TAI



	Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI):

	At the beginning of the 1980´s the Turkish Air Force looked for a successor for the outdated F-104 Starfighter. When the General Dynamics F-16C/D Fighting Falcon was chosen as the future fighter-bomber aircraft in 1983, it was decided that the aircraft should be manufactured under license in Turkey. As a result, TAI was founded on 15.05.1984, which has 51% Turkish and 49% American shareholders. The production plants were built on a surface of 100.000 m² at Akinci near Ankara. With over 2000 employees, TAI is still active in the aircraft production even after the end of the F-16 program. TAI has also built 34 F-16C and 12 F-16D a/c for the Egyptian Air Force under the Peace Vector IV program. The airplanes were produced during the period November 1993-May 1995 and are based at present in the area of Cairo.

Manufacturer	Licenser	Type	Date	Quantity	Remarks
TAI	Lockheed Martin Tactical Aircraft Systems - USA	F-16C Fighting Falcon	1987-1999	228	Licensed Manufacture, 34 a/c to Egypt
TAI	Lockheed Martin Tactical Aircraft Systems - USA	F-16D Fighting Falcon	1987-1999	50	Licensed Manufacture, 12 a/c to Egypt
TAI	Agusta SpA. - I	Siai Marchetti SF-260D	1990-1994	34	Licensed Manufacture
TAI	Aircraft Technology Industries -INT	Airtech CN-235-100M	1992-2003	59	Licensed Manufacture
TAI	TAI-Design - TR	TAI IHA-X1 Sahit	1992	2	UAV, project has been abandoned
TAI	TAI-Design - TR	TAI S-38 Turna	1995-?	15	Target drone
TAI	TAI-Design - TR	TAI Keklik	1995-?	2	Target drone
TAI	TAI-Design - TR	TAI HD-19 Hava Dolmusu	1994-1997	-	Twin-turboprop multirole transport a/c, project has been abandoned
TAI	Sadler Aircraft Corporation - USA	TAI TG-X1 Yarasa	1997	1	Light combat and surveillance a/c, ex A-22 Piranha, project has been abandoned
TAI	TAI-Design - TR	TAI-ZIU	1998	1	Single-seat agricultural and firefighting a/c
TAI	TAI-Design - TR	TAI S-2E	1998	1	Conversation for use as fire-fighting a/c
TAI	Eurocopter – INT	Eurocopter AS 532UL Cougar Mk.I	1999-2003	28	Licensed Manufacture
TAI	Airbus Military Company - INT	Airbus A400M	? - ?	10	Participation
TAI	Forth Worth Operations - USA	Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II	? - ?	?	Participation
TAI	AgustaWestland - INT	AgustaWestland A129 Mangusta	? - ?	51 ?	Licensed Manufacture
TAI	TAI-Design - TR	TAI IHA-X2 Pelikan	2003	1 ?	UAV project
TAI	TAI-Design - TR	TAI Hürkus	? - ?	?	Single-engined basic trainer to replace the SF-260D and T-37B/C fleet. The future of TAI Hürkus is uncertain due to the fact that the Turkish Air Force has selected the Korean KAI KT-1C Wong Bee (40 ordered+ 15 on option).

Lockheed Martin F-16D Fighting Falcon (c/n 86-0193) seen here at the Berlin ILA 2000 - Exhibition.

TAI - Lockheed Martin F-16C Fighting Falcon (c/n 87-0020 / 391) seen here at the Paris Aero Salon in 1989.

TAI – Agusta SF-260D (c/n 2-809)
seen here at the Ankara IDEF 2003 - Exhibition.

TAI - Airtech CN-235-100M
seen here at the Istanbul AIREX 2000 – Exhibition.

Prototyp of the TAI-ZIU
seen here at the Ankara IDEF 1999 - Exhibition.

Prototyp of the TAI-modificated Grumman S-2E (c/n 149850 / TCB-850) seen here at the Ankara IDEF 1999 - Exhibition.

The two UAV´s IHA–X1 Sahit
seen here at the Ankara IDEF 1995 - Exhibition.

Eurocopter AS 532 AL Cougar Mk.I (c/n 2001-2517) seen here at the Izmir TIAD 2001 - Exhibition.

Artist´s impression of the
TAI HD-19 Hava Dolmusu passenger and cargo a/c.

The target drone TAI S-38 Turna
seen here at the Ankara IDEF 1999 - Exhibition.

The model of the Airbus A400M shown here
at the Paris Aero Salon in 2003.

TAI TG-X1 Yarasa taking-off from Akinci.

The model of the F-35 Lightning II shown here
at the Paris Aero Salon in 2005.

The IHA–X2 Pelikan UAV
seen here at the Ankara IDEF 2003 - Exhibition.

The AgustaWestland A129 Mangusta attack helicopter shown here at the Paris Aero Salon in 2003.

Artist´s impression of the
TAI Hürkus basic trainer.


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