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Russia offers Turkey assistance in developing new-gen fighter jet

by DAILY SABAH

ISTANBUL Nov 14, 2021 - 6:05 pm GMT+3
Russian President Vladimir Putin and President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan talk next to a Sukhoi Su-57 fighter jet as they visit the MAKS 2019 air show in Zhukovsky, outside Moscow, Russia, Aug. 27, 2019. (Reuters Photo)
Russian President Vladimir Putin and President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan talk next to a Sukhoi Su-57 fighter jet as they visit the MAKS 2019 air show in Zhukovsky, outside Moscow, Russia, Aug. 27, 2019. (Reuters Photo)
by DAILY SABAH Nov 14, 2021 6:05 pm
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Russia is in talks with Turkey and has offered its help in developing advanced fighter jets, news agencies cited a top defense official as saying on Sunday, while no agreement has been reached so far.

“Russia has repeatedly expressed readiness to assist Turkey (in the development of a fifth-generation fighter jet),” Dmitry Shugayev, head of the Russian Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation (FSMTC), told RIA news agency at the Dubai Airshow exhibition.

“We are still at a stage of negotiations on this project,” Shugayev said.

Ismail Demir, the head of Turkey’s Presidency of Defense Industries (SSB), said in September the country was open to cooperation with friendly states on projects such as manufacturing a combat aircraft.

Turkey is currently working on the development of the National Combat Aircraft, or MMU, which will be a fifth-generation domestically designed stealth fighter jet.

The main contractor Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) earlier this month announced it produced the first part of the jet.

The aircraft will be comprised of nearly 20,000 parts and production is likely to be completed by the end of 2022.

Demir said “door is open” for friendly and allied countries “who want to be part of this project.”

Following a meeting with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in late September, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said Turkey is considering more joint steps with Russia in the defense industry, including for fighter jets.

Various local defense and aerospace companies are producing parts and subsystems that will make up the aircraft.

The MMU will be unveiled for the first time on March 18, 2023, and will make its maiden flight in 2026.

The TF-X MMU has similar features to Lockheed Martin’s F-35 Lightning II. The aircraft is being developed to replace the Turkish air force’s F-16 fighters as they are gradually phased out throughout the 2030s.

Turkey was expelled from the F-35 stealth fighter jet program by Washington last year over its purchase of the S-400 air defense missile system from Russia.

The U.S. imposed sanctions, targeting the main Turkish defense procurement and development body Presidency of Defense Industries (SSB) and its officials.

Ankara had ordered more than 100 F-35 jets, while its defense industry has been a prominent player in the development and manufacturing of the aircraft.

Erdoğan has said that Ankara wants to buy the cheaper F-16s using the $1.4 billion it allotted for the F-35 program.

Erdoğan has said Washington offered Ankara a package of F-16 jets and modernization kits in exchange for the payment.

Turkey reportedly made a request to the U.S. to buy 40 Lockheed Martin-made F-16 fighter jets and nearly 80 modernization kits for its existing warplanes. The deal is potentially worth $6 billion.

In case the deal on F-16 fighters fails, Ankara is still ready to consider purchasing Russian-made Su-35 and Su-57 fighter jets, SSB’s Demir said in October.

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