Tusaş Engine Industries (TEI; ) 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

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. TEI was founded in 1985 as a joint venture between

Turkish Aerospace Industries Turkish Aerospace Industries Inc. (, TAI or TUSAŞ) is a state-owned Arms industry, arms company in Turkey. History On 16 August 1925 the Turkish Aircraft and Engine Limited Company ''()'' factory was founded in Kayseri, Turkey. The company ...

(50.5%) and

GE Aerospace General Electric Company, doing business as GE Aerospace, is an American aircraft engine supplier that is headquartered in Evendale, Ohio, outside Cincinnati. It is the legal successor to the original General Electric Company founded in 1892, w ...

(46.2%), the Turkish Armed Forces Foundation, and the Turkish Aeronautical Association.

History

The company started with component manufacturing for the General Electric F110 engines in the

F-16 The General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon is an American single-engine supersonic multirole fighter aircraft originally developed by General Dynamics for the United States Air Force (USAF). Designed as an air superiority day fighter, it e ...

aircraft of the

Turkish Air Force The Turkish Air Force () is the Air force, air and space force of the Turkish Armed Forces. It traces its origins to 1 June 1911 when it was founded as the Ottoman Aviation Squadrons, Aviation Squadrons by the Ottoman Empire. It was composed ...

. Since 2010, great importance has been given to domestic design and a large amount of resources have been allocated. TEI designed 13 engines in a 10-year period between 2014 and 2024. Flights were carried out with 7 of these engines. 6 of them entered mass production. TEI is developing Türkiye's first turbofan engine,

TEI-TF6000 The TEI-TF6000 is an indigenously developed turbofan A turbofan or fanjet is a type of airbreathing jet engine that is widely used in aircraft engine, aircraft propulsion. The word "turbofan" is a combination of references to the preced ...

. The company's long-term goal is for Türkiye to become a self-sufficient country in the field of aviation engines.

Products and projects

Indigenous engines

* TEI-PD170 turbodiesel aviation engines for the TAI Anka UAVs * TEI-PD222ST turbodiesel aviation engine * TEI-PG50 2-stroke gasoline aviation engine * TEI-PG50S 2-stroke gasoline aviation engine * TEI-TJ300 turbojet medium range anti-ship missile engine * TEI-TJ90 turbojet engine for UAVs, including TAI Şimşek

target drone A target drone is an unmanned aerial vehicle, generally remote controlled, usually used in the training of anti-aircraft crews. One of the earliest drones was the British DH.82 Queen Bee, a variant of the Tiger Moth trainer aircraft operation ...

* TEI-TJ35 turbojet engine * TEI-TP38 turboprop engine * TEI TS1400

turboshaft A turboshaft engine is a form of gas turbine that is optimized to produce shaft horsepower rather than jet thrust. In concept, turboshaft engines are very similar to turbojets, with additional turbine expansion to extract heat energy from the ex ...

aviation engine for rotary wing applications such as the TAI T625 Gökbey, T-129 ATAK *

turbofan A turbofan or fanjet is a type of airbreathing jet engine that is widely used in aircraft engine, aircraft propulsion. The word "turbofan" is a combination of references to the preceding generation engine technology of the turbojet and the add ...

engine * TEI-TF10000 turbofan engine * TEI-TF35000 turbofan engine

Licensed engines

General Electric T700 The General Electric T700 and CT7 are a family of turboshaft and turboprop engines in the class. Design and development In 1967, General Electric began work on a new turboshaft engine demonstrator designated the "GE12" in response to US Army i ...

(T700-TEI-701D variant) for the T-70, a local variant of the S-70 Black Hawk * General Electric F110 engines *

LHTEC T800 The LHTEC T800 is a turboshaft engine for rotary wing applications. It is produced by the LHTEC (Light Helicopter Turbine Engine Company), a joint venture between Rolls-Royce and Honeywell. The commercial and export version is the CTS800. The ...

engines for rotary wing applications such as the T-129 Atak

Parts and modules

CFM International LEAP The CFM International LEAP ("Leading Edge Aviation Propulsion") is a high-bypass turbofan engine produced by CFM International, a 50–50 joint venture between the American GE Aerospace and the French Safran Aircraft Engines. As the successor ...

General Electric GEnx The General Electric GEnx ("General Electric Next-generation") is an advanced dual rotor, axial flow, high-bypass turbofan jet engine in production by GE Aerospace for the Boeing 747-8 and Boeing 787, 787. The GEnx succeeded the General Electri ...

CFM International CFM56 The CFM International CFM56 (U.S. military designation F108) series is a Franco-American family of high-bypass turbofan aircraft engines made by CFM International (CFMI), with a thrust range of . CFMI is a 50–50 joint-owned company of Safran ...

General Electric GE90 The General Electric GE90 is a family of High-bypass turbofan engine, high-bypass turbofan aircraft engines built by GE Aerospace for the Boeing 777, with thrust ratings from . It entered service with British Airways in November 1995. It is one ...

* General Electric GE9X *

(T700-TEI-701D variant) * Europrop TP400 (Engine of the Airbus A400M Atlas) * Also for many other engines

References

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