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To add, Atak 2 was shown on yesterday's program as well, but no flight happened.

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Demiroğlu, who provided information about the delivery program of Turkey's first indigenous helicopter, GÖKBEY, recalled that GÖKBEY performed its "Victory Flight" on August 30. He stated, "We had actually planned our delivery for that time, but due to some delays in tests, we hope to complete our tests and make our deliveries within October. The delays were related to the documentation work for the tests, specifically the certification processes. We expect to see that delivery sometime this month, possibly on October 29 or even earlier."

 

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Demiroğlu, who provided information about the delivery program of Turkey's first indigenous helicopter, GÖKBEY, recalled that GÖKBEY performed its "Victory Flight" on August 30. He stated, "We had actually planned our delivery for that time, but due to some delays in tests, we hope to complete our tests and make our deliveries within October. The delays were related to the documentation work for the tests, specifically the certification processes. We expect to see that delivery sometime this month, possibly on October 29 or even earlier."

Schrödinger's Gökbey continues to be delivered and not delivered.
 

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Demiroğlu, who provided information about the delivery program of Turkey's first indigenous helicopter, GÖKBEY, recalled that GÖKBEY performed its "Victory Flight" on August 30. He stated, "We had actually planned our delivery for that time, but due to some delays in tests, we hope to complete our tests and make our deliveries within October. The delays were related to the documentation work for the tests, specifically the certification processes. We expect to see that delivery sometime this month, possibly on October 29 or even earlier."

Tracks with Sünnetçi's article from august.
The official acceptance of the first 3 T625J GÖKBEY Light Utility Helicopters, which are produced in Military Configuration for the Gendarmerie Aviation Command and defined as Early Entry Helicopters (EDH), is targeted to be completed in the last quarter of 2024 (if there is no setback, the acceptance ceremony is expected to be held on October 29, 2024).
 

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Don't know about 625 but 2 army T129s did a small show.

Per Tolga Özbek, T929 was never supposed to go to Adana and the prototype is currently in Ankara. Looks like a fuckup by the festival's marketing and social media teams.

They understood the sentence "2 atak helicopters will come" as "Atak2 will come" ya :D dreams Atak2 but realities Atak ahah
 

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Sunar Oktay Appointed as Deputy General Manager of TUSAŞ Helicopter Programs

After Dr. Mehmet Demiroğlu was appointed as the General Manager at TUSAŞ, the position of Deputy General Manager responsible for Helicopter Programs had been vacant for some time. Sunar Oktay, who has been with TUSAŞ for 17 years, has been appointed to this role. Oktay has been recognized by the public as the "lieutenant who changed the Attack Helicopter Project."

Previously serving as Program Director at TUSAŞ, Oktay will be responsible for all rotary-wing projects, including TUSAŞ’s T129 ATAK, T625 GÖKBEY, T-70, T929 ATAK2, and T925 10-ton general-purpose helicopters.

Sunar Oktay served as a helicopter pilot in the Turkish Land Forces for many years and, even as a lieutenant, communicated a critical point regarding the ATAK Project to his commanders, emphasizing the importance of domestic systems and laying a foundational stone for the establishment of helicopter infrastructure in Turkey.

How It Happened

We reported those days as follows:

"Turkey is in intense negotiations to acquire the AH-1Z King Cobra helicopter from Bell. U.S. officials are unyielding. One day, a lieutenant helicopter pilot comes to the commander involved in the negotiations. 'Commander, we need to develop the mission computer for these helicopters,' he says.

With that lieutenant’s initiative, Turkey moves forward with the 'national mission computer' project. Lieutenant Sunar Oktay later retires with the rank of major and has been working at Turkish Aerospace Industries since then.

Embargoes Documented

One of the biggest challenges facing the Turkish defense industry recently has been the embargoes imposed either secretly or openly. For example, the U.S. implements CAATSA, but a European company can also publicly state, "We are not supplying X materials to Turkey due to CAATSA."

To document these events and pass them on to future generations, STM took a significant step. Turkey’s first technology-focused think tank, STM ThinkTech, published a book titled “The Rise of the Turkish Defense Industry and Embargoes / Localization and Nationalization Efforts in Critical Technology, Components, and Subsystems.”

The book features insights from 23 experts in the field and discusses the steps taken by the Turkish defense industry in response to embargoes, successes achieved through local and national technology initiatives, and the future of the defense industry.

 

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