Mr Özşahin from TEI:
"Aviation means materials. For example, India has been trying to make engines for about 45 years. Finally they couldn't, they gave up. They even tried to get help from the French. They redesigned the engine. They said, let's give it a billion euros. But they can't. This is because the engines are very heavy. They don't have material technologies, they couldn't make their software. Therefore, this is the plane they developed Tejas, but the engine they call kaveri could never meet that plane, despite the support of the French. Again, they had to go and install GE's 404 engine. That's why the work we do at TEI is very important.
The turbine blade is single crystal, the most important technology of this engine. We did this together with TÜBİTAK. We received it, we are using it. Under normal circumstances, these Rolls Royce, GE, Safran authorities will not let you pass the facilities where single crystal turbines are produced. Because technology is hidden. Leave CAATSA, the embargo, this is a secret technology. We are doing this right now. Again, the castings of our engines for unmanned aerial vehicles; England blocked the cooperation for various reasons. We did this in a very short time, we developed it. It is now active. BAYKAR, TUSAŞ institutes are flying with those engines very frequently. The UK has a clear embargo. Germany also has a secret sanction. But we also developed that product, it is currently at the prototype stage. It will be used in our engines."