Objective: Development of Turkey’s first indigenous manned military aircraft since 1940s.

Scope: Design, development, prototype production and international certification by the Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) of an original trainer that would meet Turkish Armed Forces’ future needs and take a share in the world trainer market. The aircraft has been named HÜRKUŞ

Project Model: Development Project

Prime Contractor: TAI

Contract Date: 15 March 2006

Status: The TBTEU contract has been signed on 15 March 2006 between SSM and TAI. The first prototype will take off late 2009.

Detailed information available at www.tai.com.tr