The ATEC Series 6 test system of EADS Test & Services chosen for testing the Turkish Army's Cougar helicopters has been accepted
* First military application in Turkey for the ATEC Series 6 test system
* Installation in October 2005 in Turkey
Ankara, IDEF, 27 September 2005
Further to the order of an ATEC Series 6 test station and test programmes for the Turkish Army’s Cougar helicopters, the acceptance process of the test system has been completed in Toulouse last week. Delivery to the Turkish Land Forces’ maintenance facilities will take place in Ankara during October and will be followed by immediate entry into service. This ATEC Series 6 will be used for testing 14 different avionics units of the Turkish Cougar helicopters. It is the first military application of the ATEC Series 6 in Turkey.
The order was placed in September 2004 by the Undersecretariat for Defence Industries of the Republic of Turkey (SSM) with GATE Elektronik, the Turkish partner of EADS Test & Services.
GATE Elektronik is a Turkish company based in Ankara which specializes in maintenance and repair activities. An agreement has been signed between the two companies to promote EADS Test & Services’ test systems and services on the Turkish military market. This first application of the ATEC Series 6 for the Turkish Army’s Cougar helicopters paves the way for other Turkish military applications such as fixed-wing aircraft, land vehicles, missiles and ships. It enlarges the scope of activities for EADS Test & Services’ ATEC testers which are already in use for the maintenance of the Turkish Airlines fleet.
World leader in the test of civil avionics, EADS Test & Services is also the leader in test equipment for French weapon systems. Already established in Europe, the company intends to develop its presence on the international military test market.
EADS Test & Services’ test systems, the ATEC and the SESAR 3000, have already been chosen for major military programmes such as the Rafale aircraft, the Tiger, Super Puma and CH47 helicopters and the ASTER missile. In total, more than 790 test stations and 4,000 test programmes are in operation with armed forces, maintenance organizations, airlines and equipment manufacturers throughout the world.
Based in Toulouse and in Vélizy-Villacoublay (Paris), EADS Test & Services is attached to the Business Unit EADS Services within the EADS Defence & Security Systems Division (DS). DS, with revenues of about € 5.4 billion in 2004 and roughly 23,000 employees across ten nations, forms the defence and security pillar within EADS. It offers integrated systems solutions to the new challenges confronting armed forces and homeland security units. It is active in the areas of military aircraft, missile systems, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) systems with manned and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), battlefield management systems, defence electronics, sensors and avionics, and related services. EADS is a global leader in aerospace, defence and related services. In 2004, EADS generated revenues of € 31.8 billion and employed a workforce of about 110,000.
Your contact at IDEF:
Jacques Gouazé
Tel.: +33 (0)6 07 31 94 71
EADS Test & Services
Sophie Thuillier
Toulouse
France
Tel.: +33 (0)5 34 55 43 19
mailto: sophie.thuillier@eads.com
EADS Services
Claire Allanche
Paris
France
Tel.: +33 (0)1 58 17 77 52
mailto: claire.allanche@eads.com
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