صفقة درونات انكا لتونس

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[QUOTE="dirar, post: 334147, membeتونس بدأت تخرج مروحيات غازال و hh3وألوايت
 
العقد تم إلغائه بسبب التداعيات الاقتصادية لكورونا التي اثرت على تونس رغم انها ستتكلف فقط بـ 15% فقط من قيمة العقد بينما سيتكلف بنك Türk Eximbank (على شكل قرض) بالباقي.
Armed Anka-S drone order cancelled due to lack of funds, despite Turkish backing

The Tunisian army is unable to foot its share of the $240m bill, despite Turk Eximbank pitching in 85% of the total order.

The contract, as we revealed, was signed back in January 2020, crowning years of diplomatic and economic activism from Turkey and its arms manufacturers. But there is now a final hurdle to overcome. According to our sources, Tunisia is unable to finance its share - just 15% - of the bill, which totals around $240m. The remaining 85% is to be drawn from a several hundred million dollar-package mobilized by Türk Eximbank to pay for Tunisia's purchases of Turkish military equipment. It has already financed more than a hundred Kirpi armoured troop carriers produced by BMC and many other equipment. Despite this significant backing from Turkey, the Tunisian army is on the verge of financial collapse. An already weakened economy took a major blow with the outbreak of Covid-19. International donors the likes of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund, exasperated by the slow pace of Tunisia's reforms, are not rushing to get out the check book.Tunisia's air force would also like to upgrade its fleet of aged F5 fighter jets. It also wants to buy new airspace surveillance radars, a contract Turkey's Aselsan has bid for. The cooling of diplomatic relations between Tunis and Ankara could also take its toll on the TAI contract. Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan is focused on his military engagement in Libya and has forcibly urged President Kais Saied to join him. Saied has preferred to remain cautiously neutral over the Libyan crisis, where, in any case, he has not been given any room to manoeuvre. More crucially, the Tunisian head of state is engaged in a heated tussle with parliament speaker and Ennahda Islamist party leader Ghannouchi, who Erdogan has taken under his wing.​
 
دفاع التركي الكاتب قدير دوغان: "الأنباء الواردة في وسائل الإعلام الدولية بأن فرنسا منعت بيع أنكا لتونس لا أساس لها من الصحة. هذا ليس هو الحال الآن".

 
بعد سنتين تقريبا من المفاوضات، وقعت كل من وزارة الدفاع التونسية وشركة TAI نهاية الاسبوع عقد بقيمة 80 مليون دولار ممول من قبل بنك EXIMBANK لتوريد ثلاثة طائرات Anka-S و3 محطات أرضية مع إمكانية زيادة الاعدادها خلال السنوات المقبلة وسيتم تدريب 52 طيار وتقني صيانة تونسي.

 
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Armed drone contract survives Ankara-Tunis tension

A first batch of Turkish Anka-S drones is expected to be delivered next week to Tunis. The delivery will take place despite the fact Turkey was one of the few countries to have explicitly condemned President Kaïs Saïed's "constitutional" coup.
The Anka-S armed drones that Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) is to deliver to Tunisia appear to have resisted geopolitical turbulence. According to our information, the Tunisian army will next week receive a first batch of three aircraft out of the six ordered in 2020, as well as ammunition supplied by Roketsan. Turkish envoys were in Tunis last week to prepare the ground for the delivery.
The contract, whose negotiations were revealed in 2019 by Africa Intelligence (AI, 18/10/19), appeared to have been called into question by the "constitutional" coup de force orchestrated by Kaïs Saïed on 25 July (AI, 18/08/21). The president, with the support of the army, suspended the Assembly of People's Representatives (ARP) and dismissed Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi. The move was mainly aimed at the Islamist party Ennahda and its boss Rached Ghannouchi, president of the ARP and a protégé of Ankara. Turkey was one of the few countries to openly denounce a "coup d'état".​
A win-win deal against the odds
According to several sources close to the matter, the project was too advanced to be called off. A Tunisian military delegation had gone to Turkey in mid-July to oversee the technical reception of the equipment. And both parties were keen to see the deal succeed. Faced with a serious economic and financial crisis, Turkish President Reccep Tayyip Erdogan must keep foreign currency flowing in, even if the contract is largely financed by Türk Eximbank. TAI for its part is in financial difficulty and faces intense competition in the UAV sector, notably from its compatriot Baykar, which is directed by a son-in-law of Erdogan. It badly needs to secure its first export contract for the Anka-S.
The Tunisian army has a pressing need for the equipment, which it plans to use to battle jihadist groups active on its territory and to monitor the Libyan border. The country's air force is largely non-operational, and replacements for its ageing F-5 fighters have not yet been found (AI, 06/09/21).
The current political tensions could of course fade. Saïed was careful not to respond to Turkey's condemnation of his actions. The wave of arrests of MPs that he ordered spared Ennahda, and the Islamist party is working to find a modus vivendi with the new "strongman" of Carthage. Ankara is trying to resolve its years of conflict with the United Arab Emirates and Egypt, which actively support Saïed.​
Turkish drones invade Maghreb
The success of TAI's Tunisian contract would consolidate Turkish defence firms' breakthrough in North Africa. The Tunisian army and law enforcement agencies now use hundreds of armoured vehicles made in Turkey by BMC, Otokar or Nurol Makina.
Above all, Baykar has succeeded in getting a foothold in the Moroccan market, which was largely the preserve of Western and in particular US suppliers. As Africa Intelligence revealed (AI, 16/04/21), Baykar won a contract in April to supply a squadron (twelve units plus a spare) of Bayraktar TB2 armed drones. Their delivery is expected to be completed quickly. Forces Royales Air (FRA) members travelled to Turkey in early September to learn how to pilot the drones, as Le Desk reported.​


 
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Tunis takes delivery of its first Turkish armed drones

Nearly two years after entering into exclusive negotiations with Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) (AI, 19/12/19), in late September Tunisia received its first Anka-S armed drones, according to our sources. Two were delivered to Tunis in the presence of a delegation from the Turkish military and representatives from the company.
As predicted by Africa Intelligence, the contract managed to survive the sharp diplomatic tensions between Tunis and Ankara, which was the only capital to explicitly denounce a "coup d'état" after Kais Saied suspended parliament indefinitely on 25 July and sacked Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi. This manoeuvre by the Tunisian president was designed to neutralise Ennahda, the Islamist party which has close ties to Recep Tayyip Erdogan's AKP.
But both parties ultimately needed the deal to succeed. For TAI, which is up against stiff competition from its compatriot Baykar in the military drone market, this is its first export contract and also an invaluable source of foreign currency for Turkey. For the Tunisian military, which is contending with jihadist guerillas, the drones will serve to boost its capacity to monitor the porous and volatile Libyan border and bolster its aerial capacities more generally, its fleet of combat aircraft being virtually inoperative.
 
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