GE/US can get access to sensitive data about the fighter and the engine if the main contractor is TEI. That alone is enough reason for this approach. GE will also get a bigger pie if TEI is the main contractor. The main contractor, which owns the IP rights, sells the engines this is the reason IP rights are important. If TUSAS sells 500 fighters over 2 decades, that means over 1000 engines. Now TRMotor will sell the engines, and TEI will produce whatever work package TRMotor assigns to TEI.
You seem to have missed the main point here. As explained by Dr Aksit, GE doesn’t get involved in engine developments or production of TS1400, PD170 and TF6000. These are all products whose IP rights are in the hands of Turkish entities. There is an understanding between GE and TAI. Do you think GE will know anything sensitive about TF6000? Dr Aksit, during his interview had said that everything they do for these engines are done in a separate line free from GE involvement.
TEI produces these engines and as Tusas owns majority share of TEI, they control the IP rights. TS1400 is a good example. It’s IP right are owned by TEI and Tusas. We can sell it and tf6000 to any one we want. GE has no say in it.
This is the important part. This is why TR Motor is there. Not for IP rights. IP rights is a smoke screen. So a thumbs up to your post for this paragraph.Lets assume TEI is the main contractor and sells the engine for double the price of production to an export customer for 20 million dollars. 10 million is profit and GE gets 4.6 millions. If TRMotor sells the same product, TEI is paid for its workshare, and TRMotor will get all of the profit.
That is why all engines are going through TR Motor company now. There is a lot of -“profit” - to be made here.
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