The first domestic military engines with 400 horsepower produced by BMC Power, designed and developed by Turkish engineers, were delivered. The name of Turkey’s first domestic mass-produced military land vehicle engine was “Tuna”. Here are the details of the news…
The first mass-produced domestic and national engine designed and developed by Turkish engineers to enter the inventory of the Turkish Armed Forces was named “Tuna”, and the first engines were shipped.
“WHAT THE HEART IS THE ENGINE”
In his speech at the ceremony, Presidential Defense Industry Vice President Celal Sami Tüfekci said that the serial delivery of the engine is important in terms of showing Turkey and the world how the Turkish defense industry can be a team.
“DOMESTIC MOTOR JOURNEY WILL CONTINUE”
Expressing that BMC Power has turned into a company that shapes the future, Yalçıntaş stated that domestic engines will be fitted to the Fırtına howitzer soon, and that they will soon begin mass production deliveries of Altay tanks.
“While designing and producing engines whose design and parts belong to someone else, we have come to the point where we design and manufacture an engine whose design and more or less all critical parts belong to us.” Yalçıntaş said, “What is the heart in a person, the engine and power group are in a vehicle. It is a great honor to be able to produce the engine of a military platform locally. This means that no one will be able to impose anything on the use of engines, the platforms on which they are mounted.” used the phrases.
BMC Executive Board Member and Top Manager Murat Yalçıntaş emphasized that a new peak has been reached today in BMC’s story that started in 1964.
Tüfekci stated that starting from the platforms to be strengthened by these engines, domestic and national platforms, especially the Altay tank, will be strengthened with engine projects such as Batu, Utku and Azra.
Expressing that the “we can’t do” mentality is far behind in high-tech and value-added production, Tüfekci said, “With this delivery, we are showing what we can do with our own design and production capabilities.” said.
In his speech at the ceremony, Presidential Defense Industry Vice President Celal Sami Tüfekci said that the serial delivery of the engine is important in terms of showing Turkey and the world how the Turkish defense industry can be a team.
Presidential Defense Industry Presidency executives, representatives of subcontractors involved in the project and BMC Power employees attended the ceremony held at BMC Power’s Arifiye facilities for the first shipment of the Tuna engine.
“A MESSAGE TO A FRIENDLY ENEMY”
