Clearday-TRForce
03-30-2006, 08:52 AM
(Source: TUSAS Turkish Aerospace Industries; issued March 29, 2006)
On the occasion of the arrival of the Peace Eagle program aircraft to TAI facilities in Ankara and opening of the hangar built for this program, a ceremony was held at TAI facilities on 13 March 2006 at 15:30 hours. Chief of Staff of the Turkish Air Force (TuAF) Lt.Gen. Bilgin Balanlı, Undersecretary for Defense Industries Mr. Murad Bayar, Boeing Vice President Mr. Patrick Gill and TAI General Manager Mr. Muharrem Dφrtkaşlı delivered a speech during the ceremony.
The prime contract, which was signed on June 4, 2002 between the Undersecretariat for Defense Industries (SSM) and the Boeing Company for the acquisition of B737-700 aircraft to be converted into Airborne Early Warning and Control (AEW&C) aircraft, became effective on July 23, 2003.
Under the Peace Eagle program, considered to be one of the major defense industry programs of Turkey, a total of four B737 AEW&C aircraft (plus two optional) and one Ground Support System will be purchased from the Boeing Company. The subcontract between TAI and the Boeing Company, covering structural modification, systems installation, functional tests and delivery, was signed on January 28, 2004.
The program will provide work share amounting to a total of 195 million U.S. Dollars to the Turkish Defense industry companies including ASELSAN, HAVELSAN, HAVELSAN Teknoloji Radar, MİKES, SELEX and THY. Of this amount TAI’s work share is around 49 million U.S. Dollars.
A TAI team, composed of 35 engineers and technicians, has been participating in the modification activities of the first of the four B737-700 aircraft carried-out in Boeing Seattle facilities. In accordance with the program structural modification, systems integration, functional tests and delivery activities of the remaining three aircraft that will be flown to Turkey as green aircraft will be performed at TAI facilities. The first aircraft is scheduled to be delivered by July 19, 2007, the second by October 4, 2007, the third by February 13, 2008 and the fourth aircraft by June 18, 2008.
Within the framework of the contract, the ground, functional and flight tests of the AEW&C aircraft will be performed for the functional systems (mechanical, electrical, electronic and avionic) that are to be removed, replaced and installed with the current operational systems. In addition, TAI will perform all the required periodical scheduled and unscheduled maintenance activities of the aircraft, during the modification period when the aircraft remains in operational. TAI is also responsible from 26 work packages, comprising manufacture of parts and components, required for the modification. These work packages include Tail Cone, Wing Tips, Dorsal Fin, Ventral Fins, ATB Fairing, Electrical Cabinets Components, Composite Ducts, fairings, wire splice kits and considerable amount of NC and sheet metal type parts. TAI will also provide integrated logistics support to TuAF after the delivery of the aircraft.
The Peace Eagle program has a Direct Offset amounting to nearly 740 million U.S. Dollars to be exported from Turkey within ten years. Under the Direct Offset program the work package, that amounts to 500 million U.S. dollars, will be transferred to TAI in a period of ten years, covering the manufacturing and assembly of commonly used parts and components (6500 items) of B737, B747, B757, B7677 and B777 aircraft.
With this program, TAI has gained a new hangar building, meeting international standards, with the capacity of storing two B737-700 or similar type military and commercial aircraft.
With the Peace Eagle program TAI aims to gain engineering, fabrication, integrated logistic support, repair and maintenance as well as management systems capabilities on B737-700 AEW&C aircraft. Having gained these capabilities, TAI, in future will be ready with its experienced personnel and facilities, to meet the requirements of the Turkish Air Force AEW&C aircraft, in the areas of repair, maintenance, refurbishment, modernization and integrated logistic support services.
