If you check, you will find that Kale has been forming partnerships like TEI. First with P&W in Izmir to produce engine components of F35 in 2010.You forget one thing, Kale didn't have the machine like TEI. TEI did have a lot of equipments from partners(you name it) and Kale do not have. Thats why it take them so long not because they couldn't. If you compare it like that Kale is more capable then TEI.
Kale Pratt & Whitney Aircraft Engine Facility Opened in Izmir
Considered as a significant development in the Turkish aerospace
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Kale Group and Rolls-Royce to Develop Unique Engine for Turkish Fighter
Kale Group and Rolls-Royce which is one of the world’s greatest engine manufacturers shook hands to develop aircraft engines for Turkey. Turkish Air Engine Company (TAEC) to be established with the partnership between Kale Group with 51% of the shares and Rolls-Royce with 49% aims to develop the...
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So Kale was following in the footsteps of TEI. But was not quite at the same level.
We all know that!
The point is that, due to their lack of innovative knowledge it took them a long time (2012 was when they were first commissioned to produce KTJ-3200. It is only now that it is in serial production )
What I was asking was ; Of the two which is more capable of producing the turbofan version of an axial flow engine like ktj-3200?
@Combat-Master gave the answer. I respect his answer, even though I have reservations on the capability of Kale. But the best way to learn is to make mistakes. They took a long time producing the ktj-3200 and learned a lot in the process. Also as we are in this altogether, I am sure there will be a certain amount of cross fertilisation of information between the two factories.
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