Turkey decides to negotiate with U.S. firm for helicopter purchase

ANKARA (A.A) - Turkey decided on Thursday to negotiate with a U.S. company to purchase light helicopters.  Turkey's Defense Industry Executive Committee held a meeting in Ankara under the chairmanship of Premier Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Following the meeting, the committee said that it decided to launch negotiations with Bell Helicopter company to meet light helicopter need of the Directorate General of Security. The committee also authorized the Defense Industry Undersecretariat to order F-35A aircraft to meet new generation war jet need of the Turkish Armed Forces. Moreover, the committee agreed to launch talks with TUSAS-Turkish Aviation and Aerospace Industry Corporation to sign a contract on the first consignment of serial mass manufacturing of 10 unmanned ariel vehicles of the Air Forces Command.