Rolls-Royce Offers Engine for Turkish-Made Fighter Jet

[Blue Marlin]

Rolls-Royce Offers Engine for Turkish-Made Fighter Jet

ANKARA, Turkey — Rolls-Royce is offering its EJ200 engine to power the first Turkish-made fighter jet, Turkish officials said.

Procurement sources said the Ankara government and Rolls Royce may be coming near to a deal depending on what the company's solution will entail in terms of production, know-how and export licenses.

Under a program dubbed the TFX ,Turkey wants to design, develop and produce its own fighter jet. Political and procurement officials are aiming for 2023 for its first test flights, the year when Turkey will be celebrating the republic's centennial, although most observers view that target with skepticism.

In October, Rolls-Royce signed a memorandum of understanding with Turkey's state scientific research institute to open an "advanced manufacturing technology center in" Turkey.

Rolls Royce to Open Tech Center in Turkey

The move came shortly after Turkey's procurement authorities met in Britain with Rolls-Royce officials to discuss an engine they want to power the TFX.

Under the MOU, Rolls-Royce will work with the TUBITAK research council and related Turkish ministries: science, energy, transport and defense.



Rolls-Royce invests about £1.2 billion in research and development annually. It operates in more than 50 countries and applies for some 600 patents on new technologies every year.

The EJ200 is a collaborative engine between Rolls-Royce, MTU, Avio and ITP. The consortium established EUROJET Turbo GmbH in the late 1980s. Rolls-Royce said the technology of EJ200 makes it smaller and simpler in layout than current engines of a similar thrust class, while giving it lower fuel consumption and an unprecedented power-to-weight ratio.

The first series production Eurofighter Typhoon aircraft were flown in February 2003. The Typhoon flew operational missions over Libya as part of Operation Ellamy, totaling 6,000 engine hours without a reject.

Rolls-Royce has so far delivered more than 1,100 EJ2000 engines. It has a thrust range from 13,500 lbf dry to 20,000 lbf with reheat.
Rolls-Royce Offers Engine for Turkish-Made Fighter Jet

 

[Hurshid Celebi]

Rolls Royce to Open Tech Center in Turkey

But we want adaptive engine technology.
If we are allies. Why not ?

 

[Blue Marlin]

But we want adaptive engine technology.
If we are allies. Why not ?

engine tech is very sensitive, theres only a handfull of companies that can build engines from design to the final product, and rolls royce is one of them

 

[Hurshid Celebi]

Adaptive engines or so called 6. Generation are being developed together with Rolly Royce and GE

 

[Some1LikeU]

What about ej 230 ? İf they offered EJ200 it means ej 230 so close to finish i think...

 

[xenon54 out]

First BAE and now Rolls-Royce, long live the queen.

 

[mike2000 is back]

What about ej 230 ? İf they offered EJ200 it means ej 230 so close to finish i think...

Yes, EJ230 is definitely close to completion. Will be out before 2020 according to plan.

First BAE and now Rolls-Royce, long live the queen.

Anglo-Turkish relations seems to be soaring higher.
Turkey is the most advanced and forward looking Muslim nation on earth. So I don't have any issues helping/cooperating with Turkey

 

[Hurshid Celebi]

I don't have any issues helping/cooperating with Turkey

The threat is going more and more serious. We need urgent an air superiority fighter.

 

[egolfs]

Yes, EJ230 is definitely close to completion. Will be out before 2020 according to plan.



Anglo-Turkish relations seems to be souring higher.
Turkey is the most advanced and forward looking Muslim nation on earth. So I don't have any issues helping/cooperating with Turkey

I hope you mean soaring

 

[mike2000 is back]

The threat is going more and more serious. We need urgent an air superiority fighter.

Still don't understand why Turkey hasn't shown interest in buying our typhoons.
With the typhoons, Turkey will dominate the skies in it's neighbourhood.

I hope you mean soaring

Yeah. Lol edited. My iPhone often auto incorrect my words.

Edited anyway.

 

[Oublious]

Still don't understand why Turkey hasn't shown interest in buying our typhoons.
With the typhoons, Turkey will dominate the skies in it's neighbourhood.


Yeah. Lol edited. My iPhone often auto incorrect my words.

Edited anyway.

your Typhoons was not really ready for Air to Ground missions, when they had invited for tests. Typhoons result was really bad, we are talking about decade ago.

 

[xenon54 out]

Still don't understand why Turkey hasn't shown interest in buying our typhoons.
With the typhoons, Turkey will dominate the skies in it's neighbourhood.

I also dont know why Turkey doesnt go for air superiority fighters, its either bombers or multi role, @cabatli_53 whats the reason?

 

[mike2000 is back]

But we want adaptive engine technology.
If we are allies. Why not ?

LOL Dude, just like my brother @Blue Marlin said, Engine tech is a very sensitive technology, which only a few countries in the world have so far mastered completely, It's the most technologically advanced/challenging technology to master for a country and usually shows how advanced/mature a country's industrial capabilities are overall. So, you should know manufacturing jet engines require a much superior technology infrastructure. It takes decades to even build such an ecosystem.Plus, Jet engine is an intricate piece of machinery which requires lot of resources and technological know-how. So it wont be really feasible for us to transfer all our world class engine tech to Turkey, it's not really feasible, since no country in the world(including Turkey) will do that. However we will keep cooperating with Turkey in many other less sensitive areas in Jet Engine. At least we can help Turkey establish the bases needed to kick start her own indigenous engine manufacturing. That will require billions of Dollars over a couple of decades to set up though.

