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as due to projects’ confidentiality terms Undesecretariat for Defense Industries;
and conditions. As long as our contacts for achieving this, also receives
with Anatolian industrialists increase, the Industrial Participation / Offset ( SK/O)
awareness on the Undesecretariat for commitments from the contractors, along
Defense Industries and the applications with the products and services which
in the field defence industry as well as they are responsible for delivering to our
on the conditions which are required to Undesecretariat within the scope of the
be followed for taking charge in defence Procurement Contract signed with the
projects increases as well. However, Undesecretariat for Defense Industries.
applications which are conducted by the These INDUSTRIAL PARTICIPATION/
Undesecretariat for Defense Industries Offset Commitments are being carried

for leading and guiding our companies out through INDUSTRIAL PARTICIPATION/
are mentioned below shortly. Offset contracts which are signed
by Industrialization Department of
In case any company is available in the the Undersecretariat for the Defence
defence industry with the capacity of a Industries.
sub- industry enterprise or SME in relation
with system, sub- system, hardware, Undersecretariat for the Defence
software, part and/or materials which Industries determines the technical and
are being developed and produced administrative details of the projects
within the scope of Undesecretariat for which are subject to Procurement Contract,
Defense Industries projects; primarily such as ; which system, sub-system,
our companies which are affiliated with hardware, part and/ or materials shall be
Turkish Armed Forces Support Foundation designed and produced domestically and
such as ASELSAN, HAVELSAN, TAI, which domestic company shall be given
ROKETSAN, contractor companies in the the share of the work as well as what the

position of main integrator are claimed to share of the work and amount of the
assign the relevant sub- industry/ SME as work will be. If the main contractor is a
contractor, despite making the business foreign company; contractor is required
themselves. to make a commitment about Technologic
Cooperation and Investment. On the other
As far as sub industry and SME companies hand, if the main contractor is a national
which have been specialized in specific company; than the contractor is required
fields exist; Undesecretariat for Defense to commit that it shall provide hardware,
Industries claims from Turkish Armed software, service or financial supports for

Forces Support Foundation companies the training and research –development
and major companies to employ such studies which will be accomplished by the
specialized companies in Anatolia as Turkish industry enterprises in the fields
sub contractor and to utilize from them, of national security, aerospace industry.
and to direct their own finance, labor
and infrastructure sources towards the In brief, main contractors; to fulfill their
production of more complex and more commitments, are claimed to provide
developed system, sub-system, hardware support- financed by their own financial
software, part and/ or materials which sources- for the studies and Research
require more financial power and which and Development Projects which are
produce more added value and to get on being planned to be accomplished by
focused on such issues. SMSs and/or universities.

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