Turkey will join the program of development of unmanned aircraft (UAV) Talarion EADS already working in Spain, Germany and France, thanks to an agreement signed in Istanbul between Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) and Cassidi, Defense Division European consortium.
The letter of intent, setting out a "close partnership" Talarion program is rublicó during an official ceremony under the Fair Defense Industry (IDEF) held in the town Turkish.
The agreement means that TAI will participate in the development of the fuselage and tail of the aircraft and which may contribute in the program with a weight of up to 25% of the workload required.
The agreement was formalized in the presence of Undersecretary of Defense Industry of Turkey, Murad Bayar, and German Deputy Defence Minister, Thomas Kossendery. Cassidi As indicated in a press release, Turkey has always supported "the program Talarion" with significant investment "and the integration of" prestigious companies in the Turkish industry, "including TAI.
Talarion the European program for the new generation of unmanned aerial medium-altitude and long range, which aims to meet the initial requirements of France, Germany and Spain. May lead to different safety and security missions, such as combating piracy, drug control, border protection and management of natural and ecological crisis.
EADS expects its prototype's maiden flight takes place in 2014. To do this, Cassidi has created a platform for engineers French, English, Turkish and German, as well as major suppliers.
Funding Problem "With this industrial commitment, we firmly believe that potential customers decide to support this unique product," said CEO Cassidi Air Systems, Bernhard Gerwert.
According to initial plans of EADS, the program required a funding of nearly 3,000 million euros. For the design and development, the group wanted to Spain, France and Germany contributed 1,500 million overall.
financial crisis in full and limiting defense budgets, the European company has been forced to propose a new funding scheme.
Now the group intends to focus on making a prototype would cost about 300 million euros from the countries behind the project (100 million from each) to be paid in three annual installments. The development of the aircraft could continue until 2019, with extra payments between 30 and 60 million for each government.
Source: (Infodefensa.com)
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