The Turkish Government has signed a contract with the country’s leading aerospace company for the design, development and serial production of an indigenous armed trainer aircraft. Turkish Aerospace Industries will develop and manufacture 12 Hurkus-C armed trainers with a follow-on option to deliver 12 more. According to the deal between TAI and the Undersecretariat for Defence Industries, the programme for the trainers will maximise the use of locally developed software and hardware, including in the design and integration stages.