Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) and the Light Helicopter Turbine Engine Company, a 50-50 partnership between Honeywell International Inc. and Rolls Royce, have signed an agreement to supply CTS800 turboshaft engines for the Turkish Light Utility Helicopter, a program of the Undersecretary for Defense Industry (SSM) since September 2013.

The agreement, which confirms a memorandum of understanding signed at this year’s Paris Air Show 2015, consists of a five-year development program to integrate and certify the CTS800-4AT engine model on the Turkish Light Utility Helicopter (TLUH) platform. The agreement is expected to result in a production program that will provide helicopters to the local Turkish military and civil market, as well as globally. With the CTS800, operators will benefit from a proven commercial and military propulsion system that expands mission range and payload.