I think having this thread made a stickie would help us keep track of the developement in this field.
Some old news first.
Turkey to produce engines for tanks
Tank and warship engines are included in Turkey’s plans to nationalize its arms industry where possible. Planned Altay tanks are likely to test the engines.
Turkey will now manufacture engines for tanks and warships for the first time in the history of the nation’s defense industry, a top procurement official said.
Undersecretary for Defense Industries Murad Bayar said the weakest component of the recently flourishing business was arguably engine-manufacturing, which the nation will now work to eliminate.
Bayar said domestically manufactured engines will be used in the serial production phase of Altay, Turkey’s first national main battle tank.
Since 2007 Otokar, one of Turkey’s largest armored vehicle makers, has been designing the Altay with industrial support from South Korea’s Hyundai Rotem. Under a nearly $500 million contract, four prototypes should be built by 2015, after which serial production is scheduled to begin.
The mock-up of Altay, projected to have a 120 mm gun, was introduced to the public in May at the 10th International Defense Industry Fair (IDEF) in Istanbul.
“We are in touch with a number of companies that design engines but do not manufacture them,” Bayar said.
“We hope to build the engines for the Altay in the serial production stage in the first batch of 250 tanks that will be manufactured domestically after 2015,” he said. “We need to obtain this engine-making capability.” Eventually Turkey plans to build up to 1,000 Altays.
Bayar said another option was to develop the tank’s engine jointly with South Korea.
“Then we need to make engines for our naval platforms, which have a good chance to be exported,” he said. Turkey has begun to produce up to 12 national corvettes, the smallest of major warships, in a program called Milgem that is worth up to $3 billion. The first corvette was delivered to the Navy this fall and a second was put to sea for tests.
Turkey has sold several of the smaller boats to countries in the Middle East and Asia. The country plans to make its own national frigate by 2020 with domestically manufactured engines. Frigates are the largest warships in the Turkish Navy.
“Ultimately, we need to make engines and related transmission systems for other land and naval platforms,” Bayar said.
“Producing engines and power systems is not the most difficult thing to do in the defense industry,” said an Ankara-based defense analyst. “But to make sense, you have to make sure that manufacturing engines is economically feasible. Compared to Turkey’s capabilities in several other sectors in defense industry, Turkey already lags behind in the producing its own engines.”
Turkey is not yet looking at large-scale plans to manufacture its own aircraft engines. Its main engine maker Tusaş Engine Industries (TEI) co-produces engines for aircraft under license of large foreign companies.
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ECONOMY - Turkey to produce engines for tanks
Defense industry through their 'looking motor'unu
Defense Industry Undersecretary Murad Bayar, defense industry and foreign motor use of foreign materials in the field close. Bayar, " The greatest shortcoming engine. No motor. Money spent on tools ...
Defense Industry Undersecretary Murad Bayar, defense industry and foreign motor use of foreign materials in the field close.
Bayar, " The greatest shortcoming engine.
No motor.
Motor vehicles, 30 percent of the total money spent.
Engine issue should be resolved.
I do not mean the production of an engine's design and licensing rights to be owned by us I mean.
"
He said.
Bursa Governorship, BUSİAD and Defense and Aviation Industry Manufacturers Association (SASAD) issued by the Bursa 'Defense Industry Gathering' brought together the elders of the sector.
Facilities participating in the program, speakers and business experts Gold Ceylan stressed the importance of domestic production.
Defense Industry Undersecretary Murad Bayar general review on the subject, that, " The requirements of military defense industry when we need a certain product and production capability is sufficient to look at Turkey.
Lower structure of the find.
What can be missing? Have requirements for military production.
Standards and have quality requirements.
Turkey out of its core competence.
Regardless of how we came to Bursa for this reason.
" he said."
DEFENSE INDUSTRY HAVE MORE THAN THEIR OWN PRODUCT " Be careful what parts of Turkey attracts foreign products produced and Murad Bayar, said:" in its native very little product.
Drug In any case, like that of energy.
Textile perhaps surpassed it.
But this we need to go.
do their own brands. said their car will do. defense industry, some branches of some of the products we jumped it.
Automotive miss.
Land vehicles have their own brands .
have your own license and technology products. also sold in the world.
How is this possible? This was possible thanks to the automotive industry.
tasarlanabildi on production power in
Turkey.
Turkey, close to 50 countries using armored vehicles.
them, do you. " attention should stick into the rise of technology, especially defense industry projects
Bayar, " Here at least hope and wish is the output of the defense industry as the product not come, as the source of this expenditure is that of technology." attention to military vessels of foreign materials dedi. Eski Undersecretary Bayar, " There are 5 projects $ 2 billion shipyard in the private sector.
The biggest shortcoming engine.
No motor.
30 percent of the vehicles going from there.
