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Tusaş Engine Industries (TEI; Turkish: TUSAŞ Motor Sanayii A.Ş.) is an aerospace engine manufacturer and a design center for the production of engines and engine parts for commercial and military aircraft. It is based in Eskişehir, Turkey.[1][2]
TEI was founded in 1985 as a joint venture between GE Aviation and Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI), the Turkish Armed Forces Foundation,[3] and the Turkish Aeronautical Association.[4][5]
History edit
The company started with component manufacturing for the General Electric F110 engines in the F-16 aircraft of the Turkish Air Force.[6]
Products and projects edit
Indigenous engines edit
- TEI TS1400 turboshaft aviation engine for rotary wing applications such as the TAI T625 Gökbey, T-129 ATAK[7]
- TEI-PD170 turbodiesel aviation engines for the TAI Anka UAVs[8][9][10][11]
- TEI-PD222ST turbodiesel aviation engine[12]
- TEI-PG50 2-stroke gasoline aviation engine[13]
- TEI-PG50S 2-stroke gasoline aviation engine[14]
- TEI-TJ300 turbojet medium range anti-ship missile engine[15]
- TEI-TJ90 turbojet engine for UAVs, including TAI Şimşek target drone[16][17]
- TEI-TJ35 turbojet engine[18]
- TEI-TP38 turboprop engine[19]
- An engine to power the TAI TF-X[20]
- TEI-TF6000 turbofan engine[21]
- TEI-TF10000 turbofan engine[22]
Licensed engines edit
- General Electric T700 (T700-TEI-701D variant) for the T-70, a local variant of the S-70 Black Hawk[23][24][25]
- General Electric F110 engines[26]
- LHTEC T800 turboshaft engines for rotary wing applications such as the T-129 Atak[27][28][better source needed]
Parts and modules edit
- CFM International LEAP[29]
- General Electric GEnx[30][31]
- CFM International CFM56[32]
- General Electric GE90[33]
- General Electric GE9X[34]
- General Electric T700 (T700-TEI-701D variant)[23]
- Also for many other engines[35]
References edit
- ^ "Official site of TEI". www.tei.com.tr. Official site of TEI. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
- ^ "About Us". www.tei.com.tr. Official site of TEI. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
- ^ Turkish Armed Forces Foundation, TUSAS ENGINE INDUSTRIES INC. – TEI
- ^ "VERICUT probes aero engine machining efficiency". Archived from the original on 2019-08-10. Retrieved 2017-01-25.
- ^ "Machinery - EOS process monitoring system completes pilot testing". www.machinery.co.uk.
- ^ "F-16 Air Forces - Turkey". www.f-16.net.
- ^ "TEI-TS1400". Tusaş Engine Industries (TEI). Retrieved 15 July 2021.
- ^ "TEI-PD170". www.tei.com.tr. Tusaş Engine Industries (TEI). Retrieved 15 July 2021.
- ^ "Janes | Latest defence and security news". Janes.com.
- ^ Algemeiner, The. "Analysis: Turkey's Fruitless Quest for Armed Drones". Algemeiner.com.
- ^ "Turkey seeks to develop local engines for UAVs and tank - Latest News". Hürriyet Daily News.
- ^ "TEI-PD222ST". Tusaş Engine Industries (TEI). Retrieved 15 July 2021.
- ^ "TEI-PG50". Tusaş Engine Industries (TEI). Retrieved 15 July 2021.
- ^ "TEI-PG50S". Tusaş Engine Industries (TEI). Retrieved 15 July 2021.
- ^ "TEI-TJ300". Tusaş Engine Industries (TEI). Retrieved 15 July 2021.
- ^ "TEI-TJ90". Tusaş Engine Industries (TEI). Retrieved 15 July 2021.
- ^ "View topic - Turkish Engine Industries Develops first TurboJet Engine - Modern Military Aircraft". www.f-16.net.
- ^ "TEI-TJ35". Tusaş Engine Industries (TEI). Retrieved 15 July 2021.
- ^ "TEI-TP38". Tusaş Engine Industries (TEI). Retrieved 15 July 2021.
- ^ Bekdil, Burak Ege (August 8, 2017). "Turks Seek Indigenous Engine Technology". Defense News.
- ^ "TEI-TF6000 Turbofan Engine". Tusaş Engine Industries (TEI).
- ^ "Milli Muharip Uçak için yerli motorda kritik süreç". airporthaber.com (in Turkish). 2023-03-20. Retrieved 2023-03-21.
- ^ a b "T700-TEI-701D". Tusaş Engine Industries (TEI). Retrieved 15 July 2021.
- ^ Bekdil, Burak Ege (August 8, 2017). "New $3.5B Deal Paves Way for Turkish-made Black Hawks". Defense News.
- ^ "Steps taken to support Saudi Arabia's defence industry efforts". December 28, 2016.
- ^ "F110 Engine". Tusaş Engine Industries (TEI). Retrieved 15 July 2021.
- ^ Perry2016-05-13T15:51:16+01:00, Dominic. "LHTEC aims for Turkish assembly of CTS800 engine". Flight Global.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Turkey keen on attack helicopter program despite snags - Latest News". Hürriyet Daily News.
- ^ "LEAP". www.tei.com.tr.
- ^ "GEnx". www.tei.com.tr.
- ^ "GE and TAI Extend Tusas Engine Industries, Inc. Joint Venture for Another 25 Years". GE Aviation. 29 January 2010. Archived from the original on 6 September 2015.
- ^ "CFM56". www.tei.com.tr.
- ^ "GE90". www.tei.com.tr.
- ^ "GE9X". www.tei.com.tr.
- ^ "TEI - Other International Engine Programs". TEI.[dead link]