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Tuesday, April 03, 2007

Turkey's helicopter gunship saga far from over

National Defense Minister Vecdi Gönül says Friday's selection of the Italian-British AgustaWestland as winner of Turkey's multibillion-dollar attack helicopter tender comes as an historic decision, putting an end to a 12-year uncertainty over the Army's key modernization program.

But leading defense analysts and industry sources say that it is too early to reach this judgment, because U.S. manufacturers may eventually prove to be theunexpected but actual beneficiaries of the move.

The Defense Industry Executive Committee, whose members include the prime minister, the chief of the General Staff and the national defense minister, selected AgustaWestland, maker of the A-129 Mangusta International, over South Africa's Denel, maker of the CSH-2 Rooivalk. The two companies were short-listed last summer.

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