Turkish Aerospace Industries

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Türk Havacılık ve Uzay Sanayii A.Ş.

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legal form Anonim Şirket
founding May 15, 1984
Seat TurkeyTurkey Ankara
management Temel Kotil
Number of employees 5185
sales $ 1.43 billion (2018)
Branch Aerospace engineering
Defense industry
Website www.tai.com.tr
As of May 10, 2019

The Turkish Aerospace Industries (Turkish: Türk Havacılık ve Uzay Sanayii A.Ş) - abbreviated as TAI or TUSAŞ is a state-owned Turkish aerospace company with headquarters in Ankara .

In 2018, Tusaş was ranked 64th in the world according to the American Sightline Media Group .

history

The "Türk Havacılık ve Uzay Sanayii Anonim Ortaklığı A.Ş." (TUSAŞ) was founded on the basis of the Turkish trade and foreign investment law by the Ministry of Science, Industry and Technology on May 15, 1984 with the aim of reducing the dependency in matters To minimize aircraft. The first order was the fleet of the new F-16 aircraft for the Turkish Air Force . They had to carry out the system integration for the aircraft and test flights. In 1984 the two American companies Lockheed Martin and General Electric acquired 43% and 8% respectively in TUSAŞ. Lockheed Martin has founded the subsidiary Lockheed Martin of Turkey in Turkey. After that, the Turkish government, which was still 50% involved, lost its influence. It was soon noticed that the government of Turkey and the two US companies often have disagreements. As a result, the TUSAŞ only had the contract between 1984 and 2005 to produce the majority of the fuselage of the F-16 .

In 2005 Turkish companies and private individuals bought the shares of American companies. A month later the company was restructured and realigned. The owners agreed that the armaments company should again be subordinated to the current Ministry of Industry and Technology. The company should also become a state-owned company.

In 2016 the company was realigned again. From now on, TUSAŞ will pursue the following goals:

  • Manufacture all aircraft that Turkey needs itself (ensure independence from abroad)
  • The development and construction of a complete (combat) aircraft (acquisition of know-how, especially for engines )
  • In addition, to promote the sale of its own aircraft and to increase the share of the world market to 5%

The company meets European, American and global quality standards in the preparation of its goods and services, including: NATO AQAP -110, ISO 9001 : 2000, AS EN 9100 and AECMA-EASE.

Programs and Products

Completed programs / products

The company assembled and produced the following aircraft:

  • 152 F-16 C / D in the configuration: Block 30/40 for the Turkish Air Force (Peace Onyx I - the program includes the independent production of 70% of the outer shell of the machines)
  • 80 F-16C / D in the configuration block 50 for the Turkish Air Force (Peace Onyx II)

Furthermore:

The four Boeing 737 AEW & C air surveillance aircraft were also processed by TAI. She had acted as a systems integrator in the multi-billion dollar project of the Turkish Air Force and installed the electrical systems of the Boeing aircraft.

Programs / Products

TAI as a supplier

TAI is a supplier of aircraft types for the companies Airbus , Boeing , CASA and Lockheed Martin . Components for the Airbus A320 and A350 families and for the A400M as well as parts for the Boeing 737/747/777 and Lockheed Martins F-16 are manufactured. In particular , TAI produces ailerons , spoilers , aircraft fuselages and emergency exits, as well as interior and exterior lighting for aircraft.

Own aircraft types

Planes

Hürkuş is a training aircraft development program that was launched in March 2006. There are now three versions of the type available - Hürkuş-A, Hürkuş-B and Hürkuş-C. Variant A is the basic model, models B and C have been equipped with additional functions.

The TAI is currently developing its own fighter aircraft ( Milii Muharip Uçağı ) and a jet trainer ( TAI Hürjet ).

helicopter

In 2010, TAI launched the program to develop a helicopter to replace the Air Force's Bell UH-1H . Series production is scheduled to begin in 2021 and will be used by the police and the military. There are said to be several versions of the Gökbey , for example a version with medical equipment.

Unmanned aerial vehicles

With the unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) Anka , Aksungur, Şimşek and Turna, TAI has developed four drones that are used by the Turkish armed forces. The latest product is the Aksungur, which has a higher take-off weight and should have a longer range and lower fuel consumption than the previous Anka models.

Cooperation with other manufacturers

helicopter

According to the company, the all-weather attack helicopter ATAK was developed together with the Italian manufacturer AgustaWestland (today: Leonardo SpA) and Aselsan , with the two Turkish companies TAI and Aselsan mainly involved in the development. The helicopter is used by the Turkish military, Azerbaijan and Pakistan have ordered the model.

Satellites

TAI was involved in the development of the Göktürk-1 , Göktürk-2 , Türksat-6A and Small-GEO satellites . The first two are surveillance satellites, the Türksat-6A and the Small-GEO communication satellites.

Web links

Commons : Tusaş  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Facts and Figures. In: www.capital.com.tr. Capital Turkey, accessed May 10, 2019 (Turkish).
  2. ↑ Report 2018. In: www.bloomberght.com. Bloomberg Turkey, accessed May 10, 2019 (Turkish).
  3. ↑ Defense News Top 100 for 2018 - 2017: 61st place 2016: 72nd place 2015: 78th place 2014: 80th place 2013: 85th place 2012: 83rd place.
  4. ↑ Hakkımızda | Türk Havacılık ve Uzay Sanayii. Retrieved May 11, 2019 (Turkish).
  5. ↑ Vizyonumuz | Türk Havacılık ve Uzay Sanayii. Retrieved May 11, 2019 (Turkish).
  6. ↑ HÜRKUŞ | Türk Havacılık ve Uzay Sanayii. Retrieved May 11, 2019 (Turkish).
  7. ↑ GÖKBEY | Türk Havacılık ve Uzay Sanayii. Retrieved May 11, 2019 (Turkish).
  8. ↑ İHA | Türk Havacılık ve Uzay Sanayii. Retrieved May 11, 2019 (Turkish).
  9. ↑ T129 ATAK | Türk Havacılık ve Uzay Sanayii. Retrieved May 11, 2019 (Turkish).
  10. ↑ Uzay | Türk Havacılık ve Uzay Sanayii. Retrieved May 11, 2019 (Turkish).