http://www.defense-aerospace.com/cgi-bin/client/modele.pl?session=dae.19235224.1143721167.RCvMz8Oa9dUAAGiOcUE&modele=jdc_34
Here is the photos of Turkish B737-700 AEW&C aircraft Baris Kartali
http://img92.imageshack.us/my.php?image=heik16cx.jpg
regards,
CDTRF
On the occasion of the arrival of the Peace Eagle program aircraft to TAI facilities in Ankara and opening of the hangar built for this program, a ceremony was held at TAI facilities on 13 March 2006 at 15:30 hours. Chief of Staff of the Turkish Air Force (TuAF) Lt.Gen. Bilgin Balanlı, Undersecretary for Defense Industries Mr. Murad Bayar, Boeing Vice President Mr. Patrick Gill and TAI General Manager Mr. Muharrem Dφrtkaşlı delivered a speech during the ceremony.
The prime contract, which was signed on June 4, 2002 between the Undersecretariat for Defense Industries (SSM) and the Boeing Company for the acquisition of B737-700 aircraft to be converted into Airborne Early Warning and Control (AEW&C) aircraft, became effective on July 23, 2003.
Under the Peace Eagle program, considered to be one of the major defense industry programs of Turkey, a total of four B737 AEW&C aircraft (plus two optional) and one Ground Support System will be purchased from the Boeing Company. The subcontract between TAI and the Boeing Company, covering structural modification, systems installation, functional tests and delivery, was signed on January 28, 2004.
The program will provide work share amounting to a total of 195 million U.S. Dollars to the Turkish Defense industry companies including ASELSAN, HAVELSAN, HAVELSAN Teknoloji Radar, MİKES, SELEX and THY. Of this amount TAI’s work share is around 49 million U.S. Dollars.
A TAI team, composed of 35 engineers and technicians, has been participating in the modification activities of the first of the four B737-700 aircraft carried-out in Boeing Seattle facilities. In accordance with the program structural modification, systems integration, functional tests and delivery activities of the remaining three aircraft that will be flown to Turkey as green aircraft will be performed at TAI facilities. The first aircraft is scheduled to be delivered by July 19, 2007, the second by October 4, 2007, the third by February 13, 2008 and the fourth aircraft by June 18, 2008.
Within the framework of the contract, the ground, functional and flight tests of the AEW&C aircraft will be performed for the functional systems (mechanical, electrical, electronic and avionic) that are to be removed, replaced and installed with the current operational systems. In addition, TAI will perform all the required periodical scheduled and unscheduled maintenance activities of the aircraft, during the modification period when the aircraft remains in operational. TAI is also responsible from 26 work packages, comprising manufacture of parts and components, required for the modification. These work packages include Tail Cone, Wing Tips, Dorsal Fin, Ventral Fins, ATB Fairing, Electrical Cabinets Components, Composite Ducts, fairings, wire splice kits and considerable amount of NC and sheet metal type parts. TAI will also provide integrated logistics support to TuAF after the delivery of the aircraft.
The Peace Eagle program has a Direct Offset amounting to nearly 740 million U.S. Dollars to be exported from Turkey within ten years. Under the Direct Offset program the work package, that amounts to 500 million U.S. dollars, will be transferred to TAI in a period of ten years, covering the manufacturing and assembly of commonly used parts and components (6500 items) of B737, B747, B757, B7677 and B777 aircraft.
With this program, TAI has gained a new hangar building, meeting international standards, with the capacity of storing two B737-700 or similar type military and commercial aircraft.
With the Peace Eagle program TAI aims to gain engineering, fabrication, integrated logistic support, repair and maintenance as well as management systems capabilities on B737-700 AEW&C aircraft. Having gained these capabilities, TAI, in future will be ready with its experienced personnel and facilities, to meet the requirements of the Turkish Air Force AEW&C aircraft, in the areas of repair, maintenance, refurbishment, modernization and integrated logistic support services.
http://www.defense-aerospace.com/cgi-bin/client/modele.pl?session=dae.19235224.1143721167.RCvMz8Oa9dUAAGiOcUE&modele=jdc_34
Here is the photos of Turkish B737-700 AEW&C aircraft Baris Kartali
http://img92.imageshack.us/my.php?image=heik16cx.jpg
regards,
CDTRF