Turkish Aerospace

Turkish Aerospace (Türk Havacılık ve Uzay Sanayii, TUSAŞ) is Turkey's technology center for the development, modernization, manufacture, system integration and lifecycle support of aviation and space systems. Its headquarters are in Kahramankazan, Ankara.

Products

• Aircraft: KAAN national combat aircraft, Hürjet jet trainer, Hürkuş and aerostructures programmes
• Helicopters: T129 ATAK, T625 Gökbey and a multirole utility helicopter
• Unmanned aerial vehicles: Anka, Aksungur, Anka III and Şimşek-K
• Space systems: Göktürk-2
• Aerostructures for other aircraft makers
• Integrated logistics support for the products it designs and builds

Company facts

• Established under the Ministry of Industry and Technology on June 28, 1973
• Founded in 1984 as a Turkish-U.S. joint company to build F-16 aircraft in Turkey, and restructured in 2005 when Turkish shareholders bought the foreign shares
• Six strategic business centers: Aviation Structurals, Aircraft, Helicopter, UAV Systems, Space Systems and National Combat Aircraft, plus an Engineering Group
• Shareholders: Turkish Armed Forces Foundation (54.49 percent), Defence Industry Agency (45.45 percent) and Turkish Aeronautical Association (0.06 percent)
• News from August 2025 reports a contract with Indonesia for 48 KAAN fighters
• Second site at the ODTÜ Teknokent in Ankara