ANKARA— Tusas Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI), based here, said Wednesday that it delivered the first A350-1000 aileron set to Airbus.
The delivery is part of a 2013 contract between TAI and Airbus. TAI is a risk-sharing partner of the A350 program.
The Airbus A350 XWB aircraft is a new family of long-range, wide-body jet airliners developed by Airbus. The A350 XWB is the first Airbus aircraft with fuselage and wing structures made primarily of carbon fiber reinforced polymer.
The aileron, a critical control surface, is assembled on the wing of the aircraft. As part of the wing, the aileron component was designed and manufactured mainly from carbon fiber material.
TAI also produces parts for the A400M, A330 and A320 programs.
"All programs are on the serial and ramp-up phase and deliveries are being performed as per schedule," TAI said.
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Burak Ege Bekdil was the Turkey correspondent for Defense News.
