Sometimes we overlook it, but TAI has global ambitions in helicopter manufacturing, and they are working to become one of the world's top 3-5 helicopter suppliers. The EASA certification of Gökbey is one of the clearest indicators of this. Probably all utulity helicopters to be produced in the future will also go through this process, in the initial development phase or later stage. Looking at the long term, we see that TAI aims to create a wide range of products in the field of rotary wings.
The T-625 6-ton helicopter will be followed by the T-925 battlefield utility helicopter in the 10-12 ton class, suitable for CSAR and naval operations. In addition to the navalized variant, this helicopter will probably modernize the fleets of Mi-17 and Cougar helicopters in the inventories. So there is a very serious orderbook potential in military terms. Following this phase, there are plans for a lighter variant of the T-625, a training and Light Utility helicopter in the 3-3,5 ton class. This helicopter can probably be prepared in a very short time after the T-625. Also, there will probably be armed and navalized versions of the T-625. In Temel Kotil's statements, we constantly see the emphasis on this, and it is obvious that there is a desire for this. After this stage, my personal guess is that a triple engine heavy lift helicopter project with a maximum take-off weight of around 15-16 tons will be launched in the 2027-2030 date range, i.e. after the light utility, medium twin engine and heavy twin engine helicopters emerge, if the military market is prioritized. If the civilian market is prioritized, a super-medium twin engine helicopter could also be produced.
All in all, within 10 years, with a product range of 6-8 main platforms and many sub-variants, including utulity multi-purpose helicopters in at least 4 classes (3/4 tons, 6 tons, and 11 tons are certain) and tandem cockpit attack helicopters in at least 2 classes (ATAK-I and ATAK-II): TAI will be one of the 4-5 most important helicopter production center in the world together with Bell-Sikorsky-Boeing, Airbus, JSC Russian Helicopters (Kamov+Mil). In this sense, it may be possible to consider the separate corporatization and public offering of TAI's helicopter division. If all this expansion proceeds as planned, TAI - Helicopters alone could become a company with nearly 10,000 direct jobs and an annual turnover in the billions of dollars.
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