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Tuesday, October 18, 2011

Turkey to co-produce pilotless Navy copters

Sivrisinek (Mosquito)A new program for the co-production of unmanned helicopters worth hundreds of millions of dollars has been launched by military and procurement authorities to boost Turkey’s naval intelligence capabilities, a procurement official said on the weekend.

The Undersecretariat for Defense Industries (SSM), Turkey’s procurement agency, will formally start the program soon. Requests for proposal will likely be released before the end of the year, the official said on condition of anonymity.

“The competition will be open to foreign bidders, but they will have to agree to work with a Turkish prime contractor,” the official said.

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