Turkey launches $5.9 bln defense project: PM

Turkey launches $ 5.9
bln defense project: PM
In addition, prototype of
Turkey's new national infantry rifles was presented to Davutoglu.
Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet
Davutoglu said Wednesday that a new defense industry project worth $5.9 billion
had been approved, following a Defense Industry Executive Committee meeting in
Ankara.
"We will focus on domestic
production [in defense industry] " Davutoglu stressed at a press
conference in Turkey's Undersecretariat for Defense Industries
Pointing to improvements in
Turkey's national defense industry, Davutoglu added: "We have given
approval to a new defense industry project worth a total of $5.9 billion."
"$4.5 billion will involve
domestic production," he said.
Davutoglu was also presented with
the prototype of the national infantry rifles, which he said would be mass
produced, starting this year.