Tusaş Engine Industries

Tusaş Engine Industries (TEI; Turkish: TUSAŞ Motor Sanayii A.Ş.) is an aerospace engine manufacturer and a design center for the production of engines and engine parts for commercial and military aircraft. It is based in Eskişehir, Turkey.^[1][2]

TEI was founded in 1985 as a joint venture between GE Aviation and Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI), the Turkish Armed Forces Foundation,^[3] and the Turkish Aeronautical Association.^[4][5]

History

The company started with component manufacturing for the General Electric F110 engines in the F-16 aircraft of the Turkish Air Force.^[6]

Products and projects

Indigenous engines

• TEI TS1400 turboshaft aviation engine for rotary wing applications such as the TAI T625 Gökbey, T-129 ATAK^[7]
• TEI-PD170 turbodiesel aviation engines for the TAI Anka UAVs^{[8][9][10][11]}
• TEI-PD222ST turbodiesel aviation engine^[12]
• TEI-PG50 2-stroke gasoline aviation engine^[13]
• TEI-PG50S 2-stroke gasoline aviation engine^[14]
• TEI-TJ300 turbojet medium range anti-ship missile engine^[15]
• TEI-TJ90 turbojet engine for UAVs, including TAI Şimşek target drone^[16][17]
• TEI-TJ35 turbojet engine^[18]
• TEI-TP38 turboprop engine^[19]
• An engine to power the TAI TF-X^[20]
• TEI-TF6000 turbofan engine^[21]
• TEI-TF10000 turbofan engine^[22]

Licensed engines

• General Electric T700 (T700-TEI-701D variant) for the T-70, a local variant of the S-70 Black Hawk^[23][24][25]
• General Electric F110 engines^[26]
• LHTEC T800 turboshaft engines for rotary wing applications such as the T-129 Atak^{[27][28][better source needed]}

Parts and modules

• CFM International LEAP^[29]
• General Electric GEnx^[30][31]
• CFM International CFM56^[32]
• General Electric GE90^[33]
• General Electric GE9X^[34]
• General Electric T700 (T700-TEI-701D variant)^[23]
• Also for many other engines^[35]

References