The Ministry of National Defence R&D Centre unveiled the domestic turbofan jet engine project GÜÇHAN, with a thrust of 42,000 pounds-force, at the SAHA EXPO 2026 fair.
TEI has successfully developed the production technology for single crystal turbine blades, the most critical component of aircraft engines, using domestic resources.
Haluk Görgün, President of Defence Industries, announced: TEI received a giant export order worth $2.95 billion for 22 different engine programmes. Total order volume reached $8.2 billion.
The domestically produced turbofan engine, TF6000, was successfully started for the first time.
The National Combat Aircraft (MMU) Engineering Center was inaugurated with a ceremony held at TUSAŞ facilities.
The domestically produced aircraft engine from TEI will power the new AKINCI and TB3 UAVs.