ANKARA (Turkey), February 19 (SeeNews) – Turkey’s defence ministry has requested from Boeing services worth $183 million (133 million euro) in compensation for a six-year delay in the delivery of aircraft under a $1.385 billion deal, local media reported.
In 2002 Turkey signed with Boeing a contract for the delivery of four Airborne Early Warning and Control Aircraft and one ground support system under the Peace Eagle programme carried out by the Undersecretary for Defense Industries, SSM. Earlier this month Boeing delivered the first aircraft, and said it is to deliver two more aircraft by the end of the year and another one in 2015. In addition to the aircraft, the Peace Eagle programme includes ground support segments for mission crew training, mission support and system maintenance.
The services Turkey has requested in compensation for the delay include extending the initial support under the deal to five years from two years, provision of software maintenance for three years and the supply of spare parts worth some $32 million, news agency Anadolu Ajansi reported on Tuesday, citing SSM project director Cemal Evci.
Turkey has made an advanced payment of $637 million, and the contract value has been reduced by $59 million as some requirements were not met, Evci added.
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