Aircraft
Turkey Receives Global 6000s for Jammer Conversion
The first two Bombardier Global 6000s have arrived in Turkey for outfitting with Aselsan's stand-off jammer suite.
One of two recently arrived Global 6000s taxis in for conversion to the Hava SOJ configuration. An Aselsan/Turkish Aerospace joint venture is modifying four for the Turkish air force. (Photo: SSB)
One of two recently arrived Global 6000s taxis in for conversion to the Hava SOJ configuration. An Aselsan/Turkish Aerospace joint venture is modifying four for the Turkish air force. (Photo: SSB)

On March 15 Turkey’s Savunma Sanayii Baskanligi (SSB, Presidency of Defense Industries) announced that two green Bombardier Global 6000s had been delivered to the facilities of Turkish Aerospace to undergo modification to the Hava SOJ (air stand-off jammer) configuration. Some early graphics had depicted the system hosted on a Gulfstream platform.

On arrival, the aircraft were inspected by the SSB’s chairman, Ismail Demir, along with officials from the Turkish air force, Bombardier, Turkish Aerospace, and Aselsan—the electronics company that is prime contractor for the program. Aselsan was awarded the contract for four Hava SOJ aircraft on August 9, 2018, with the first to be delivered to Turkish Air Forces Command in 2023. A joint venture was formed with Turkish Aerospace to undertake the conversion work.