![]() The PowerPack issue was discussed again during the visit of our Minister of Foreign Affairs, and the necessary agreements were signed for the export permit. DEMİR shared details about the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the parties of both countries following the signing of the Letter of Intent (LoI) in Seoul, "Due to the COVID Pandemic, there was a considerable slowdown on the Korean side. Later in December 2021, President of Defense Industries İsmail DEMİR shared further information about the procurement of the Korean Powerpack at the "Global Strategies Conference in the Defense and Aerospace Industry '21" held in Antalya. On October 22, he met with KANG Eun-ho, the head of South Korea's Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA), and signed a letter of intent (LoI), approving the sale of the ALTAY Tank's powerpack. Regarding the procurement of Korean Powerpack, Turkey's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mevlüt ÇAVUŞOĞLU, previously made an official visit to South Korea between October 21-24, 2021. The testing process may take a little longer as the transmission will be used for the first time." We expect to start the serial production of the ALTAY MBT with this powerpack within two years. At the moment, we have reached a certain point with South Korea for the serial production of the powerpack. This powerpack is different from the ones used in Korean tanks because they still use the German transmission. This is the first time this powerpack has been integrated into a tank. ![]() "We have integrated the Korean powerpack into the ALTAY MBT prototypes and began testing with very good results. DEMİR also stated that the testing of the 1,500 hp indigenous tank engine BATU has started, and integration activities of this engine with the domestic transmission still continue. DEMİR pointed out that the engines from Korea were integrated into the ALTAY Main Battle Tank (MBT) prototype with promising results during the ongoing tests. İsmal DEMİR, talked about the developments in the Turkish defense industry on NTV live broadcast. ![]() On May 11, 2022, the President of Defense Industries, Prof. ![]()
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