Zitat:Turkey to buy Saudi C-130 cargo planes

Turkish Air Force is preparing to purchase C-130 Hercules transport aircraft from Saudi Arabia.

As a result of close cooperation between the Turkish Air Force Command (HvKK) and Turkey’s Undersecreteriat for Defense Industries (SSM), a total of six C-130E extended-range Hercules cargo transport aircraft are to be purchased from the Royal Saudi Air Force (RSAF) stock that were put on sale on a best-offer basis. Turkey has proposed the most attractive bid by agreeing to pay about $4.4 million per plane on a deal that’s valued $26.3 million. Aircraft manufacturing powerhouse TAI, or Turkish Aerospace Industries A.S., has been commisioned to receive and service the planes to suit Turkish Air Force (TurAF) needs.

SSM and HvKK are hoping to finalize the deal with Saudi Arabia and bring the planes to Turkey by the end of November.

With the addition of six C-130E planes, TurAF will increase its extended range long haul fleet to a total of nineteen aircraft. Other planes of the same category include six C-130Bs and seven C-130Es. This purchase will greatly help Turkey offset some of the negative impacts the country is experiencing from the long delayed Airbus A400M project, which Turkey is a partner to with ten new planes on order.

C-130 Hercules is deemed to be one of the most successful transport aircraft in the history of military aviation and used by more than fifty NATO and allied air forces around the world. Total flight hours for the aircraft exceed 22 million. The very first Lockeed Martin-built C-130 of the TurAF was brought to Turkey in September 16th, 1964 and beared the tail number 63-13186.

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ANKARA, Turkey – U.S. helicopter maker Sikorsky Aircraft won a Turkish contract worth $3.5 billion (2.4 billion euros) on Thursday and the two will now fine tune the final elements of the deal, the defense minister said.

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ANKARA, 21. April (RIA Novosti).

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One dead as Turkish military helicopter crashes
18 August 2011, Thursday / TODAYSZAMAN.COM ,

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Vor Syriens Küste
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03 February 2014

Turkey's first Boeing 737 Peace Eagle Airborne Early Warning and Control Aircraft (AEW&C) will formally enter service following a ceremony on 21 February, the Turkish Air Force announced on 31 January.

The country chose to purchase four 737-700-based AEW&C aircraft as far back as 2000, but the USD1.5 billion programme is now lagging its original 2007 delivery date by about seven years.

Boeing is the prime contractor for the programme, with local work under a USD500-million offset package being conducted by Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI), Aselsan, Haselsan, and Mikes.

A second aircraft is scheduled to be delivered to the air force mid-year, once its test flights are completed.

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It said the government decided to order four more F-35s from the multinational Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) consortium, in which Turkey is a member. The move increases Turkey's official orders to six. Turkey plans eventually to buy 100 F-35s.

SSM said the committee also decided to place an order for five CH-47F Chinook heavy transport helicopters. This will be a follow-on order to a previous deal involving six platforms.

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However, a condition set out by the US House of Representatives in July 2022 to ensure that F-16 jets sold to Ankara are not used to violate Greek airspace has been rejected by Turkey.

Zitat:Turkish Air-To-Air Missiles at Their Final Stages
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Turkish Air-To-Air Missiles at Their Final Stages

Turkish Air-To-Air Missiles at Their Final Stages
Bozdoğan and Gökdoğan air-to-air missiles produced for the Turkish Air Force are ready for acceptance tests.
Significant progress has been made within the scope of the GÖKTUĞ Project, which was initiated to meet the needs of the Air Forces Command.
Evaluating within the scope of the verification test, President of Defence Industry Agency (SSB) Professor Haluk Görgün said, “The design verification tests of Bozdoğan and Gökdoğan missiles have been completed. The missiles are ready for acceptance tests. In the next stage, We will carry out tests with warhead and make them available to Air Force."
The GÖKTUĞ Project contract was signed between the Turkish Defence Ministry R&D and Tübitak SAGE on December 14, 2012. The project was transferred to SSB in November 2016.