KALE DELIVERS HOMEMADE TURBOJET ENGINE FOR MISSILES

The engine-developer Kale R&D has completed the first deliveries of the KTJ-3200, Turkey’s first indigenous turbojet engine, which will power the homemade standoff missile and Atmaca anti-ship missile, according to Defense News. •ne KTJ-3200 was sent to the TUBITAK Defense Industries Research and Development Institute for the standoff missile, and another was delivered to Roketsan for the Atmaca. The first standoff cruise missiles to be equipped with the KTJ-3200 are expected to be fired in 2022. A contract for the serial production of the KTJ-3200 engine was signed in Istanbul during the International Defense Industry Fair on August 17-20.