The plane might be manufactured in Turkey and can bear customization with Spanish subsystems and parts at Airbus’ amenities in Spain.
Spain’s Council of Ministers accredited on Sep. 24, 2025 the acquisition of as much as 45 Turkish Hürjet jet trainers, fulfilling a long-pending plan to exchange its older 19 SF-5M Freedom Fighter jet trainers. This makes the Spanish Air and House Power (SASF) the primary overseas person of the Turkish plane, deliveries of that are anticipated to start by 2028, with a service entry date of 2031.
The approval is talked about within the newest Royal Decree 848/2025 amid a broader €3.68 billion protection push which incorporates 168 different fastened and rotary-wing plane. The variety of Hürjets airframes is way larger than the 30 items agreed within the July pact between TAI (Turkish Aerospace Industries) and Airbus Defence and House, inked on the sidelines of the seventeenth Worldwide Protection Business Truthful (IDEF 2025).
The pact additionally handled dividing the workshare between TAI/TUSAS and Airbus on the parts appropriate for the Hürjet’s Spanish variant, to be manufactured in Spain. Airbus represents the consortium of Spanish industries that might take part within the venture.
These discussions had additionally touched upon the infeasibility of activating a manufacturing line in Spain for the Hürjet for the small Spanish order, AviationWeek mentioned on the time. This might additionally clarify the elevated order.
🇪🇦🇹🇷Spain has formally introduced the acquisition of 45 Hurjet fighter-trainer plane manufactured by Turkish TAI.
Initially, it was deliberate to purchase 25-30 items, however ultimately they settled on 45. The deal worth is 1 billion euros.
The Hurjet itself is a brand new era jet… pic.twitter.com/8nVSzEo8WV
— The Conflict Motion (@TheWarAction) September 24, 2025
As per the doc, the plane might be manufactured at TAI’s amenities in Turkey, and bear conversion/customization with Spanish methods at Airbus’ amenities.
Different plane accredited within the plan embrace 18 C295s, 32 NH90 helicopters (model 3), 13 H135s, and 6 H175s, with a funds exceeding €10 billion. “This funding not solely seeks to resume out of date tools but in addition to spice up nationwide trade and assure Spain’s strategic autonomy in protection issues,” mentioned AvionRevue.
New authorities approval
Madrid’s Protection Minister Margarita Robles informed the Senate Protection Committee a number of months in the past that the Hürjet is a “co-development” with Turkey, with subsequent airframes to be constructed/assembled in Spain’s Airbus amenities and fly with Spanish subsystems.
Beside growing a broader Built-in Coaching System (ITS) centered across the Hürjet to arrange the plane for Spanish use, Airbus and TAI had been engaged on finalizing the gradual “Spanishization” of the under-development plane, deciding what parts can be inbuilt Spain and would finally go into the Spanish model of the plane.
🔵🇹🇷 HÜRJET heading to 🇪🇸Spain
🔸As much as 45 HÜRJET plane might be delivered to Spain. 🔸The plane might be produced at TUSAŞ amenities, and the customization course of to satisfy the wants of the Spanish Air Power might be carried out at Airbus Defence and House amenities. pic.twitter.com/m13uEKjBXt
— Defence Turk English (@Defence_Turk_EN) September 24, 2025
The newest doc calls the broader Hürjet venture the Superior Built-in Flight Coaching System (ITS-C), including it must be tailored in a “Spanish-inspired configuration developed by the nationwide aeronautical and protection trade,” a machine translation of the Spanish textual content mentioned. It will provide a brand new “fight coaching leap” for SASF pilots, additional added the doc.
“Deliveries are scheduled to start in 2028, with a primary set of plane out there to start familiarization and coaching on the platform for the 2029/2030 coaching course. In parallel, the Spanish configuration might be developed and built-in, with the primary plane out there beginning in 2031. The whole ITS-C might be deployed at Talavera la Actual Air Base (Badajoz), the place the Fighter and Assault Faculty is situated, offering an operational lifetime of no less than 30 years,” the doc added.
The venture additionally has a Floor-Primarily based Simulation System (GBSM) to permit artificial coaching, whereas the ITS-C – because the doc persistently refers to Hürjet – itself can be envisaged to be able to performing “Crimson Air” roles. The doc describes the jet able to conducting “each coaching and light-weight fight missions,” with a most velocity of Mach 1.2 and an working altitude of as much as 45,000 ft. It’s outfitted with an F404-GE-102 engine that generates 17,000 kilos of thrust.
The Turkish Air Power plans to accumulate no less than 100 plane, and has to date ordered 17 Hürjet jet trainers, with a majority within the Block 0 configuration and the remainder being Block 1s. A second prototype that flew final yr additionally bores noticeable design modifications, in keeping with gentle assault roles.
Spain’s Hürjet journey
Spain evaluated the Hürjet prototype between July and August 2024 at Torrejon Air Base, close to Madrid. This was adopted by a December 2024 Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Turkey’s Presidency of Protection Industries (SSB) and the Spanish Ministry of Protection, formally deciding on the Hürjet as the long run coach.
Then, in Might 2025, TAI revealed the full-sized mannequin of the Hürjet with SASF markings for show on the Feindef 2025 exhibition in Spain.
Strategic agreements for the export of HÜRJET to Spain have been signed with Airbus. ✈️
This growth 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
Airtificial, a Spanish aerospace firm primarily based in Cádiz, is already concerned within the Hurjet venture, manufacturing lively and passive flight management arms. The corporate introduced on Apr. 3, 2024, that it signed a two-phase contract price $2.8 million to fabricate these parts for the Hurjet. Throughout Feindef 2025 in June, agreements with Spanish firms like Aernnova, GMV, Indra, ITP Aero, Grupo Oesía, and Sener, had been signed.
TUSAŞ ile Airbus arasında, HÜRJET için iş birliği anlaşması imzalandı! 🇹🇷🇪🇸
— HÜRJET’in İspanya yolculuğu için son durak… pic.twitter.com/F44jOBw5aP
— SavunmaSanayiST.com (@SavunmaSanayiST) July 24, 2025
The SASF’s Hürjets can be assigned to the Ala 23 (twenty third Wing) at Talavera La Actual Air Base. The F-5Ms are used to coach pilots as a part of the Fighter and Assault Section to fly the Eurofighter Typhoons and EF-18M (Spain doesn’t use the F/A-18 Designation for its Hornets).
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