Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) has achieved two significant milestones in its civil and military businesses.
It has signed an extension with Airbus to its long-running contract to manufacture single-aisle fuselage section skins for the next three years. Currently TAI builds nine such sections a month and the intention is to increase this to 15 each month in a $30m deal.
TAI says that Airbus is also seeking to make use of TAI’s design capability to provide support for the A350 XWB. A design and build contract will be defined over the next 12 months, which will employ up to 200 design engineers for five years.
“Airbus is offering us the opportunity to grow our business and development while creating new employment in Turkey and consolidate our position in the international market and we will use this opportunity to develop further,” says TAI general manager Muharrem Dortkasli.
Meanwhile, it last month handed back to the Royal Jordanian Air Force the service’s first F-16 Block 15 to undergo the Falcon-up, Falcon Star and Mid-Life Upgrade programmes.
The modification programme began with the arrival of two Jordanian F-16s in April 2006. TAI will modify 12 of the aircraft, with work on a further five being undertaken in Jordan under the supervision of TAI engineers. The programme is due to be completed by October 2009. Negotiations are under way to undertake a modernisation programme for the Pakistan air force’s F-16s.
It has signed an extension with Airbus to its long-running contract to manufacture single-aisle fuselage section skins for the next three years. Currently TAI builds nine such sections a month and the intention is to increase this to 15 each month in a $30m deal.
TAI says that Airbus is also seeking to make use of TAI’s design capability to provide support for the A350 XWB. A design and build contract will be defined over the next 12 months, which will employ up to 200 design engineers for five years.
“Airbus is offering us the opportunity to grow our business and development while creating new employment in Turkey and consolidate our position in the international market and we will use this opportunity to develop further,” says TAI general manager Muharrem Dortkasli.
Meanwhile, it last month handed back to the Royal Jordanian Air Force the service’s first F-16 Block 15 to undergo the Falcon-up, Falcon Star and Mid-Life Upgrade programmes.
The modification programme began with the arrival of two Jordanian F-16s in April 2006. TAI will modify 12 of the aircraft, with work on a further five being undertaken in Jordan under the supervision of TAI engineers. The programme is due to be completed by October 2009. Negotiations are under way to undertake a modernisation programme for the Pakistan air force’s F-16s.
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Source: Flight Daily News