Turkish Undersecretariat for Defence Industries (SSM) has issued a new tender yesterday for indigenous development of Altay Tank powerpack.

SSM determined the tender subject as “to remove the foreign dependency regarding ALTAY Tank's powerpack and to develop a powerpack which is not subject to the export license, using the current possibilities and capabilities of our country's industry to meet the powerpack need for ALTAY Tank with domestic and national sources.” The foreign partner contribution previously stipulated for the contender companies is no longer mandatory. The request for proposal documents can be obtained until 27 October and the offers should be submitted by 17:00, 22 December.