-35 industry team leader [...]

Turkish team among six to face final robot grand challenge

Six high-tech teams from the U.S., Turkey, Japan and Australia have made it to the finals of an international challenge to develop the next generation of fully autonomous robots that could undertake dangerous missions on the future battlefield.

The six teams are: Cappadocia (Turkey), Chiba (Japan), Magician (Australia), RASR (USA),
Team Michigan (USA), and [...]

Abdullah Gul for joint defence production projects between Pak- Turkey

ISLAMABAD, Jul 14 (APP): Turkish President Abdullah Gul on Wednesday stressed the need to initiate joint defence production projects between Paksitan and Turkey. He expressed these views in a meeting with a Pakistani defence delegation, led by Defence Minister Chaudhry Ahmed Mukhtar who called on him, says a fax message [...]