Turkish Aerospace Industries

Turkish Aerospace Industries, known as TAI or TUSAŞ, is a state-owned arms and aerospace company in Turkey. It was incorporated under the Ministry of Industry and Technology on 28 June 1973 to reduce Turkey's dependence on foreign defense suppliers, began with the co-production of the F-16 Fighting Falcon, and was restructured in 2005 when Turkish shareholders bought out the foreign shares. Today it is organised into strategic business groups for aviation structures, aircraft, helicopters, unmanned aerial vehicles, space systems and the National Combat Aircraft, and works on more than 50 military and commercial programs. It makes parts for Airbus, Boeing and others and has developed domestic products such as the Anka and Aksungur drones, the Hürkuş trainer, the T625 Gökbey helicopter, the Hürjet trainer and the Kaan fifth-generation fighter.