According to the information shared by TÜBİTAK, the integration project called F-16 DAK was initiated by TÜBİTAK SAGE to solve the problems experienced by the manufacturer country during the integration of national munitions, especially with the F-16 Block 50M and 50+ warplanes.
With the project, fire control solutions of air-ground and air-air munitions developed with national resources
touch screen (ICP) avionics will be developed, which will nationalize the weapons management pilot interface of the F-16 platforms. It is aimed that the project will reach a maturity that can be used within this year.
Milli mühimmatların F-16 savaş uçaklarına entegrasyon problemi ortadan kalkıyor. Türkiye halihazırda dünyanın en ileri güdümlü mühimmat üreticilerinden biri konumunda. ROKETSAN, TÜBİTAK SAGE ve ASELSAN tarafından üretilmiş onlarca çeşit ürün bulunuyor. Bu ürünlerin hava-yer ve hava-hava...
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Very important news.
The Arms Export Control Act(AECA) and the End-Use Monitoring that comes with it.
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GOLDEN SENTRY END-USE MONITORING PROGRAM:
The Golden Sentry End-Use Monitoring (EUM) program is designed to verify defense articles or services transferred by the United States Government (USG) to foreign recipients are being used in accordance with the terms and conditions of the transfer agreement or other applicable agreement. In accordance with Section 505 of the Foreign Assistance Act (FAA) (22 U.S.C. 2314), as amended, and the Section 3 (22 U.S.C. 2753) and Section 4 (22 U.S.C. 2754) of the Arms Export Control Act, and as reflected in the Letter of Offer and Acceptance (LOA) Standard Terms and Conditions, recipients must agree:
- to use U.S.-provided defense articles, training, and services only for their intended purpose;
- not to transfer title to, or possession of, any defense article or related training to anyone not an officer, employee, or agent of that country or of the USG without prior written consent of the USG;
- to maintain the security of any article with substantially the same degree of protection afforded to it by the USG; and
- to permit observation and review by, and to furnish necessary information to, representatives of the USG with regards to use of such articles.
EUM provides USG oversight to ensure these conditions are met.
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www.dsca.mil
There's no statement here that prohibits the modification of the defense article but here's the nitty-gritty of AECA "
In accordance with Section 505 of the Foreign Assistance Act (FAA) (22 U.S.C. 2314), as amended, and the
Section 3 (22 U.S.C. 2753) and
Section 4 (22 U.S.C. 2754) of the Arms Export Control Act". So we have to dive deep in these legal documents.
In the Section 4 of AECA, page 45, "Except as provided in subparagraph (B), the President shall take such actions as may be necessary to require that, at the time of export or reexport of any major defense equipment listed on the 600 series of the Commerce Control List contained in Supplement No. 1 to part 774 of subtitle B of title 15, Code of Federal Regulations, the major defense equipment
will not be subsequently modified so as to transform such major defense equipment into a defense article."
I must admit that I wasn't very meticulous when finding these articles as I don't have much time now to analyze the text if it's related to our situation or not. But if you(forum users) have time and like to read gobbledygook, you can shed light on the issue by pointing out the related sections and share your conclusion.
