Türkiye needs to hold out retrofit actions of pleasant nations’ plane in its manufacturing unit within the close to future, the nation’s protection chief mentioned on Tuesday.
“We believe that in the coming period, the retrofit operations of friendly and allied countries’ aircraft will also be carried out in our factory, thus providing much more added value to the national economy,” National Defense Minister Hulusi Akar mentioned on the supply ceremony of the fourth of A400M transport plane retrofitted within the central Kayseri province.
The 2nd Air Maintenance Factory Directorate in Kayseri is among the 4 facilities on the planet performing retrofit actions for A400M plane, which Akar described as a “source of pride.”
“Our factory, which is the pride of our country and Kayseri, successfully continues its activities in the field of defense and aviation with its experience from its history, and makes great contributions to our defense industry and the country’s economy with its qualified personnel, opportunities, and capabilities,” he added.
The A400M retrofit contract was signed between Airbus, a significant participant within the aviation business, and Türkiye’s state-run protection agency ASFAT on the 2nd Air Transport Main Base Command in Kayseri in 2019.
The retrofit actions, which may very well be described as mirrored enhancements for A400M plane led by person suggestions and design modifications obtained from the primary service day of the plane to the day the plane is taken into the aptitude improve program, began when the primary plane was taken into the hangar in 2020.
Akar mentioned the A400Ms, that are used widely-such as in evacuation and navy operations and personnel and materials transportation-intensively contributed to the efforts after the Feb. 6 earthquakes.
“With the retrofitting of such an important and large military transport aircraft in our factory, both the needs of the Turkish Armed Forces were met in a very short time and a significant amount of resources were kept in our country,” he mentioned.
There are at the moment 10 A400M plane within the stock of Türkiye.
Speaking on the similar occasion, Simon Ward, the president of Airbus Türkiye, mentioned that with the contributions of the General Directorate of Military Factories, ASFAT, Airbus, and the Kayseri crew, the retrofit of the plane was accomplished in a “shorter time than planned, cheaper and with better quality.”
He added: “It is the success of the aviation atmosphere established in Kayseri with the foresighted investments and guidance of the MOD (Ministry of Defense), the qualified manpower of Military Factories Directorate and the 2nd Air Maintenance Factory, the effective contract management of ASFAT and the contributions of Airbus.”
Source: www.anews.com.tr
