In a notable announcement in September 2013, Turkey, a member of the
NATO alliance, declared its intention to acquire the
HQ-9 missile defense system from the company, in a deal valued at 3.44 billion
US dollar. CPMIEC was selected against three other competitors. The
Aster 30 missile with SAMP/T launcher from the Italo-French consortium
Eurosam came second with a price tag of US$4.4 billion, the
Patriot missile defense system offered by
Lockheed Martin and
Raytheon came third at a cost of US$5 billion and the
S-300 system from the Russian
Rosoboronexport fourth in the competition. Following high level pressure by other NATO members, Turkey relented and announced giving up on the deal in November 2015. Earlier on February 20, 2015, the Turkish defense minister
Ismet Yilmaz had confirmed the purchase. ==Venezuelan radar==