Anyway we have been helping/cooperating with Turkey in this field for quite a while now. We will keep providing all the help we can afford to offer our Turkish allies.

Rolls-Royce and Tukey's Sanmar enter strategic partnership for the supply of MTU engines
Wednesday, 2 December 2015

• Cooperation with Turkish shipyard to supply tug engines
• MTU to deliver Series 4000 Ironmen engines
• Letter of Intent seals previous successful partnership

FRIEDRICHSHAFEN/GERMANY – Rolls-Royce and the Turkish shipbuilder Sanmar Shipyards have signed a letter of intent for the supply of MTU engines. The Class RAstar 2800-E Azimuth Stern Drive tugs currently being built by Sanmar are to be powered solely by MTU Series 16V 4000 M63 and M63L engines and by a Rolls-Royce or Schottel propeller system. The engines of this series are extremely efficient, in addition to offering low fuel consumption and low maintenance costs due to a high TBO (Time Between Overhaul). They also meet EPA Tier 2, IMO Tier II and ZKR II emission standards. The MTU brand is part of Rolls-Royce Power Systems within the Land & Sea division of Rolls-Royce.


“This collaboration is an important step for us. The Turkish tug market is highly competitive,” said Ekrem Kuraloğlu, Managing Director of MTU Turkey. “Sanmar Shipyards is one of the leading tugboat builders worldwide. With this agreement, MTU is now becoming a key supplier of Sanmar. We are delighted with the trust Sanmar has once again placed in our engines and services.”

Dr. Ulrich Dohle, CEO of Rolls-Royce Power Systems, is shown presenting eco-friendly diesel engines from MTU.

MTU and the Turkish shipbuilder Sanmar have been working together since 2009. In 2014 MTU delivered four 16V 4000 M63L engines for two new Sanmar tugboats with a bollard pull of more than 70 tonnes. Now another twelve 16V 4000 M63 engines each delivering 2,000 kW are on order for six more RAstar 2800-E Class Azimuth Stern Drive tugs. Sanmar Shipyards will deliver the first tugs to the Danish tug operator Svitzer in the fourth quarter of 2016. The tug vessels, which deliver a bollard pull of 70 tonnes, will be used in terminals.

Sanmar AS is the biggest tugboat operator and builder in Turkey and is recognised as being amongst the leading specialist tug constructors worldwide. Sanmar currently builds high quality and specialised tugboats in its two shipyards in Tuzla and Altinova.

Press photos are available for download from News: MTU Online

About Rolls-Royce Holdings plc

1. Rolls-Royce’s vision is to create better power for a changing world via two main business divisions, Aerospace and Land & Sea. These business divisions address markets with two strong technology platforms, gas turbines and reciprocating engines. Aerospace comprises Civil Aerospace and Defence Aerospace. Land & Sea comprises Marine, Nuclear and Power Systems.
2. Rolls-Royce Power Systems is headquartered in Friedrichshafen in southern Germany and employs around 11,000 people. The product portfolio includes MTU-brand high-speed engines and propulsion systems for ships, power generation, heavy land, rail and defence vehicles and for the oil and gas industry. Under the MTU Onsite Energy brand, the company markets diesel gensets for emergency, base load and peak load applications as well as cogeneration plants using gas engines for the combined generation of heat and power. Bergen medium-speed engines power ships and power generation applications. L’Orange completes the portfolio with fuel injection systems for large engines.
3. Rolls-Royce has customers in more than 120 countries, comprising more than 380 airlines and leasing customers, 160 armed forces, 4,000 marine customers including 70 navies, and more than 5,000 power and nuclear customers.
4. Our business is focused on the 4Cs:
   • Customer – placing the customer at the heart of our business
   • Concentration – deciding where to grow and where not to
   • Cost – continually looking to increase efficiency
   • Cash – improving financial performance.
5. Annual underlying revenue was £14.6 billion in 2014, around half of which came from the provision of aftermarket services. The firm and announced order book stood at £76.5 billion at 30 June 2015.
6. In 2014, Rolls-Royce invested £1.2 billion on research and development. We also support a global network of 31 University Technology Centres, which position Rolls-Royce engineers at the forefront of scientific research.
7. Rolls-Royce employs over 54,000 people in more than 50 countries. Over 15,500 of these are engineers.
8. The Group has a strong commitment to apprentice and graduate recruitment and to further developing employee skills. In 2014 we employed 354 graduates and 357 apprentices through our worldwide training programmes. Globally we have over 1,000 Rolls-Royce STEM ambassadors who are actively involved in education programmes and activities; we have set ourselves a target to reach 6 million people through our STEM outreach activities by 2020.

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[Azeri440]

I also dont know why Turkey doesnt go for air superiority fighters, its either bombers or multi role, @cabatli_53 whats the reason?

multi role are the best in terms of price to performance ratio , considering the economy when F-16s were initially ordered.

But we want adaptive engine technology.
If we are allies. Why not ?

you are confusing a country and a private company
private company only cares about profit , they have no interests in allies or give a care

 

[xenon54 out]

multi role are the best in terms of price to performance ratio , considering the economy when F-16s were initially ordered.

Yeah sure but we dont need air superiority to be the backbone of our airforce, just 1-2 squadrons against treats such as Russia wouldnt be a bad idea i think.