Kamil_baku
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Turkey produce SOM cruise missile, also Som-J which will be used in f35.Good news on cooperation in some high tech fields:
- NBC protection
- Precision guided munitions
- Stealth Technology (possible future applications for JF-17?)
- Tubojet motors - Does turkey manufacture cruise missiles/naval missiles etc? If not, potentially a means to circumvent the MTCR? Locally developed.manufactured jet engines?
Turkish kale group made turbo jet engine for SOM missile and Pakistan can also use it in its cruise missile.
Turks Seek Indigenous Engine Technology
Kale, a privately owned Turkish defense company, has said it completed the design phase of an engine it is developing for the SOM turbo-jet cruise missiles. Kale has pledged to deliver the first engine for the SOM in April 2016.
"Turkey imports each SOM engine at $150,000 to $200,000," Kale's chief technician Osman Okyay said. "Our program will end engine imports for the SOM. We will then start exporting the engine."
SOM is a next-generation high-precision cruise missile that can be launched from land, sea and air platforms. It was developed by TUBITAK SAGE, a state-run defense research and development institute. SOM was showcased in 2011 after five years of development work. It has a range of 180 to 200 kilometers.
Okyay said that upon President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's orders, Kale will develop an engine for SOM with a range of up to 1,000 kilometers. Kale's work will make the basis for the indigenous engine Turkey hopes to develop for the TF-X.
Kale is engine-maker Pratt & Whitney's Turkish partner. Last June, the two companies inaugurated a $75 million plant in Turkey for the production of critical engine parts for the F-35. Pratt & Whitney has a 51 percent share in the joint venture while the Turkish company holds the remaining 49 percent.