Spain signed a €2.4 billion contract to accumulate Turkish Aerospace Industries’ Hürjets, with Airbus main the work on the brand new Built-in Coaching System.
The Spanish authorities has signed the contract for buying Türkiye’s Hürjet superior jet coach, made by the Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI), for the Ejército del Aire y del Espacio (Spanish Air and House Power – SASF). The contract was signed on Dec. 28, making Spain the primary export buyer of the brand new coach.
Two days later, on Dec. 30, Airbus Defence and House introduced that it has been contracted by the Spanish Ministry of Protection to guide the event and implementation of the brand new fight Built-in Coaching System (ITS-C). Airbus beforehand signed a cooperation settlement with TAI to divide the workshare for the Spanish procurement of the coach.
Stories from Anadolu Ajansi and AviationWeek have talked about the Dec. 28 contract is valued at €2.4 billion ($2.8 billion). Airbus didn’t disclose a worth within the Dec. 30 press launch, though this is perhaps nonetheless referring to the Dec. 28 contract.
Airbus represents the group of Spanish aerospace firms collaborating within the undertaking that includes buying 30 Hürjet jet trainers from TAI and adapting them with Spanish methods earlier than the supply to the SASF by 2028 and 2029. Though the Spanish authorities accepted in September the acquisition of as much as 45 plane, solely 30 airframes have been talked about within the contract.
As 30 airframes was the quantity which was talked about additionally within the earlier settlement, we are able to’t exclude the chance the lacking 15 plane will likely be a part of an possibility that Spain can resolve to verify later.
The @DefensaGob has chosen Airbus Defence and House to guide the event and implementation of the @EjercitoAire’s new fight Built-in Coaching System (ITS-C).
The contract, led collectively by Airbus, as nationwide coordinator for Spain, and @TUSAS_EN because the producer of the… pic.twitter.com/tBjJXUiHm3
— Airbus Defence (@AirbusDefence) December 30, 2025
Spanish contract
Türkiye’s Defence Business President Haluk Görgün was among the many first to touch upon the contract. “This settlement is a high-value-added, multi-dimensional protection business export package deal that features the export of Hürjet, an built-in coaching structure overlaying superior fight pilot coaching, ground-based simulation and coaching methods, upkeep and sustainment infrastructure, and long-term operational assist components,” stated Görgün.
Highlighting its function because the “nationwide coordinator” for Spain, Airbus stated the contract’s major goal is the “substitute of the present F-5 plane fleet and the protection of all the superior coaching course of for Spanish fight pilots.”
This contains the acquisition of 30 Hürjet jet trainers from Turkish Aerospace, the “conversion of the fleet with Spanish content material in accordance with the client’s necessities, the creation of an Plane Conversion Centre in Spain, the refurbishment of the Coaching Centre on the Fighter and Assault Faculty at Talavera la Actual Air Base, Extremadura, and the supply of an built-in set of operation and upkeep providers at this base.”
Airbus defined this system contains two phases, which might be executed concurrently. The primary part includes the supply of 30 Hürjets “of their preliminary configuration,” which will likely be licensed in Spain and delivered to the SASF between 2028 and 2029.
Within the subsequent part, the 30 plane would endure “conversion” with “nationwide content material” and can be delivered in batches to the SASF from the second half of 2031 by 2035. The conversion of the primary two plane will likely be carried out on the Airbus services in Getafe, whereas the opposite 28 plane will likely be transformed on the new Conversion Centre to be established in Spain.
Strategic agreements for the export of HÜRJET to Spain have been signed with Airbus. ✈️
This improvement relating to the export of our HÜRJET Jet Coach goals to strengthen Türkiye’s place within the European aviation market by its superior technological competence. pic.twitter.com/C28UH8Kfhn
— Turkish Aerospace (@TUSAS_EN) July 24, 2025
Head of Air Energy at Airbus Jean-Brice Dumont stated within the press launch: “This bold programme seeks to create a state-of-the-art fight coaching system in Spain that addresses the quick wants of the Air and House Power. It can additionally enhance nationwide business participation, return on funding and functionality improvement, guaranteeing Spanish sovereignty all through all the course of.”
