Pakistan, Türkiye Reportedly Look at Developing a Helicopter

One vital issue developed because the collapse of the T129 deal; the brand new emergence of Türkiye’s indigenous turboshaft engine, the Tusaş Engine Industries (TEI) TS1400.

Türkiye initiated the event of the TS1400 in 2017 with the purpose of decreasing its reliance on international turboshaft engines, notably from the U.S. TEI estimated that the event of the TS1400 would take about eight years. 

In 2020, TEI examined the TS1400’s core. In 2023, the TS1400 was efficiently test-flown from a TAI T625 Gökbey utility helicopter, which was indigenously developed by TAI.

Since then, the TS1400 has undergone certification checks, with its newest one efficiently occurring in June 2024 for the European Union Aviation Security Company’s (EASA) CS-E 740 endurance check necessities. 

By 15 consecutive six-hour endurance checks (assembly the CS-E 740 requirement), the TS1400 achieved an influence ranking of 1,740 shp (or 1,279 kW). 

Worldwide certification of the TS1400 is predicted to be accomplished by 2026, aligning with the eight-year roadmap TEI set for creating the engine. 

It’s doable that either side are discussing a possible joint helicopter program centered on TEI’s TS1400, which may quantity to one among a number of potential outcomes.