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Turkey delivers first ‘world-class’ center fuselage for F-35
http://www.worldtribune.com/2013/12/13/turkey-delivers-first-world-class-center-fuselage-for-f-35/Turkey delivers first ‘world-class’ center fuselage for F-35
Friday, December 13th, 2013
NKARA — Turkey has delivered its first fuselage for the U.S.-origin Joint Strike Fighter.
The state-owned Turkish Aerospace Industries supplied the first center fuselage of the F-35. On Dec. 11, TAI completed the delivery to Northrop Grumman and Lockheed Martin in a ceremony in Ankara.
“Delivery of this high quality, affordable center fuselage on time has been another major milestone,” TAI president Muharrem Dortkasli said. “TAI will continue utilizing its capability and capacity throughout the life of the program until 2040s.”
TAI has been a supplier to Northrop of the center fuselage of the JSF in a program worth up to $4 billion. The Turkish project required U.S. training and help in building production facilities for the assembly. Turkey has been a partner in the JSF program and plans an initial procurement of two fifth-generation aircraft.
unhappycamper comment: The outsourcing continues.