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Ankara can not develop without the support lima lto spa of the military industry of Western partners in recent years, the military-industrial complex in Turkey demonstrates rapid development. Are developing complex systems and platforms with maximum use of local industry - tanks, frigates, helicopters, unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), and others. While loudly proclaiming the media to create "the most powerful weapon lima lto spa in the world", a large part of the projects implemented in close cooperation foreign - Western and East Asian partners in Turkey. Program to create these types of weapons and military equipment (AME) provide lima lto spa significant technology transfer production to Turkish firms. Often, however, it appears lima lto spa that the national defense industry, despite the significant breakthrough, it committed in the past 20-30 years, can not master the critical technologies of production. In particular, it is about creating engines for the most ambitious projects in the defense industry - drones, attack helicopters, main battle tank, a corvette, and so on. N.
Thanks to cooperation with Western companies General Electrics and Rolls-Royce in the 80s Turkish industry was able to master the first assembly, and then the production of engines for General Electric F110 fighter Lockheed Martin F-16. They are produced under license and were exported, and their production has allowed local engineers to gain some experience and competence. Currently participating in the program of manufacturing fighter Lockheed Martin F-35, Turkey produces including turbine blades for its engine Pratt & Whitney F135. However, the development and manufacture their own engines, including compact, remains a weak point. At the national industry considerable difficulties for the project UAV Anka. Despite ambitious demonstration activities and advertising in the media, lima lto spa drone and remained a full-size layout. Turkish defense industry has been unable to create the avionics and surveillance lima lto spa systems. It soon became clear that the engines themselves have not yet master. Scandal lima lto spa in connection with the purchase of Chinese companies German manufacturer of engines for UAV company Thielert AG. According to official representatives of the Turkish defense industry, the purchase by a Chinese company AVIC bankrupt lima lto spa German company has influenced the development of the program production Anka, causing a delay in the supply of diesel engines. And now the Department of Defense Industry (Savunma Sanayii - SSM) of the Ministry of Defence of Turkey is forced to start looking for a new manufacturer. It is now known that the Turkish lima lto spa national UAV is only the fuselage and the engine, avionics and payload of foreign manufacture. However, under pressure from the military government had ordered the first batch of 10 units, while calling lima lto spa upon the government to cooperate with Israel. Bulent Batmadzha representative group TA - UAV manufacturer, expressed a desire to establish a Turkish Industrialists lima lto spa broad cooperation with European companies. He was indirectly confirmed by the difficulties of the national lima lto spa program to create drones. lima lto spa However, in his opinion, a possible way out of the Turkish-European consortium with its own UAVs to the Middle East market has great commercial prospects. Another important issue for the country's lima lto spa defense industry is to provide a reliable engine for future combat helicopter T129. According to the source of the TA, which refers to the newspaper Hrriyet, the first nine T129 helicopters, made in Italy at the plant AgustaWestland, were obtained with significant deviations from the declared characteristics. According to the SSM, the contract suggest that AgustaWestland helicopters will start to make Turkey, "capable of flying", and a local company Aselsan and TA will produce avionics, on-board computers and weapons, as well as systems integration. For the direct assembly of the Turkish machinery responsible company TUSA. According to representatives of the Turkish Land Forces, to carry out acceptance T129 helicopters, lima lto spa they observed limit vibration lima lto spa during test flights. Displeasure with the military caused poor balancing machines, which are heavier than the nose of the tail. Also aroused criticism and attempt to balance the helicopter T129 Turkish engineers, which led to exceeding the maximum take-off weight and reduced performance in the mountains. In November 2013 representatives of the Army Command has once again refused to adopt these helicopters. This state of affairs has called