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Turkey Awards Three Companies Deal To Develop Future Missile Defense System

By Matthew Beinart

Friday, January 5th, 2018

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Turkey has awarded three companies, including France and Italy’s Eurosam, an 18-month contract to study future designs for a joint long range air and missile defense system.The deal was signed during a meeting Jan. 5 in Paris between Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and French President Emmanuel Macron. Turkish defense contracting companies Aselsan and Roketsan will work with Eurosam to develop the missile defense for future use by Turkey’s Air Force."Eurosam has been fully dedicated to air and missile defense…

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