Turkish Aviation Programs

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[Hakan]

Im looking forward to libya buying this aswell as some other african and maybe even south american countries.

Is it just me or does it look similar to the Kt-1?

 

[Hakan]

ILA2014: TAI looking to make step change to 'next level', says CEO​

Having transformed itself over the previous decade from a subcontractor to an original equipment manufacturer, Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) is now looking to take the next step as it seeks to fully establish itself as one of the world's foremost defence companies.

The T129 ATAK helicopter is one of a number of products TAI is now looking to take out to the export market as it looks to establish itself more fully on the global scene. (TAI)

Speaking to IHS Jane's at the ILA Berlin Airshow on 21 May, company president and CEO, Muharrem Dortkasli, said: "I feel that the most challenging period [for TAI] was the past 10 years, and that is now behind us. It is now time for us to make another step change to the next level, and to start exhibiting and selling our own products [to the international market]."

With Turkey featuring prominently at ILA as the official partner country, TAI had a particularly strong presence at the show, with a number of its products on display. These included the T129 ATAK combat helicopter, the Anka medium-altitude long-endurance (MALE) unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), and a mock-up of the Hurkus trainer aircraft.

With the first 9 of 50 ATAK helicopters having only recently been delivered to the Turkish Armed Forces, the T129 is now primed to take on the export market. Dortkasli declined to name specific countries being targeted, but the helicopter did make an appearance at the Bahrain Airshow earlier in the year in what could be a precursor to a Bell AH-1 Cobra replacement programme for the Middle Eastern kingdom.

According to IHS Jane's Defence Procurement , other attack helicopter requirements exist in Argentina, Chile, Finland, Hungary, Indonesia, Kuwait, Malaysia, Morocco, the Philippines, and Poland, among others. Dortkasli noted that he expected the T129 to make its UK debut at the Farnborough Airshow in July.

On the subject of the Anka MALE UAV, Dortkasli was again reluctant to comment on specific opportunities, but with the Turkish Armed Force having recently placed an order for 10 Block B configuration platforms (with deliveries set to commence in 2016), there is plenty of scope for future export success. While the Anka is currently unarmed, TAI is known to be looking at options for weaponising the platform.

With regard to the Hurkus, Dortkasli said the ongoing flight trials campaign precluded it from making an appearance at ILA and that Farnborough may also be too soon. Instead, a life-size mock-up of the cockpit was shown on the company's stand. Even so, with the Turkish Air Force expected to field the Hurkus in conjunction with its Northrop T-38 Talon, the twin-seat turboprop should prove to be a low-cost but capable option in both the light trainer and light attack categories globally.

ILA2014: TAI looking to make step change to 'next level', says CEO - IHS Jane's 360

 

[mehmet75]

Im looking forward to libya buying this aswell as some other african and maybe even south american countries.

Is it just me or does it look similar to the Kt-1?

Every man has 2 eyes, 2 ears, 1 nose.ı

 

[Faheka]

ASELSAN Aselpod

 

[Baykuş]

ASELSAN Aselpod

Got any source, brother?

 

[Faheka]

http://tinyurl.com/puftcjw
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[cabatli_53]

Trials of Turkkuşu two seat civilian plane will be commenced in August 2014. The price of domestic design is planned as 200.000TL.

 

[xxxKULxxx]

Trials of Turkkuşu two seat civilian plane will be commenced in August 2014. The price of domestic design is planned as 200.000TL.

It look so nice... Who will be customers of this kind of a plane ?.. Is it a trainer plane at the same time ?..

 

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It's an interesting concept, not the plane it is generic and possibly not indigenous design (see pics below), but the purchase method. Ameteur aviators who purchase the plane will recieve free training.

Blackshape CF300

Turkkusu

 

[cabatli_53]

Türkkuşu - The First Turkish Civil Sport Aircraft

As part of our current "Civil Sport Aircraft Design and Production Project" which has been the first project of THK Uçak İmalat A.Ş., a tandem, low wing aircraft will be designed and produced. It will be manufactured from “pre-preg carbon” material. About 80% of the aircraft components (wiring, canopy, landing gear, pilot seat, etc.) are planned to be supplied from the domestic industry.

