T129 ATAK developed by ATAK team. The main contactor of Atak team is TAI, While Agusta and Aselsan is working as a subcontactor of TAI. Roketsan is main missile provider.
-There are two Atak office in World. One is in Italy and other one is in Turkey.
-There are two test-bed T129 Atak copters. One is in Italy, Other is in Turkey.
-There are only 1 T129 production, assembly center in World. It is in Turkey, Ankara.
T129 is totally different than Mangusta in terms of electronics, electro-optics, transmission, rotor and engine. Only similarity they share are their designs. It is because T129 are developed based on mangusta aiframe.
TAI as main contactor of Atak team has all rights to do followings within all life circle;
-Design new parts, performance improvements to meet requirements,
-Integration of different devices, avionics, missiles as main integrator without asking anybody.
-TAI/aselsan is the contactors which keeps the secrets of copter. That's why Atak simulators are developed as a seperate project different than Atak.
-Development of next variants/generations of Atak as equal owner of platform that is going to be shaped in accordance with changing perceptions,
-Marketing to all World countries excluding Agusta/Westland partners...
-Technology transfer to ally countries within the share of Atak team,
-Transfering production/assembly of parts to ally countries within the share of Atak team,
TAI is responsile of following as well,
-Production of almost all parts of fuselage/Assembly of produced parts,
-Meintenance/overall supply spare parts to ally countries
-Training of domestic and ally country pilots
-TAI is responsible of trials within its seperated trial programs between Italy/Turkey.
-The risks/faults/delays which was caused by failure design changes are under responsibility of TAI.
-With additional attempts after signiture, The most strategic part of Atak, transmissions are also included into Turkey's share. At present, Turkey is developing strategic alloys and casting technologies to manufacture that strategic transmission in T129B1.
and Other things that I can't remember at present...