13.09.2004, 20:50
Zitat:The Eurofighter consortium has launched a marketing push in Turkey to sell scores of aircraft to fill the Turkish Air Force’s expected gap in fighter jets until deliveries of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) begin around 2015, procurement officials and industry sources said.Quelle: <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.network54.com/Forum/thread?forumid=248068&messageid=1095101167&lp=1095101167">http://www.network54.com/Forum/thread?f ... 1095101167</a><!-- m -->
Rome-based Alenia Aeronautica, the Eurofighter partner that manages the development and production of the Typhoon fighter jet, on Sept. 14 opens its office in Turkey for the purpose of “seeking Turkish partnership in aeronautics and space programs,” a company statement said.
But a company official said one of the primary tasks will be pushing Turkish involvement in the Eurofighter Typhoon program. “Turkey may join the program and benefit from exclusivities such as design rights, source codes and cheaper price [than if Turkey was not a partner and bought the plan off the shelf],” an Alenia official in Ankara said. The current market price for an off-the-shelf Typhoon would be around $35 million.
Other Eurofighter industry partners are BAE SYSTEMS, London, and EADS, Amsterdam. Britain, Germany, Italy and Spain, the four main partner nations, are expected to order 620 aircraft, while Austria will purchase 18 and Greece 60. Britain and Italy plan to buy both the JSF and the Typhoon.
“Eurofighter is no substitute for the JSF,” the Alenia official said. “It is, rather, complementary, and we think it fits into Turkey’s requirement for new fighter aircraft.”
Alenia recently gave an introductory session on the Typhoon with Turkey’s procurement authorities and Air Force officers.