British-owned BNA will continue as Nurol Kontrol ve Aviyonik Sistemleri, a wholly Turkish-owned company. The partnership structure of the defense and aviation company BNA, which operates as a partnership between Nurol Holding and British BAE Systems, has changed. With the transfer of 49 percent of BAE Systems' shares to Nurol Holding, the company will continue as Nurol Kontrol ve Aviyonik Sistemleri AŞ with 100 percent Turkish capital.
The company started the delivery of avionic control panels for the Hürjet. It also provides engineering support to the MMU.
Stating that the company's name and logo have completely changed following the share transfer, Gökalp said, "Our new title has been determined as Nurol Kontrol ve Avionik Sistemleri AŞ (Nurol Controls & Avionics Systems-Nurol CAS) in line with the business focus of our company. All 7 members of the Board of Directors will consist of respected executives of Nurol Holding and experienced professionals in the sector."
Gökalp stated that they will continue to further develop their dynamic and flexible structure, innovative working approach, existing capital and human resources. Gökalp said, "This will be a period in which our decision-making mechanisms will function faster, and we will focus on innovative, competitive and reliable solutions not only in the field of aviation, but also in space and other defense industry platforms by prioritizing the goals in the BNA fiction.
Regarding the advantages that a 100 percent national company structure will provide, Gökalp said, "One of the most important issues in the defence sector is to eliminate foreign dependency and create indigenous products and solutions domestically. When we are a 100 percent domestic company, it is much more possible to achieve this and ensure that the resulting technology remains in our country. On the other hand, it is possible to see the interest in Turkish defense industry products in some target countries. When the time comes, it will be much easier with this share structure to establish the production infrastructure of some products of our own design in these countries. The cooperation that Nurol Holding's affiliated organizations have already established abroad will also contribute to us."
- Hürjet deliveries have started
Eray Gökalp explained that when the company was founded, they focused on control, autonomy and some avionic systems that have a high level of safety criticality in aviation. Within the scope of these fields of activity, Eray Gökalp said that they have been working on the development of software and hardware intensive flight control, engine control and mission control systems under the control technologies, as well as other aircraft systems control units, cockpit control units and additionally fuel, hydraulic and air conditioning system sub-units.
Gökalp said that they have completed the development of a multi-purpose gas turbine engine control system for export to Germany, and completed deliveries to AES, a company established in partnership with MTU-Safran, and that they have spent intensive effort and resources on the development of infrastructure for Flight Control System technologies, especially for the flight control computer and active pilot controls.
Stating that they took part in research and development projects conducted by BAE Systems in the UK, Gökalp said that they were deemed worthy of the "Business Leader" award at the BAE Systems Chairman Awards for their "virtual reality" development project.
Stating that the project to develop a health monitoring and control system for FNSS has reached the acceptance stage, Gökalp said:
"We have already started our first product deliveries to TAI for the development of avionic control panels for the Hürjet program. Within the scope of the National Combat Aircraft Program, we have provided fuel systems system engineering support to TAI, and we continue to provide expert engineering support for avionic systems. We aim to take part in localization projects for fuel system units. We have submitted various proposals. We hope to see the results of our increasing initiatives to take more part in our country's aviation programs and provide added value in the near future."
Gökalp stated that the unmanned aerial vehicle concept study named Alesta, which they initiated for R&D purposes, has created a very good platform for control and autonomous technologies, and noted that they plan to increase their system technology readiness levels by using this platform more effectively.
Eray Gökalp emphasized that since control and autonomous systems have a wide range of applications, they aim to take part in different civilian and military platforms such as the automotive and space industries, in addition to aviation, with the infrastructure they have developed.
- Aiming to expand exports to Germany and the UK
Stating that Nurol Control and Avionics Systems will work to bring critical technologies needed by the aviation, space and defence industry, which have not yet been attempted and which are still dependent on foreign sources, Gökalp said that Nurol Control and Avionics Systems will continue on its path with the aim of becoming a company that has achieved global competitiveness and can export the products it develops. Gökalp made the following assessments:
"Our main goal is to become a reliable and qualified subcontractor of our main system manufacturers with the technologies we focus on for the rapidly developing aviation, space and defence programs in our country. We will take the necessary institutional steps to realize this and make it sustainable. We aim to continue and expand the export projects we have started to carry out in Germany and the UK. In this sense, we will take part in relevant clusters, fairs and events to promote our company capabilities and products. We will expand our university-industry collaborations to produce new scientific approaches, support our research and development projects and train qualified human resources."
Havacılık ve savunma sanayisine Türk-İngiliz ortaklı olarak katkı sağlayan BNA, yola yüzde 100 Türk sermayeli Nurol Kontrol ve Aviyonik Sistemleri olarak devam edecek. - Anadolu Ajansı
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