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TAI Exhibits Attack Helicopter and Anka UAV

While leaving the Hurkus at home, the Turks have come to show off their T129 attack helicopter and Anka (Phoenix) UAV.

TAI’s Hurkus, a tandem two-seat, low-wing, single-engine turboprop (left), is being developed as a basic trainer and ground attack aircraft for the Turkish armed forces. The prototype Hurkus, TU-VCH, made its first flight on Aug. 29, 2013, a year after it was rolled out at TAI’s Ankara facility.

By AIN Staff • AIN Staff

July 13, 2014

Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) is showcasing its T129 ATK attack helicopter and its Anka Male UAV here at Farnborough International Airshow for the first time. The burgeoning aerospace giant needs to find export customers soon if TAI is to go some way toward self-sufficiency. It is no surprise then that marketing efforts of the T129 ATAK (tactical reconnaissance and attack helicopter) have been stepped up this year, with the company also displaying it at the Bahrain International Airshow in January and ILA Berlin in May.

TAI (Hall 4 Stand H1 and Chalet A32) has two main shareholders–the Turkish Armed Forces Foundation (TAFF, 54.9 percent) and SSM (the Turkish MoD Undersecretariat for Defence Industries, 45.1 percent). As TAFF is the majority shareholder, the company is treated as a private entity; however, TAI is hoping to go partly public. In 2012 it had hoped to issue an initial public offering (IPO) allowing 20 percent of the company to be sold on the Istanbul stock market. Of the 20 percent, 4 percent was to come from the foundation and the rest from SSM. However, those proposals were abandoned, although they are expected be reviewed at a later date when conditions are right.

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