21.03.2004, 04:38
ANKARA [MENL] -- Turkey has examined a proposal for the coproduction of a U.S. military helicopter.
The proposal calls for the joint manufacture and assembly of the S-70 Black Hawk utility helicopter at the state-owned Turkish Aerospace Industries. The Black Hawk is manufactured and marketed by Sikorsky Aircraft.
Sikorsky has offered TAI to become a co-producer for the Black Hawk helicopter and the two companies would jointly market the airborne platform to third countries. Industry sources said the target appears to be Central Asian republics of the former Soviet Union, where Ankara has considerable diplomatic and military interests.
"We want to make Turkey a world center for production and distribution of the Black Hawk helicopters," Sikorsky's representative in Turkey, Stuart Brown, was quoted by the semi-official Anatolia news agency as saying.
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The proposal calls for the joint manufacture and assembly of the S-70 Black Hawk utility helicopter at the state-owned Turkish Aerospace Industries. The Black Hawk is manufactured and marketed by Sikorsky Aircraft.
Sikorsky has offered TAI to become a co-producer for the Black Hawk helicopter and the two companies would jointly market the airborne platform to third countries. Industry sources said the target appears to be Central Asian republics of the former Soviet Union, where Ankara has considerable diplomatic and military interests.
"We want to make Turkey a world center for production and distribution of the Black Hawk helicopters," Sikorsky's representative in Turkey, Stuart Brown, was quoted by the semi-official Anatolia news agency as saying.
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