29.12.2025, 22:17
Zitat:UK frames C-130J deal with Türkiye as £550m export win
29 Dec 2025, 00:55 3 mins
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UK frames C-130J deal with Türkiye as £550m export win TurDef
Britain has highlighted Türkiye’s C-130J programme as part of its record defence export performance, presenting a £550m figure that blends contract value with wider industrial impact.
The UK Government has included Türkiye’s C-130J Hercules programme among the flagship examples underpinning its claim of record British defence exports. The package related to Türkiye is said to be worth £550 million to UK industry in official messages.
It is also used by the government to illustrate how defence exports are presented as supporting jobs, skills and industrial continuity.
The government says that the £550 million amount covers work on 12 C-130J aircraft and is portrayed as supporting around 1,400 skilled jobs, primarily through activity carried out by Marshall Aerospace in Cambridge. The initiative is framed as a concrete example of how defence cooperation with Türkiye is said to support the domestic economy.
However, the way the figure is presented leaves room for interpretation. The headline number does not correspond to a simple aircraft acquisition cost. Instead, it aggregates several elements into a single total, including modernisation, refurbishment, maintenance and long-term sustainment work. As a result, the boundary between the core contractual value and the broader industrial activity expected over time is not clearly delineated.
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