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Turkey- US missile agency praises US firms' rival in Turkish race
(MENAFN- The Journal Of Turkish Weekly) The U.S. Missile Defense Agency has awarded its “Technology Pioneer Award” to a European system currently competing with a U.S. partnership in a multibillion-dollar competition for a Turkish contract.
The award went to the SAMP/T system developed by the French-Italian Eurosam the contender in the Turkish program designed to build the country’s first long-range air and anti-missile defense system.
The U.S. Missile Defense Agency said the award came in recognition of the successful firing on March 6 2013 of an Aster 30 Block 1 missile against a target representing a SCUD-type tactical ballistic missile in liaison with theNATOcommand chain.
The firing of SAMP/T aimed to demonstrate its defensive capability and interoperability withNATOthrough the use of Link 16. The system has proven that it can be integrated into joint forces and inter-allied operations.
In Turkey the European winner of the U.S. award is the rival of the U.S. partnership of Lockheed Martin and Raytheon maker of the Patriot system.
One senior defense procurement official said he was “puzzled” with the U.S. acknowledgement. “The U.S. agency is a prestigious body. We cannot ignore the award. But there will be plenty of other parameters in the competition” he said.
One western aerospace industry official said the award would inevitably boost SAMP/T’s profile in the Turkish competition.
“This is a prestigious acknowledgement … that seals the [European] system’s interoperability withNATOassets and its capability for integration into allied operations. No doubt a profile booster…” said the official.
But Turkish defense industry sources agree that a decision on the Turkish contract is not imminent due to political uncertainties.
AfterAnkaraselected a Chinese company in September 2013 to build the air defense architecture it came under heavy pressure from its Western allies to reconsider the decision. Last yearAnkaraopened parallel negotiations with Eurosam.
In 2013 Turkey’s Defense Industry Executive Committee selectedChinaPrecision Machinery Import-Export Corp (CPMIEC) as the best bidder and Eurosam as the second. The U.S. partnership came third in the bidding. CPMIEC offered a solution with a price tag of $3.44 billion.
ByBurak Bekdil
The award went to the SAMP/T system developed by the French-Italian Eurosam the contender in the Turkish program designed to build the country’s first long-range air and anti-missile defense system.
The U.S. Missile Defense Agency said the award came in recognition of the successful firing on March 6 2013 of an Aster 30 Block 1 missile against a target representing a SCUD-type tactical ballistic missile in liaison with theNATOcommand chain.
The firing of SAMP/T aimed to demonstrate its defensive capability and interoperability withNATOthrough the use of Link 16. The system has proven that it can be integrated into joint forces and inter-allied operations.
In Turkey the European winner of the U.S. award is the rival of the U.S. partnership of Lockheed Martin and Raytheon maker of the Patriot system.
One senior defense procurement official said he was “puzzled” with the U.S. acknowledgement. “The U.S. agency is a prestigious body. We cannot ignore the award. But there will be plenty of other parameters in the competition” he said.
One western aerospace industry official said the award would inevitably boost SAMP/T’s profile in the Turkish competition.
“This is a prestigious acknowledgement … that seals the [European] system’s interoperability withNATOassets and its capability for integration into allied operations. No doubt a profile booster…” said the official.
But Turkish defense industry sources agree that a decision on the Turkish contract is not imminent due to political uncertainties.
AfterAnkaraselected a Chinese company in September 2013 to build the air defense architecture it came under heavy pressure from its Western allies to reconsider the decision. Last yearAnkaraopened parallel negotiations with Eurosam.
In 2013 Turkey’s Defense Industry Executive Committee selectedChinaPrecision Machinery Import-Export Corp (CPMIEC) as the best bidder and Eurosam as the second. The U.S. partnership came third in the bidding. CPMIEC offered a solution with a price tag of $3.44 billion.
ByBurak Bekdil
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