Israel has completed the sale of electronic warfare systems to the Turkish air force, despite ongoing strained relations between the two countries.
The original deal, worth 200 million dollars, involved Israel's ELTA Systems Ltd., a subsidiary of Israel Aerospace Industries, delivering electronic systems for four Turkish Airborne Warning and Control Systems (AWAC) aircraft.
Following the 2010 Marvi Marmara ship incident, in which Turkish Islamist activists attacked Israel Navy commandos, an incident that resulted in the deaths of nine pro-Palestinian activists and pushed ties between Ankara and Jerusalem to breaking point, Israel held off on delivering the remaining systems, worth tens of millions of dollars.
The equipment have been now been delivered to the Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) facility in Ankara, the Turkish news website Today's Zaman reported on Sunday.
"A senior defense bureaucrat told Today's Zaman last month that Boeing, the manufacturer of the planes that are part of the system, had to intervene, the report said. Boeing told Israel that their refusal to complete the delivery was hurting their business, and Israel agreed to deliver the equipment, the defense source was quoted as saying.
"The integration of the additional parts into AWACS will be completed in weeks to come," the report said.
The Ministry of Defense in Israel said it does "not comment on defense contracts."
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I thought Erdogan considers Israel a terrorist state? Why buy military equipment from a terrorist state?
The original deal, worth 200 million dollars, involved Israel's ELTA Systems Ltd., a subsidiary of Israel Aerospace Industries, delivering electronic systems for four Turkish Airborne Warning and Control Systems (AWAC) aircraft.
Following the 2010 Marvi Marmara ship incident, in which Turkish Islamist activists attacked Israel Navy commandos, an incident that resulted in the deaths of nine pro-Palestinian activists and pushed ties between Ankara and Jerusalem to breaking point, Israel held off on delivering the remaining systems, worth tens of millions of dollars.
The equipment have been now been delivered to the Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) facility in Ankara, the Turkish news website Today's Zaman reported on Sunday.
"A senior defense bureaucrat told Today's Zaman last month that Boeing, the manufacturer of the planes that are part of the system, had to intervene, the report said. Boeing told Israel that their refusal to complete the delivery was hurting their business, and Israel agreed to deliver the equipment, the defense source was quoted as saying.
"The integration of the additional parts into AWACS will be completed in weeks to come," the report said.
The Ministry of Defense in Israel said it does "not comment on defense contracts."
Israel sells electronic warfare systems to Tur... JPost - Defense
I thought Erdogan considers Israel a terrorist state? Why buy military equipment from a terrorist state?
