Defense Minister Vecdi Gönül has said the bulk of a building project for Turkey’s attack helicopters has not been given to foreign firm; rather they had awarded the deal to Turkish TUSAŞ Aerospace Industries (TAI) with the technological support of Italian-based AgustaWestland and Turkish military electronics firm ASELSAN.
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He noted that although TAI had been suffering a downturn four years ago, it is now making new investments and has an annual turnover of $9.5 billion. Gönül and head of the Undersecretariat for the Defense Industry (SSM) Murad Bayar participated in the signing ceremony between ASELSAN and AgustaWestland yesterday in Ankara at the International Defense Industry Fair (IDEF’07). Gönül also noted that the most important thing about the project was AgustaWestland sharing its technology with ASELSAN and the possibility of Turkey’s later exporting helicopters.
Today’s Zaman Ankara, LINK
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