TUSAŞ Engine Inc (TEI) is working to produce the F110-GE-129E engine in Turkiye, which is planned to be used in the National Combat Aircraft (TF) until the national engine is ready. TEI General Manager Mahmut Faruk Akşit stated that the F110-GE-129E engine, which is planned to be used at TF until the national engine is prepared, will be produced at TEI facilities. F-15 fighters also use this engine model.
Speaking to M5 magazine, Akşit said, “TEI will perform the production of the F110-GE-129E engines in in Eskişehir. We continue to work on it to be done in our facilities. In this context, we are working on a business model to keep domestic production at maximum with the platform manufacturer TUSAŞ and the primary engine manufacturer General Electric.”
Abdurrahman Şeref Can, the Defence Industry Agency (DIA), Head of the Aircraft Department, stated at the Air and Avionic Systems Seminar held on 2-3 June 2022 that the first F110-GE-129E engine was delivered to Turkiye.
The F110-GE-129E model has some improvements introduced over the F110 engine family’s service life. The 129E variant incorporates improvements from GE’s Service Life Extension Programme (SLEP) and upgrades to the combustor and high-pressure turbine. The enhancements reduce up to 25 per cent in cost per flight hour and increase engine cycle life by 50 per cent. Twin engine F-15 has two F110-GE-129E on board.
