Turkish Undersecreteriat for Defence Industries has launched a new programme to provide data exchange between Turkish Air Force Information System (HvBS) and F-35 Joint Strike Fighters (JSF) which are planned to be inducted in 2018. HvBS-JSF Integration Project aims to meet the Air Force's requirement for exchanging classified information between the systems in a secure and controlled environment. For the first time in the announcement of this tender, “Presidential Office, Undersecretary of Defense Industry” inscription was used. With a decree having a force of law published in December 2017, it was decided that the SSM would be directly affiliated to the Presidency. SSI was previously affiliated to the Ministry of National Defence.