1. AVIATION IN DEFENSE INDUSTRY

2. General (Ret.) Abidin ÜNAL Former Turkish Air Force Commander
General Abidin ÜNAL was born in 1953 in Pınarbaşı-KAYSERİ. After completing his high school education in Ankara at Chemistry Tecnical School.
He joined Air Force Akademi in 1972 and graduated in 1975 in İstanbul.
Upon graduating from Flight Training School as fighter pilot in 1977, he was assingned to 3rd MainJet Base/Konya Combat Readiness School and served as insructor Pilot until

3. He attended Air War College in 1982, graduated in 1984 and assigned to Air Force Academy as Cadet Company Commander.
With first Turkey’s F-16 activation in 1987, first he was assigned to Öncel (143th) Squadron in Akıncı as Operations Officer and Instructor Pilot, then in 1989 he was transferred to 142nd Squadron to lead F-16 activation.
In 1990 he became a project officer in Ministry Of Defence F-16 System Management Divison. Later in 1991 he was assigned to Bandırma 162nd Squadron’s F-16 activation as Operatons Officer.
In 1992 he attended UK Royal Air Force College. After graduation he was assigned to Balıkesir for 192nd Squadron’s F-16 activation as Squadron Commander in 1993.

4. In 1994 he worked at Turkish General Staff Headquarters as Project Officer of Disarmament and International Relations Branch. In was assigned as Military Advisor of Turkish Permament Representative of OSCE in Vienna for three years.
In 1998 he became Operations Commander of 5th Main Jet Base- Merzifon. He promoted to the rank of Brigadier General in August and he was assigned as the Head of Scientific Decision Support Center in General Staff Headquarters. During this duty, he was a senior member of NATO Research and Technology Board.
Between 2002 and 2003 he was 5th Main Jet Base Commander. Later he was assigned to Air Force Headquarters as the Head of Project Management Division . He promoted to the rank of Major General in August 2004 and assumed the duty of Chief of Plans and Policy Division at Headquarters.

5. in August 2006 he was assigned as the Commander of Air Force Academy in İstanbul.
He was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant General in Between and 2009 he was the Head of General Staff Inspection Division.
He was Chief Of Staff of the Air Force between 2009 and In 2011, Lieutenant General ÜNAL was assigned as the Commander of 1st Air Force and NATO’s 6th Combined Air Operation Center in Eskişehir.
He was promoted to the rank of General in 30 August 2014 and assigned to Air Combat Command as Commander.
General Ünal was the Turkish Air Force Commander between 14 August and 20 August 2017.

6. AVIATION IN DEFENSE INDUSTRY
AVIATION IN DEFENSE INDUSTRY
 WEEKS COURSE
1 Meeting, Introduction and Definitions
2 Aviation History in Turkey and in the World
3. Aviation Industry History in Turkey and in the World
4 Aviation Industry History in Turkey and in the World
5 Aviation Strategy in Defense and in Commercial Aviation
6 Defense Planning, Turkey’s Defense Planning
7 Weapon Acqusition Process, Turkey’s Acqusition Process
8 Midterm

7. 9 Armed Forces and Air Power Rewiev in the World
WEEKS COURSES
9 Armed Forces and Air Power Rewiev in the World
10 Turkish Military Forces and Turkish Air Force
11 Turkey’s Defense Industry, Firms and Aplications
12 Turkey’s Defense Industry, Firms and Aplications
13 Foreign Defense Industries, Firms and Aplications
14 State Policy on Technology
15 THK Efforts in Aviation and Industry
16 Summary and Evaluation
17 Final

8. Aviation and Industrial Relations
Aviation systems are the latest technology
Technological competence (maturity) is essential for the aviation industry.
Aviation Industry and commercial aviation keeps the economy alive
Aviation systems (eg: aircraft) production is not possible with a single factory
About 400 thousand parts are required for a Fighter Aircraft.
There are 5 main companies and 1600 subcontractors

9. Aviation and Industrial Relations
Aviation systems developments require long-term (15-20 years) and large investment (20-40B USD)
Due to multiple participation, it is very important to provide mainstream engineering (or program manegement)
F-35 Case Study

10. F-35 PRORAM

11. F-35 PROGRAM Definition:
«JSF affodable next generetion strike aircraft weapon systems for the Air Force, Navy and Allies. F-35 will bring cutting-edge Technologies to the battlespace of the future.»
«JSF’s advanced airframe, autonomic logistics, avionics, propulsion system, stealth and firepower will ensure that the F-35 is the most affordable, lethal, supportable and survivable aircraft ever to be used across the globe»

12. F-35 VERSIONS F-35A: Conventional Take Off and Landing (CTOL)
F-35B: Short Take Off and Landing (STOVL)
F-35C: Carrier Variant (CV)

13. F-35 PROGRAM PHASES CONCEPT DEFINITION PHASE 1983-1996 (13 years)
CONCEPT DEMONSTRATION PHASE
(5-6 years)
PRODUCTION AND SUPPORT PHASE 2011-…
(40+ years)
SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT AND DEMONSTRATION PHASE
(10 years)

