MARCH 2000

• Turkish Companies Investigate Opportunities in NATO Advanced Radar Project (March 24)

Representatives of key Turkish defense and aerospace companies met here on March 22 to identify possible ways to participate in developing the North Atlantic Treaty Organization Transatlantic Advanced Radar Project (NATAR). The meeting was hosted by officials of Northrop Grumman Corporation, which is developing the radar that will be part of the overall NATAR system.

NATO has declared an urgent need for an airborne ground surveillance system for crisis management and to support peacekeeping missions. Officially designated a NATO project last month, NATAR is chartered to present a proposal for a NATO-owned and -operated solution that will meet the need for a multinational system that has both strategic and tactical capabilities, and is interoperable with other national systems.

Recognizing the importance of this program, a NATAR Project Office has begun work in Brussels, consisting of representatives from Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Norway and the United States. Turkey has been invited to join the project.

Officials from Turkish companies were given an overview by Northrop Grumman of the many opportunities available to Turkish industry for high technology jobs. The NATAR Project could offer opportunities for Turkish companies to produce and develop advanced electronics, mechanical and structural components and support services for both the aircraft and ground station segments. The program calls for engineering and manufacturing development to begin once the project definition is completed, delivering the first aircraft system in 2008. The complete multi-aircraft system is expected to be fully deployed by 2010.

Northrop Grumman Corporation, headquartered in Los Angeles, is a world-class, high technology company providing innovative solutions in systems integration, defense electronics and information technology for its U.S. and international military, government and commercial customers, as a prime contractor, principal subcontractor, team member or preferred supplier. The company had revenues of $9 billion in 1999 and has a workforce of 45,000 employees. (Defense and Aerospace)

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