Special to WorldTribune.com ANKARA — Turkey, frustrated over delays, has been examining an alternative to the U.S.-origin Joint Strike Fighter. Officials and defense industry sources said the Turkish Air Force and the government’s Defense Industry Undersecretariat have begun to consider an interim solution to JSF, a $1 trillion program plagued by production and development delays […]
Special to WorldTribune.com ANKARA — Turkey has reported a sharp increase in defense exports in 2012. The Turkish Exporters Assembly reported that Ankara oversaw $1.3 billion in defense exports last year. The group, citing aircraft and other sales, said this marked a 43 percent increase over 2011. “Most of the exported products were spare parts […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — The Defense Department has reported additional flaws in the Joint Strike Fighter, sought by Israel and Turkey. The Pentagon’s Office of Operational Test and Evaluation asserted that all three variants of the JSF contained major flaws. In a report submitted to Congress, Defense Undersecretary Michael Gilmore said the F-35 was […]
Special to WorldTribune.com ANKARA — Turkey has delayed its first order of the Joint Strike Fighter from the United States. Turkey’s Defense Industry Undersecretariat has suspended plans to purchase two F-35 fighter-jets from Lockheed Martin. The agency, known as SSM, cited rising costs as well as technical flaws in the aircraft. “Due to the current […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — The United States has advanced a project to supply Israel with the Joint Strike Fighter. The Defense Department has awarded Lockheed Martin a $206.8 million contract for the F-35 to Israel. Under the contract, L-M would administer system development and demonstration for the F-35A conventional takeoff and landing aircraft. “This […]
Special to WorldTribune.com ANKARA — Turkey, despite U.S. pressure, has remained cautious over the Joint Strike Fighter project. Officials said the government of Prime Minister Recep Erdogan has rebuffed U.S. appeals to submit a major order of the F-35 fighter-jet. They said the government would remain with the decision by Turkey’s Defense Industry Executive Board […]
Special to WorldTribune.com TEL AVIV — Israel has again been urged to re-assess the procurement of the Joint Strike Fighter from the United States. Israel’s leading think tank has warned that the F-35 fighter-jet ordered by the Air Force was a flawed platform that might not be able to outperform existing aircraft. The Institute for […]
Special to WorldTribune.com ANKARA — Turkey has demanded the software codes of the U.S.-origin Joint Strike Fighter as a condition for purchase. Officials said the government of Prime Minister Recep Erdogan has determined that the F-35 would not comprise a feasible purchase unless the Turkish Air Force acquired software codes of the fifth-generation fighter-jet. They […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Friday, August 5, 2011 ANKARA — Turkey appears to have significantly reduced the scope of plans to procure the Joint Strike Fighter from the United States. The government of Prime Minister Recep Erdogan has scaled down plans that until 2009 called for the procurement of 120 F-35 fighter-jets. Under the latest proposal, […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Monday, May 30, 2011 TEL AVIV — Less than a year after it signed an agreement for procurement of the F-35, Israel fears that it would be left without an advanced U.S. fighter-jet. Officials said the Israel Air Force and Defense Ministry have been scrambling to determine the future of the Joint […]