30 percent of the domestic contribution goes here.
The motor should be solved in Turkey.
I do not mean the production.
The emergence of an engine design and license rights as a mean to us.
When everyone uses it.
"
He said.
Commercial aviation is serious work to find resources about the production, Murad Bayar, said: " I came automotive brands in Turkey, took the production here.
Aviation industry is able to do in Turkey.
5 -10 billion dollar aerospace production possible for Turkey.
I think you can experience from the automotive industry in Bursa.
May compete in aviation.
Of qualified labor, a country with quality automotive show it.
The value added there, and much more.
Even if we made a serious aviation sector in Turkey created my own airplane.
"
This will be brought notable technological contributions, and feeds the Defense Industry Undersecretary Bayar, ended his words:" We know that your skills.
Want to benefit from.
Most competent to give equipment.
We become world class have.
Beyond the need to be.
security environment where threats and crises in
Turkey, perhaps the first positions in countries of the world is us.
3 -5 are in the country.
to respond to this technology, will be the industry. defense industry in the world of the narrow, enclosed within the walls can not be.
We draw on the tools of war.
This defense spending into a military power, industrial and technology are bringing into the driving factor.
Bursa'dayız for her.
This will create synergies.
"
Speaking at the program, Governor Sahabettin Harput, Bursa has emphasized the need to use the vast potential in the defense industry.
Governor Harput, especially in the vast majority of industrial products marketed in Europe said.
meets
Turkish defense industry, representing 53 percent of the Turkish Armed Forces, Governor Harput, " In other countries we should not entrust our defense industry.
this, we had an instance of
Imia crisis.
Greece landed troops .
Turkey would intervene.
U. S.
did not allow.
We listen, we said.
we do not have a bomb. do not bomb enough.
Just wanted to here and there from Pakistan.
U. S.
&#
39;stop' he said.
my hand connected to focus areas.
We lived it.
God did not war.
We survived a serious hardship to live.
Bursa industry very well evaluate the potential.
" he said."
53 percent of the TSK where you'd NEEDS " in his speech in the program, indicating that Turkish defense industry has been steadily increasing trend in Rich SASAD Secretary General of the Rock said: " The defense sector, the importance of R & D is the most interesting aspect.
companies in our industry
R & D is financed by own resources to distinguish 5 -6 per cent.
a result, more than
50 percent of the sector in obtaining TAF 2010. 50 percent to meet demand for hedeflemiştik TSK.
delights us achieve this goal. defense industry&#
39;s products are so many different areas and technologies.
have a wide range.
Land armored tracked vehicles, many tools do.
main battle tank design and make it the largest project.
We can see the future of Turkish land vehicles from Africa to the Far East.
"
Turkey's aviation program, which started in the 1980s F-16 is a chart describing the rock Rich," we have many part and engine mount.
common design programs and agencies. in aviation in some
There are original products.
have a large family of
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles.
This sector has its own rules.
There are too many documents.
Standard there.
quite some have too much documentation.
Import and export events, were also evident in this sector.
this sector by the public supported by a given priority sector. planned and have a long-term development. " he said."
DEFENCE EXPENDITURE 2 TRILLION DOLLAR INDUSTRY FOUND " Bursa Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI) Chairman Celal Sonmez, the world's defense industry is spending $ 2 trillion said, " modernization investment in Turkey was close to $ 22 billion in the last 10 years.
defense industry&#
39;s turnover exceeded 2. 7 billion dollars.
defense industry, more than
100 manufacturers, have bin close to the small business.
percent of
Turkey's national defense budget 5 (500 million dollars) must invest in R & D activities.
" he said.
Celal Sonmez ended his words:" We call it the capital of Bursa industry.
Bursa entrepreneurial identity, production skills, with manpower and the unique location of defense industry could be candidates for the new center.
today the epicenter of the defense industry in
Ankara.
But the more robust industrial infrastructure for rapid growth and innovation capacity of regions to be preferred to high.
We therefore expect support.
"
Host BUSİAD his speech the President Oya Coşkunöz Yoney, textile which has an important position in the automotive industry in Bursa and ambitious defense industry, he said.
R & D, their emphasis on lean manufacturing and management techniques that lead to significant industrialists expressed in terms of application of the President subgroup of Bursa, " the defense industry, an important development area for our country .
the defense industry, global competition, the most important bile
şkenlerindendir.
closely related to the defense of the country must reduce import dependence in some locations. important thing is to produce knowledge and technology, will have a voice in the global league. have knowledge necessary for carrying out research and development activities. " as concluded.
After the speeches, the Governor Sahabettin Harput, Defense Industry Undersecretary Murad Bayar, was presented with a plaque.
two-day bilateral talks in the next section within the program will be made and the afternoon to visit companies in Bursa.
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Defense industry through their 'looking motor'unu
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