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Paris Air Show: TAI eyes export sales

15th June 2015 - 18:40 GMT | by Tony Skinner in Paris

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After a period of rapid expansion since 2005, Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) is entering a new phase and believes the appearance of its equipment with the Turkish Armed Forces will help push initial export sales.

TAI president and CEO Muharrem Dörtkaşli told Shephard the company was ‘working very closely’ with several governments which were considering the T129 ATAK attack helicopter, but was unable to provide specific details on the offers.

‘We do have several potential customers we are talking to,’ he noted. ‘We have several contracts now with the Turkish government and are putting major items of equipment into the

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