Aksungur will open 2020 in defence

Turkey has developed in the recent high payload capacity of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) Aksungur, will be available to the security forces in the first days of the new year.

29 December 2019

Aksungur will open 2020 in defence

Turkey has developed in the recent high payload capacity of unmanned aerial vehicle ( UAV ) Aksungur will be available to the security forces in the first days of the new year.

Temel Kotil, General Manager of Turkish Aerospace Industries (TUSAS), told AA correspondent that 2019 was a "fertile" year for the company.Indicating that they take a certain way in many projects Kotil, "Compared to the previous year, there is a 40 percent growth in turnover in dollars. There is an end to the products in stage. said.

Referring to the projects carried out by the company, Kotil gave the following information:

"National Combat Aircraft is going well. A long-term project, 2 years later, we will finish the PDR (Preliminary Design Review). Almost everything will be decided on the plane. After that, engineers will do a lot of detail work and start manufacturing. First flight We deliver Gökbey on October 29, 2021. After that, we will start mass production. Atak-2 will be one of the most effective helicopters in this category after Russia and the US, with 3 years on its first flight We want to fly Hürjet in 2022. We aim to take further steps in 2020 projects. "

Vision after 2020: Finishing the original products

Temel Kotil also stated that Atak helicopter and Hürkuş aircraft production is continuing and they export consolidated 1 billion dollars to Airbus and Boeing. Stating that it is an increase of these Kotil, 2020 and later visions predominantly "the completion of the original products," he said.

Kotil, who made improvements on the basic training plane Hürkuş, said, "We expect that it will enter the inventory in the coming months. In fact, everything is a learning process. We have passed about 10 years for Phoenix, but Aksungur is over 18 months. Gökbey is sitting on our experience from Atak. 2 will sit on the experience of Gokbey. " he said.

Kotil, 10 years later, I'd be happy with their projects in Turkey in terms of the use of both original aircraft exports both said their future to a point.

"Aksungur will sell very well"

Kotil stressed that Aksungur, which they have recently developed, is a product that will sell very well, and made the following assessment:

"This means we carry 750 kilograms. Turkey 200 kilograms carrying capacity 'also saw a lot of work with the Phoenix. Aksungur more talented. Radar can put, you can put a larger camera. We will give them our Aksungur country. Christmas or stove will start using Turkey that by the end of . "

Noting that they do Aksungur with their own resources, Kotil said that it is very important for the state to finance such a product and that Atak-2, Gökbey and Milli Muharip plane projects continue in this way.

Making the prototype is a difficult and difficult part of the voicing Kotil, said:

"Money-saving mass production. Let the state order, we will find the money is not a problem. The important thing is the order. The state first prototype, then gives the order. This is our case in Gökbey, thank you. Aksungur was not a very expensive product for us. It was very cheap to put it on. The state's prototype is okay, but if you order 100 Gokbey we will find that money. "

Kotil, 2021'de also stated that there will be other original products.

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