Sourced : Defence Aerospace
By Giovanni de Briganti
Turkey has signed an agreement to develop a new anti-defense system based on the French-Italian SAMP/T*, and plans to launch its full-scale development in 2019.
The Heads of Agreement document was signed by two Turkish state-controlled companies, Aselsan and Roketsan, and the Eurosam consortium, the Paris-based joint venture company that is co-owned by missile house MBDA and electronics group Thales.
Signature of the agreement was announced by Turkish defense minister Fikri Isik during the Bastille Day reception at the French Embassy in Ankara on July 14, and was first reported by the Anadolu news agency.
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