Tusaş Engine Industries
Turkish Engine Manufacturer
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Tusaş Engine Industries (TEI; Turkish: TUSAŞ Motor Sanayii A.Ş.) is an aerospace engine manufacturer and a design center for the production of engines and engine parts for commercial and military aircraft. It is based in Eskişehir, Turkey.[3][4]
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 Headquarters complex in Eskişehir | |
| TEI | |
| Company type | Incorporated company |
| Industry | Aerospace |
| Founded | 1985[1] |
| Headquarters | , |
Key people | Mahmut Faruk Akşit (CEO) |
Number of employees | 4000[2] |
| Website | tei |
TEI was founded in 1985 as a joint venture between Turkish Aerospace Industries (50.5%) and GE Aerospace (46.2%),[1] the Turkish Armed Forces Foundation,[5] and the Turkish Aeronautical Association(3.3%).[6][7]
History
The company started with component manufacturing for the General Electric F110 engines in the F-16 aircraft of the Turkish Air Force.[8] Since 2010, great importance has been given to domestic design and a large amount of resources have been allocated. TEI designed 13 engines in a 10-year period between 2014 and 2024. Flights were carried out with 7 of these engines. 6 of them entered mass production.[9] TEI is developing Türkiye's first turbofan engine, TEI-TF6000. The company's long-term goal is for Türkiye to become a self-sufficient country in the field of aviation engines.
TEI's employee count was 1,200 in 2014. This number increased to 4,000 in 2025. In 2014, 70 percent of employees were blue-collar. By 2025, 57 percent of employees were white-collar. In 2024, the company achieved $400 million worth of exports.[2] In 2025, the company announced that it would produce the TF-35000, which will be the engine for Türkiye's domestically produced TAI Kaan fighter jet.[10]
Products and projects
Indigenous engines
- TEI-PD170 turbodiesel aviation engines for the TAI Anka UAVs[11][12][13][14]
- TEI-PD222ST turbodiesel aviation engine[15]
- TEI-PG50 2-stroke gasoline aviation engine[16]
- TEI-PG50S 2-stroke gasoline aviation engine[17]
- TEI-TJ300 turbojet medium range anti-ship missile engine[18]
- TEI-TJ90 turbojet engine for UAVs, including TAI Şimşek target drone[19][20]
- TEI-TJ35 turbojet engine[21]
- TEI-TP38 turboprop engine[22]
- TEI TS1400 turboshaft aviation engine for rotary wing applications such as the TAI T625 Gökbey, T-129 ATAK[23]
- TEI TS3000 turboshaft aviation engine for rotary wing applications such as the TAI T925, TAI T929 ATAK 2[24]
- TEI-TF6000 turbofan engine[25]
- TEI-TF10000 turbofan engine[26]
- TEI-TF35000 turbofan engine[27]
Licensed engines
- General Electric T700 (T700-TEI-701D variant) for the T-70, a local variant of the S-70 Black Hawk[28][29][30]
- General Electric F110 engines (Original Equipment Manufacturer)[31]
- LHTEC T800 turboshaft engines for rotary wing applications such as the T-129 Atak[32][33][better source needed]
Parts and modules
- CFM International LEAP[34]
- General Electric GEnx[35][36]
- CFM International CFM56[37]
- General Electric GE90[38]
- General Electric GE9X[39]
- General Electric T700 (T700-TEI-701D variant)[28]
- Europrop TP400 (Engine of the Airbus A400M Atlas)[40]
- Also for many other engines[41]