T-129 Atak & Turkish Attack Helicopter Programs

[mjting01]

Your soldiers are still training, which is why the helicopters are still not delivered. There is no problem.

Now that you mention it, yes, they were supposed to finish by September, but have not yet been reported to be back.

 

[Scorpiooo]

Is Turks still getting engines for there own T129s

 

[eagleeye]

Tei is still producing under licence engines for t129

 

[xbat]

Tei is still producing under licence engines for t129

TEI doesnt produce those engines(only some parts) , they are imported from honeywell directly,

 

[mjting01]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1455551175659565061

 

[python-000]

Is there any life left into the body of Pakistan & Turkey agrement for 30 Atak helicopters for PAA...

 

[Readerdefence]

Is there any life left into the body of Pakistan & Turkey agrement for 30 Atak helicopters for PAA...

Hi probably those 30 been exported to Philippines as USA let them exported to the mentioned country with the USA engines so Turkey can be compensated against PA order beside USA company also too
just a thought
thank you

 

[TigerOfMysore]

Turkey has seriously let us down in this area. Very disappointing. Matters of national security cannot and should not be subservient to "bhai bhai" talk. There should have been some commercial disincentives on this deal. The same way Turkey put in huge fines for Pakistan in the Energy/Power ship fiasco off Karachi.
Unless there is more to this I agree US tacitly allowed Turkey engines for Phillipines while blocking them for Pakistan.
US is selling Navy surveillance, transport, Gunships, now Reaper drones to India - while blocking all direct and even indirect sales to Pakistan. US policies are a direct threat to Pakistan's National Security and not a peep from Pakistanis. Sick!

 

[princefaisal]

Better to switch the contract from T-129 to heavy attack T-929 helicopter with Ukrainian engine.

 

[hyperman]

Philippines to receive first Turkish attack helicopter in Dec

The Philippines will receive its first Turkey-made T129 Tactical Reconnaissance and Attack Helicopter (ATAK) next month, officials from the Southeast Asian country said Wednesday.

The country has ordered six of the helicopters designed and developed by Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI), which will be delivered gradually as of December, said the incumbent chief of the Philippines' air force, Lt. Gen. Allen Trio Paredes.

Paredes announced the development via his social media accounts.

The Philippines – which is buying six choppers worth approximately $280 million (TL 3.37 billion) – will be the first country abroad to use the ATAK.

The sale process gained momentum after the United States approved export licenses to Turkey for the sale of the helicopter, powered by an American engine, to the Philippines in May.



Philippine Defense Minister Delfin Lorenzana announced back on Dec. 7, 2018, that the country would initially purchase six T129 helicopters. Subsequently, a memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed between Ankara and Manila for the sale of the choppers, which had been delayed due to the export license barrier.

A joint venture by American firm Honeywell and the British company Rolls-Royce produces the engines powering the T129 helicopters, namely the LHTEC T800-4A turboshaft engines, which are mounted in pairs on each helicopter. Foreign companies are obligated to obtain export permits for U.S. military-grade commercial sales.

The TAI has so far delivered a total of 61 T129 ATAK helicopters to the Turkish Land Forces Command, the Gendarmerie General Command and the General Directorate of Security.

Philippines to receive first Turkish attack helicopter in Dec

The Philippines will receive its first Turkey-made T129 Tactical Reconnaissance and Attack Helicopter (ATAK) next month, officials from the Southeast Asian...

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[Hakikat ve Hikmet]

Pak should cooperate with the TAI to have an indigenous chopper program for both attack and utility ones at the PAC…..

Utility chopper engines are already indigenously produced. As for attack choppers, the Ukranian engines can be used for the time being….

 

[hyperman]

https://imgur.com/oNZn2Zf

Philippines takes delivery of first two T129 ATAK helicopters

Interesting Camo design.

 

[thetutle]

It looks like making reliable durable and powerful helicopter engines is pretty damn hard

 

[aziqbal]

Great well done

now lets get the heavy one built for Pakistan with Turkish engine

 

[Oublious]

It looks like making reliable durable and powerful helicopter engines is pretty damn hard

The CEO of Aksit told in a interview, making a jet engine is more difficulter then making a Nuke bomb.