Date: Issue 65 - February 2016
Within the scope of the Modern Infantry Rifle Project conducted by the Undersecretariat for Defence Industries; the Serial Production Term Contract (Term-2), the contract negotiations of which were determined to be initiated by the Defence Industry Executive Committee, was signed between Kalekalıp Makina and Kalıp Sanayi A.Ş. and the Undersecretariat for Defence Industries on 15 December 2015. The contract value is approximately 60 million TL
As part of the project conducted for supplying 35,014 MPT-76s at the initial phase that will be delivered to the Land Forces Command, Naval Forces Command and the General Commandership of Gendarmerie, a contract was signed previously with the Mechanical And Chemical Industry Corporation (MKEK) for the supply of 20.000 MPT-76s. Following the serial production contract made with MKEK, within the scope of the Modern Infantry Rifle Project Serial Production Term Contract (Term-2) signed with Kalekalıp, 15.014 MPT-76s will be manufactured. With the first stage deliveries, improvement and development activities will be conducted as well.