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Azerbaijan to place order for light aircraft in Turkey

Türkiye Materials 16 October 2015 12:59 (UTC +04:00)
Azerbaijan will place an order for building 40 light aircraft in Turkey.
Azerbaijan to place order for light aircraft in Turkey

Baku, Azerbaijan, Oct.16

By Rufiz Hafizoglu - Trend:

Azerbaijan will place an order for building 40 light aircraft in Turkey, IHA news agency reported Oct.16.

Reportedly, the construction of a plant for manufacturing light aircraft will be completed in Turkey's Bolu province in the coming months. The aircraft for Azerbaijan will be built at this plant.

All the light aircraft to be built in Turkey, will be of domestic production. The cost of the aircraft for Azerbaijan hasn't been revealed yet.

As part of the Vision 2023 program [celebrating the 100th anniversary of the establishment of the Republic of Turkey], Turkey makes efforts to develop its industry.

Earlier, Turkish Research Center for Aerospace Technology (TUSAS) developed the first domestic training plane HURKUS which will be passed to the country's Air Force in 2017.

Turkish Defense Industry Executive Committee made a decision to launch the mass production of the HURKUS first domestic trainer aircraft.

At the initial stage, 15 HURKUS aircraft will be manufactured, according to the data from Turkish Air Force.

The first domestic trainer aircraft HURKUS was successfully tested on Aug. 29, 2013.

Edited by SI

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