The company started with component manufacturing for the
General Electric F110 engines in the
F-16 aircraft of the
Turkish Air Force. Since 2010, great importance has been given to domestic design and a large amount of resources have been allocated. TEI designed 13 engines in a 10-year period between 2014 and 2024. Flights were carried out with 7 of these engines. 6 of them entered mass production. TEI is developing Türkiye's first turbofan engine,
TEI-TF6000. The company's long-term goal is for Türkiye to become a self-sufficient country in the field of aviation engines. TEI's employee count was 1,200 in 2014. This number increased to 4,000 in 2025. In 2014, 70 percent of employees were blue-collar. By 2025, 57 percent of employees were white-collar. In 2024, the company achieved $400 million worth of exports. ==Products and projects==