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Spain’s replacement for the ageing F-5 fleet includes 30 Hürjet-based aircraft, national avionics integration and a redesigned training centre in Extremadura.
The Sciaky machine's work envelope stretches beyond six metres in length by two metres in width by 1.8 metres in height. Deposition rates will exceed 20kg of metal per hour for many metal alloys.
TAAC carries out R&D, design and production of critical subsystems for fixed and rotary wing aerial platforms, including the opening/closing mechanisms of the landing gear and gun cover of the National Combat Aircraft.
Spirit has chosen Turkish Aerospace to manufacture and supply over 400 parts and sub-assemblies for a variety of Boeing platforms in addition to the contract to produce Section 48 tail feathers for the 737 MAX-8.
Turkey and Pakistan have agreed to develop the ANKA UAV system together, resource sharing and technology transfer are key components of the contract. There is potential to expand on the UAV market.
The ATAK 2 helicopter will have approximately twice the take-off weight of the current model, and is expected to fly during 2023. The first engines are scheduled to arrive in September 2022.
The first role for the new facility will be to carry out wind tunnel tests on the TF-X Turkish Fighter, but is intended to be used in the development of a variety of indigenous, rotary-wing and fixed-wing aircraft.
Parts of the centre wing box are reinforced, such as the spars, frames and upper and lower panels. Its arrival in Hamburg, along with fuselage panels from TAI, marks the start of aircraft structural assembly.
Stirling Dynamics is to provide the Hurjet program with further training and guidance, expert review and off-site work packages in areas such as flight and gust loads, buffet, flutter and validation testing.