Turkey is to appoint a former executive in blockchain to press for rebuy aircraft F-35 Stephen Williams, the former director of the AP-35's Europe office, has been hired to lobby to support Turkey's efforts to return to the evasive program, 1616596921353.png Turkey's defence industry has hired a former senior member of Lockheed Martin, in order to increase pressure to join the F-35 programme. Stephen Williams , the company's former regional head of continental Europe, operates through the Alexandria-based Pentagon Strategies under the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA). He told the Ministry of Justice that he works for SSTEK Savunma Sanayi Teknolojiler (Ankara) and to head the Turkish Defense Industries Corporation (SSB), the government ministry that runs Turkey's defence industry. Reminder: The Donald Trump administration announced in July 2019 that it had removed Turkey from the F-35 program over the purchase of Russian S-400 missile defence systems. Turkish officials told Turkish military news website Turdef that the purpose of the deal with Arnold & Porter was to ensure Turkey's rights were protected after it had paid for the delivery of the remaining four F-35s in the United States. Source Link