Spanish Protection Minister Margarita Robles had beforehand emphasised within the nation’s Parliament on the financial, industrial and life-cycle advantages of getting the plane transformed in Spain in an meeting line with Spanish aerospace know-how.
Spanish methods
The Airbus press launch talked about a few of the Spanish methods and applied sciences that may go into the Hürjets, produced by a number of small and medium-sized aerospace firms. These embrace mission and coaching methods, distant interface items, audio administration methods, avionics computer systems, mission recording or armament simulators.
Moreover, the creation of a brand new Floor Primarily based Coaching System (GBTS) by Airbus, along with different Spanish firms, is deliberate for 2028 at Talavera la Actual Air Base. This heart will function completely different ranges of simulation, together with two mission simulators, digital actuality simulators, computer-based coaching and multi-purpose rooms, amongst different methods.
This new integral fight coaching system additionally features a providers package deal to make sure the very best availability of the brand new fleet, in addition to the right operation of the Coaching Centre and the bottom instruction.
🔵🇹🇷 HÜRJET heading to 🇪🇸Spain
🔸As much as 45 HÜRJET plane will likely be delivered to Spain. 🔸The plane will likely be produced at TUSAŞ services, and the customization course of to satisfy the wants of the Spanish Air Power will likely be carried out at Airbus Defence and House services. pic.twitter.com/m13uEKjBXt
— Defence Turk English (@Defence_Turk_EN) September 24, 2025
Spanish and Turkish negotiation for Hürjet
Issues started transferring after Spain assessed the Hürjet prototype between July and August 2024 at Torrejon Air Base, close to Madrid. A December 2024 Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Türkiye’s Presidency of Protection Industries (SSB) and the Spanish Ministry of Protection then adopted, formally deciding on the Hürjet as the long run coach.
Then, in Could 2025, TAI revealed the full-sized mannequin of the Hürjet with SASF markings for show on the Feindef 2025 exhibition in Spain. A July 30, 2025, settlement between TAI and Airbus Defence and House on the IDEF (Worldwide Protection Business Truthful) 2025, outlined that 30 jets can be acquired for the Spanish Air and House Power (SASF), with deliveries anticipated to start in 2028.
The settlement clarified the roles of Airbus and TAI in this system. Airbus represented the group of Spanish firms collaborating within the undertaking, and this settlement enabled Turkish and Spanish engineers to find out the subsystems that may go into the plane, whereas additionally assessing how every would influence the associated fee and supply timelines. Because it now seems, these discussions have concluded.
🇹🇷🇪🇸 | El avión de entrenamiento a reacción HÜRJET, de producción nacional turca, fue seleccionado por la Fuerza Aérea y Espacial Española para la compra de 30 unidades. El proyecto asciende a 2.600 millones de euros y las entregas comenzarán en 2028.pic.twitter.com/aiKgooQh4h
— AlertaNewsPlus (@AlertaNewsPlus) December 29, 2025
A serious concern was {that a} manufacturing line in Spain was not thought of possible for the small variety of airframes Madrid plans to purchase, which then mirrored within the Spanish authorities’s Sep. 24, 2025 approval for 45 Hürjets. Spanish and Turkish industries would cooperate to develop the broader Built-in Coaching System-Fight (ITS-C) centered across the Hürjet for Spanish use.
The SASF’s Hürjets can be assigned to the Ala 23 (twenty third Wing) at Talavera La Actual Air Base, which at present operates the 19 F-5Ms nonetheless in service. The F-5Ms are used to coach pilots as a part of the Fighter and Assault Section to fly the Eurofighter Typhoons and F-18 (Spain doesn’t use the F/A-18 Designation for its Hornets).
