10.12.2006, 23:23
Zitat:Turkey Shortlists 2 Attack Helicopters (updated)Quelle: <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/2006/12/turkey-shortlists-2-attack-helicopters-updated/index.php#more">http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/200 ... x.php#more</a><!-- m -->
Posted 07-Dec-2006 09:26
In July 2006, Turkish Defense Minister Vecdi Gonul announced that Turkey will continue talks with Denel of South Africa (AH-2A Rooivalk) and Agusta Aerospace of Italy (A129 International) for Turkey's Land Forces Command's Tactical Reconnaissance & Attack Helicopter (ATAK) Project. Neither has been exported before. The Franco-German EADS Eurocopter (Tiger) and Kamov of Russia (Ka-50-2 Erdogan with IAI) were eliminated.
These platforms are competing for co-production of 30 helicopters with options for another 20 more. Even so, this projected $1.5 billion contract is well short of the 91 attack helicopters Turkey had originally aimed to co-produce when it began this procurement effort - in the mid-1990s.