14. CONCEPT DEFINITION PHASE
Many Attempts For Requirments Definition
Advanced Tactical Aircraft (ATA)
Advanced Short Take Off/Vertical Landing (ASTOVL)
Naval Advanced Tactical Fighter (NATF)
Multi Role Fighter (MRF)
Advanced Attack Aircraft (A-X)
Redefining the Requirments after lessons learned from experiences
Affordable
Supportable
Survivable
Lethal

15. CONCEPT DEMONSTRATION PHASE
( )
Compatitors:
Airframe:
Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, British Aerospace (BAEs)
Boeing
Engine:
Pratt and Whitney (F-135 Engine)
General Electric (GE) and Rolls Royce (RR)
Winners:
Lockheed Martin
Pratt and Whitney

16. SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT AND DEMONSTRATION PHASE (2001-2011)
MAİN CONTRACTORS
Airframe: Lockheed Martin
Engine: Pratt and Whitney
1600 Subcontractors
(1500 in USA)
40.5B USD
PARTNERS
UK B USD
ITALY B USD
NETHERLAND M USD
TURKEY M USD
CANADA M USD
AUSTRALIA M USD
DENMARK M USD
NORWAY M USD
FMS PARTNERS: ISRAEL, SINGAPORE, S.KOREA,JAPAN

17. Air System Integration Air System Logistics Air System Production
F-35 PROGRAM MANEGEMENT GOVERNMENT OWNED «JOINT PROJECT OFFICE» (JPO) 16 INTEGRATED PROJECT TEAMS (IPT)
Air Sytem Engeneering
Air System Integration
Air System Logistics
Air System Production
Air System Requirements
Air Vehicle
Autonomic Logistics
Bussiness and Financial Manegement
Contracts
International Relations
Legal
Operations
Propulsion
Public Affair
Security
Verification and Tests

18. TURKEY’S PARTICIPATION
100+ F-35A PROCUREMENT
INDUSTRIAL PARTICIPATIONS

19. TURKEY’S PARTICIPATION

20. DEFINITIONS
National Benefit: The state's future and the objectives that must be achieved and protected in order to ensure the prosperity of the nation.
National Target: It is the concrete results that provide to reach national interests in case it is obtained.
Preamble of the Constitution:
‘’ In accordance of Ataturk's nationalism and understanding and its reforms and principles
As an honorable member and with the equal rights of the nation’s family of the World, the eternal existence of the Republic of Turkey,
Prosperity,
With the material and spiritual happiness
To reach the level of contemporary civilizations »

21. Article 4 of the Constitution:
To protect the independence and the integrity of the Turkish nation, the indivisibility of the country, the republic and democracy,
to ensure the welfare and well-being of the people,
to remove the political, economic and social barriers that limit the rights and freedoms of the person in a way that is incompatible with the principles of social law and justice,
to develop the material and spiritual existence of man
to prepare all necessary conditions for (above mentioned) goals.»
National Power: All the material and spiritual elements that a state will use to achieve its national goals and to achieve its national goals.

22. National Power Elements:
Political Power: Effective use of national power in internal and external problems and international relations (Leadership and good Governance)
Economic Power: Economic resources, goods and services production power, place and power in international trade.

23. Geography: Geopolitical effect of geographical location
Psycho-Social Power: Character and cultural structure of the nation with its human element and qualified moral values
Military Power: It is the power of the state which is used in the implementation of national policy and the achievement of national targets. (Peace deterrent, superior in battle)
Geography: Geopolitical effect of geographical location

24. Population Power: Number, structure and quality of population contribution to national power
Science and Technology: The level of development and preparation that a country has in the field of modern technology.
National Security: It is the whole of the activities carried out to protect the state's constitutional order, national existence, integrity, political, social, cultural and economic interests in the international area as well as the rights determined by international treaties against all kinds of internal and external threats.

25. National Strategy: Protecting the existence and prosperity of a nation is also the general policy adopted by the state in accordance with international law for this purpose.
Military Strategy: It is the sum of the procedures that should be implemented by the military organizations designed to achieve the desired strategic targets.

26. Air Force: A military organization established to carry out air war and to provide air defense of the country, consisting of aircraft, helicopters, aircraft and related ground services and organizations.
Air Power: Air Force, Civil Aviation, aviation education institutions and all the elements that support aviation (eg MTO, Airfields, Air Traffic, Maintenance-Repair capabilities)

27. Educated Man Power (Professinalism) Appropriate Management
Air Power Elements:
Modern Systems
Educated Man Power (Professinalism)
Appropriate Management

28. Acquisition: To acquire a weapon system or related parts from the contactor through design, engineering, production, testing and delivery process
Procurement (Purchase): A weapon system or related parts of the ready-made system is taken from the market/producer.
Difference: Those who have aviation industry and related technological readiness level implements «acqusition» process, those who do not have enough industry and technology level goes for «purchase» process.