during the
IDEF 2015 |alt= TAI, which had a single program (the co-production of the F-16 Fighting Falcon) at its establishment phase, is working on over 50 military and commercial programs today. As a partner of the
Airbus Defence and Space, TAI has been participating in the design and development activities of the
Airbus A400M program with the leading European aerospace companies; namely Airbus (France, Germany, Spain and UK), EADS CASA (Spain) and FLABEL (Belgium) from the beginning of the project. TAI has accepted the production of
A350XWB's winglets with the new cooperation. TAI's experience includes the licensed production of General Dynamics
F-16 Fighting Falcon jets, CASA/IPTN CN-235 light transport/maritime patrol/surveillance aircraft, SIAI-Marchetti SF.260 trainers, Cougar AS-532 search and rescue (SAR), combat search and rescue (CSAR) and utility helicopters as well as the design and development of Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), target drones and agricultural aircraft. TAI manufactures Section 18 fuselage panels for
Airbus 319/320/321 aircraft, wing tips and flight deck panels for
Boeing 737 aircraft, TAI's
Hürkuş basic trainer aircraft has been granted air worthiness type certification, the company announced at the 2016 Farnborough International Airshow.
Other projects In May 2015 the
Turkish regional jet project was launched, which consisted of the indigenous production of two
regional aircraft in different sizes. The 32-seat TRJ-328 jet with a range up to was planned to enter service in 2019. It was a
Fairchild Dornier 328JET-based, modernized aircraft with new cockpit and engines. The larger, 70-seat TRJ-628 jet would be ready in 2023. A contract to produce 46 Block 40 F-16C/D's for the Egyptian Air Force was placed with TUSAS Aerospace Industries (TAI) of Turkey. 34 of them will be F-16C's, 12 will be F-16D's. This was carried out under the auspices of the
Peace Vector IV program, and marked the first sale of a foreign-built Fighting Falcon to a third-party nation in the history of the F-16 program. In June 2024 news media reported that TAI was responsible for introducing questionable
titanium into the supply chain for aircraft parts which ultimately were used to manufacture some
Boeing and
Airbus passenger planes built between 2019 and 2023. The titanium sold by TAI included falsified authenticity documents that originated from a metals supplier in China, calling into question whether the titanium was of suitable aviation-grade. However,
Spirit's testing has confirmed that the titanium is the appropriate grade for airplane manufacturers.
Major programs during the
IDEF 2015 helicopter of the Turkish Army during the
IDEF 2015 at
Teknofest 2019 and
Ilham Aliyev at Turkish Aerospace Industries, 2013 • Electronic warfare retrofit and structural modifications on
Turkish Air Force (TuAF) F-16s. • MLU, Falcon-Up and Falcon Star Modifications on the
Royal Jordanian Air Force (RJAF) F-16s, • Modifications of 41
F-16A/B Block 15 aircraft of the
Pakistan Air Force to
F-16AM/BM Block 15 MLU standard. • Modification of the S-2E Tracker Maritime Patrol Aircraft into Fire Fighting Aircraft •
CN-235 and Black Hawk modifications for the Turkish Special Forces • Modification of
CN-235 platforms for MPA/MSA missions for the
Turkish Navy and
Coast Guard • Modification and modernization of
Eurocopter AS 532, • Glass Cockpit Retrofit of
S-70 helicopters, • Conversion of B737-700 aircraft
AEW&C aircraft, • Avionics modernization of C-130 aircraft for the Turkish Air Force (TuAF), • Production and Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) of the center fuselage of
Joint Strike Fighter F-35 aircraft, • Participating in the design and development of the
A400M military transport and tanker aircraft, • Avionics modernization of T-38 aircraft for the TuAF, • License production of the attack helicopter
Agusta A129 Mangusta as
T-129 for the
Turkish Armed Forces (TAF). • Design, development and production of
TAI Hürkuş (Turkish Primary and Basic Training Aircraft) with
EASA CS-23 certification. • Design, development and production of
Anka unmanned aerial vehicle for the TuAF. ==Products==