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ANKARA — Turkey's top procurement panel decided Wednesday to order four more F-35 fighter jets and five more CH-47F Chinook heavy transport helicopters, the government announced.
Turkey's procurement agency, the Undersecretariat for Defense Industries (SSM), said in a press release that the top panel for procurement, the Defense Industry Executive Committee, convened Monday and reviewed ongoing programs.
It said the government decided to order four more F-35s from the multinational Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) consortium, in which Turkey is a member. The move increases Turkey's official orders to six. Turkey plans eventually to buy 100 F-35s.
SSM said the committee also decided to place an order for five CH-47F Chinook heavy transport helicopters. This will be a follow-on order to a previous deal involving six platforms.
The committee decided to move on to the "pre-design" phase in Turkey's bid to design, develop and produce an indigenous fighter jet, SSM said.
Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, chairman of the committee, told reporters after the meeting that a twin-engine model would be pursued in the national fighter aircraft program.
Davutoglu also said that Turkey would continue to negotiate with all three bidders in a disputed program to build the country's first long-range air and anti-missile defense system. In September 2013, Turkey selected China Precision Machinery Import-Export Corp. for a $3.44 billion offer. But after increased pressure from its NATO allies, Turkey since the summer has opened parallel talks with the second- and third-comers in the bidding: the European Eurosam and the US Raytheon/Lockheed Martin team, respectively.
Davutoglu said talks with all three bidders would last about six months.
الأتراك طلبوا المزيد من مقاتلات اف 35 ضمن خططهم للحصول على 100 مقاتلة من هذا النوع
أيضا تم طلب خمسة مروحيات نقل ثقيل من طراز CH-47F
بعض المسؤولين عن الصناعات الدفاعية ذكروا بعد اجتماعهم برئيس الوزراء داوود أوغلو بأن تركيا وصلت لمرحلة التصميم والتطوير والإنتاج للمقاتلة الوطنية
وبدوره ذكر داوود أوغلو للصحفيين بعد الإجتماع اهتمام بلاده بنموذج الطائرات المقاتلة ذات المحركين وإدخالها في برنامج الطائرات المقاتلة الوطني
وذكر أيضا استمرار بلاده بالمفاوضات مع الصينيين والأوربيين والأمريكيين مقدمي العطاءات الثلاثة فيما يخص بناء نظام الدفاع الجوي والمضاد للصواريخ بعيدة المدى
تركيا سبق وأن اختارت الصين لكن الضغوط المتزايدة من حلفائها بحلف الناتو جعلتها تتراجع وتفتح محادثات متوازية مع بقية الأطراف
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http://www.defensenews.com/story/defense/air-space/air-force/2015/01/07/turkey-f35-chinook-order-davutoglu/21397345/
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