Project Phase

1 – In the Light Sport Aircraft Design and Production Project; “Concept and Conceptual Design” and “Detailed Design” phases have been completed; parts production and procurement phase has been started.

2 – Regarding to the prototype production;It is planned to purchase COTS parts and to start production for the composite parts, in the 3rd quarter of the year 2013.

Expectations from the Project

On the Local Scale: The light sport aircraft which will show up at the end of the project, will be the first in its own class in the domestic market. Having the expected performance values and being a cost-effective domestic aircraft, it will be presented to the domestic and international markets to be used in the flight trainings and hobby flights.

On the Global Scale: The aircraft that is the product of our projectwill be a commercial product for the global market, competing with its substitutes with its technical specifications and performance values.

Mevcut Projeler | THK Uçak İmalat A.Ş.

 

[xxxKULxxx]

Trials of Turkkuşu two seat civilian plane will be commenced in August 2014. The price of domestic design is planned as 200.000TL.

Türk Hava Kurumu (THK) 200 bin liraya uçak satacak

 

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Turkey Completes Predesign of Indigenous Helo | Defense News | defensenews.com

ANKARA — Turkey’s national aerospace company, Tusas Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI), has completed critical predesign work for what will become the country’s first indigenous utility helicopter, company officials said.

The 5-ton, twin-engine, light helicopter will start flight tests in five years and should win its civilian aviation certificate in six years, the officials said. Its military version likely will have its aviation certificate in seven-and-a-half years, they said.

Muharrem Dortkasli, TAI’s general manager, says the helicopter will be in the Turkish inventory by 2023, the Turkish republic’s centennial. “We expect considerable [foreign] demand for our helicopter,” he said.

The Turkish government last year signed a contract with TAI for the design, development and manufacturing of the helicopter. A TAI official said the helicopter is intended to replace Turkey’s aging UH-1s, but it also could be used to meet helicopter training needs of the Army.

Turkey could eventually buy more than 800 helicopters and with exports final sales numbers could reach about 1,200.

TAI also is the prime local contractor of a $3.5 billion program under which Sikorsky will co-produce 109 utility helicopters for the Turkish military. Turkey intends to use know-how and technology transfers from the Sikorsky-led program in its indigenous helicopter effort..

Turkey in 2011 selected Sikorsky Aircraft as its partner company to lead production of the country’s next-generation utility helicopters. Sikorsky defeated Italian-British AgustaWestland with its T-70, the Turkish version of its S-70 Black Hawk International.

First Turkish helicopter to cost $648 million - CİHAN

Turkey has reserved $648 million for research leading to the production of the country's first helicopter.

The helicopter will be produced by Turkish Aerospace Industries Inc. (TAI), and the project is being coordinated by the Undersecretariat for the Defense Industry (SSM). The first Turkish helicopter will be ready for use on Sept. 6, 2018. Every component of the helicopter will be produced in Turkey, except the motor, which will come from abroad. But later, a local motor, which will be developed with the help of Tusaş Engine Industries (TEI), will be used. The US company General Electric (GE) is among TEI's partner companies in the production of the motor.

The weight of the helicopter is planned to be 5 tons, and it will be used for civil and military purposes.

The helicopter will be certified by the European Aerospace Security Agency (EASA). Official talks on the certification have reportedly been started between the SSM and EASA.

The agreement to produce the first Turkish helicopter was signed on June 26, 2013. Sources who wished to remain anonymous have told Today's Zaman that the helicopter's design is planned to be completed by the end of 2016.

(Cihan/Today's Zaman)

 

[xxxKULxxx]

One of the designs being evaluated for Domestic Utility Helicopter Project from S&H magazine...

(Yes, i tried to take photo of it)

They shared this design also as you know... Cabatli shared it here before...