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Airbus-Roketsan to weaponize C295 transport plane

Airbus Defence & Space and Turkish missile maker Roketsan have signed a Memorandum Of Understanding to integrate a range of weapon syst...

Airbus Defence & Space and Turkish missile maker Roketsan have signed a Memorandum Of Understanding to integrate a range of weapon systems on the Airbus C295W surveillance and transport aircraft.

C-295 at Farnborough 2016
Under the terms of the agreement signed at the Farnborough Airshow, the companies will collaborate on the design aspects, integration and initial testing phases of a variety of weapons from Roketsan’s existing product range.

Weapons to be integrated will include Cirit 70 mm laser-guided missile, LUMTAS laser-guided long-range anti-tank Missile and Teber laser-guided bomb.

The joint activity will begin in the coming months and will eventually lead to weapons carriage and release trials using Airbus Defence and Space’s development aircraft.