The President of the Republic of Turkey, President of Defense Industries Prof. Dr. İsmail DEMİR, made statements regarding the engines to be used in the prototypes of the National Combat Aircraft during a live broadcast with sector magazines. In the statement made by President Demir, “While a domestic engine development project has already been initiated for the engine of the National Combat Aircraft, on the other hand, we said that the F110 engine should be used for the first prototypes. We are considering the designs as two concepts that are both suitable for the F110 and suitable for the domestic engine. There is no problem with the supply of the F110 engine at the moment and the F110 engine is an engine that we know very well. It is both an engine that is produced in a very significant scale at TEI (TUSAŞ Engine Industries) and an engine that we have been using for years, doing all the maintenance and repair. It seemed safer to start with this.
But while the national motor development process continues, some of the engine contacts and collaborations continue. Let me not name the country here, but we have positive developments in this area as well. Of course, since we know that this will take a certain time, 5-6 engines (F110 engines to be used in prototypes) are currently supplied. ” expressions were included.
General Electric F110
F110 Turbofan Engine Systems, developed by General Electric, are also used by F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter jets in the Turkish Air Force inventory. Almost all of the F110 engines supplied for the Turkish Air Force are installed and tested. TUSAŞ Motor Sanayii A.Ş. It was carried out by (TEI).
F-110-GE-110, member of F100 Turbofan Engine family, has 28.000lb thrust; F110-GE-129 has 28.378lb thrust; The F-110-GE-132 has a 32.000lb thrust. The engines are used by the F-16 and F-15 platforms.
