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Turkey could be 'out in the cold' on JSF work
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| 31 March 2006 |
By Joshua Kucera JDW Staff Reporter
Washington, DC
The Turkish defence industry will be so reliant on work on the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) that if it does not get access to a greater potential share of subcontracts for the next-generation fighter it could suffer badly, a top Turkish defence industry official has said.
If they do not get more work on the JSF, "they will be left out in the cold", Bayar said at the annual American Turkish Council conference in Washington, DC.
"They will have small minor projects they could take part in, but if they don't have a role in JSF that would be bad news" for the major defence companies in Turkey, Bayar said.
He noted that Turkey will decide this year whether to proceed with a contract for production and sustainment of the JSF; the perceived low level of Turkish industrial co-operation would be a factor in that decision, he said.
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