flyboy2
17th Sep 2006, 08:13
SA eager to sell Rooivalk to Turkey
June 1, 2006
Ankara - South Africa has offered to transfer military technology to Turkey in a bid to get ahead of competitors in a $1.5-billion (about R10-billion) tender for 91 attack helicopters for the army.
"There would be a high level of sharing in transfer of technology and intellectual property rights", South African Minister of Public Enterprises Alec Erwin told a press conference here late on Wednesday to promote the Rooivalk attack helicopter.
"That applies to any program we are involved in with Turkey, not only the Rooivalk," he said.
European and US weapons suppliers offer high-end defence products, but often refuse to share manufacturing information to buyers.
The Turkish tender requires offset agreements for the domestic manufacturing of 40 to 50 percent of the weapons and state-owned Denel Aviation, which produces the Rooivalk, said it would have no difficulty meeting such a requirement.
"Denel has expertise in transferring technology and erecting manufacturing plants anywhere in the world, which is what we would do for Turkey, if such a requirement exists," Denel CEO Shaun Liebenberg said in a written statement.
http://www.busrep.co.za/index.php?fSectionId=&fArticleId=3272460
June 1, 2006
Ankara - South Africa has offered to transfer military technology to Turkey in a bid to get ahead of competitors in a $1.5-billion (about R10-billion) tender for 91 attack helicopters for the army.
"There would be a high level of sharing in transfer of technology and intellectual property rights", South African Minister of Public Enterprises Alec Erwin told a press conference here late on Wednesday to promote the Rooivalk attack helicopter.
"That applies to any program we are involved in with Turkey, not only the Rooivalk," he said.
European and US weapons suppliers offer high-end defence products, but often refuse to share manufacturing information to buyers.
The Turkish tender requires offset agreements for the domestic manufacturing of 40 to 50 percent of the weapons and state-owned Denel Aviation, which produces the Rooivalk, said it would have no difficulty meeting such a requirement.
"Denel has expertise in transferring technology and erecting manufacturing plants anywhere in the world, which is what we would do for Turkey, if such a requirement exists," Denel CEO Shaun Liebenberg said in a written statement.
http://www.busrep.co.za/index.php?fSectionId=&fArticleId=3272460