BMC POWER Met with Sector Press in Sakarya
February 01, 2023
The TTZA, the first mass-produced domestic and national engine designed and developed by Turkish engineers and to enter the inventory of the Turkish Armed Forces, is ready for shipment. The engines produced by BMC POWER with 400 HP, 8.4 liters, inline type 4 cylinders will be used in BMC VURAN Multi-Purpose Armored Vehicles. A total of 90 engines will be delivered. In this context, the shipment of the first 20 TTZA engines, whose mass production continues, will be completed on February 6. Delivery of all engines is scheduled to be completed by the end of May.
Before the 400 hp TTZA engines delivery ceremony to be held on February 2, BMC CEO Murat YALÇINTAS and BMC POWER General Manager Mustafa KAVAL came together with the industry press, including our magazine, to learn about the projects within the scope of the BMC POWER Press and Media Meeting held in Sakarya today.
BMC CEO Murat YALÇINTAS, who made the opening speech at the event: “As BMC, our work continues uninterruptedly in many projects of strategic importance for our country. Within the scope of our country's domestic and national technology move, we continue to work on many projects ranging from power group production to the development of autonomous and electrified vehicles. With the R&D and facility investments we have made, we have achieved great success in many different fields from military vehicles to commercial vehicles. The export of approximately 327 million USD in 2022 was the most important indicator of this. With this export success, BMC has become the leader among the defense industry land vehicle manufacturers in Turkey, and has achieved a great success by performing more than half of all exports of our country in this field.”
Answering the questions of the sector representatives, Mustafa KAVAL, General Manager of BMC POWER, said, “We have started our mass production journey with our TTZA engines. This start will continue with AZRA, UTKU, BATU and our new projects. Our TTZA engine has been tested over 6,500 hours at a test center and 140 thousand km on vehicles and has completed NATO endurance tests. A total of 300 thousand hours of engineering work was carried out for this project over 52 months. This development work will continue with our testing activities in other projects. Studies have already started for the use of TTZAs in KİRPİ II vehicles after VURANs. We are planning to increase domestic usage areas with the engines to be integrated into these vehicles. As BMC POWER, our most important goal is to reduce the foreign dependency of our country, to create domestic solutions with the latest technology and products, and to create this ecosystem together with our solution partners.”
KAVAL also; “We continue our R&D studies for engines operating with hybrid, hydrogen and different fuels in order to provide solutions to developing technologies. Our country's land vehicles not only as engine family, but also; We continue our efforts to become a global solution center that powers transmission, power group, land and marine type generators, and surface and submarine vehicles.”
Within the scope of the event, sector representatives toured BMC POWER facilities and saw the tests of domestic and national UTKU and BATU power groups and TTZA and AZRA engines, which were produced as a result of the hard work of Turkish engineers at the Power Group Test Center, one of the most modern test centers in Turkey and Europe.
You can find the comprehensive news of the event attended by our magazine's senior editor İbrahim SÜNNETÇİ in our next issue.
You can take a look at our short notes about the trip beforehand.
400 HP TTZA Engine
- The first mass-produced 20 units of 400 hp TTZA engines were presented to the President of the SSB, Prof. It will be delivered tomorrow with the ceremony to be held with the participation of İsmail DEMİR.
- TTZA Engines will be given a name tomorrow
- 400 HP TTZA engine has been tested on the vehicle for 143 thousand km so far.
- These engines will be installed on VURAN 4X4 vehicles produced for the Land Forces Command and the Gendarmerie General Command.
- The delivery of the TTZA 400 HP VURAN 4x4 Vehicle will be made within the next month.
- TTZA engines will be installed on KIRPI-2 vehicles by the end of the year.
- VURAN 4X4 has TTZA Engine and Allison 4800PS Series transmission.
- For VURAN 4x4 and Tank Carrier Vehicle, BMC Power's solutions for domestic transmission are also ready
600 HP AZRA Engine
- Development studies continue for the Gen 2 version 130 Ton (Tank and Vehicle Weight) Tank Carrier vehicle with different packaging and software other than the current AZRA Gen 1 for TTAR. Tank Carrier Vehicles will have Allison 4800PS Series transmission apart from AZRA Engine
- A marine version of the 600 hp AZRA engine developed for MARLIN SIDA is being developed in accordance with Türk Loydu's requirements.
- By the end of the year, it is aimed to finish the adaptation and production and make the first trials on MARLIN SIDA.
- Domestic contribution in AZRA engine is over 75%.
1000 HP UTKU Power Group
- 750kw UTKU power group will be used in FIRTINA-2. Agreement signed with SSB. Pre-orders for production were given to subcontractors. UTKU Power Group will be installed on FIRTINA-2s as of 2025
- The production of 10 UTKU engine prototypes has already been completed.
- UTKU Transmission was started in October 2022
- UTKU has not been operated as a Power Group yet. It will be run for the first time as a power group in 2 months.
- UTKU Power Group consists of more than 3000 thousand parts.
- CDR phase completed.
- UTKU power group will be used in YNHZA and FIRTINA-2. It was adapted for FIRTINA and the production order was received.
1300 HP M60A3 Tank Power Pack
- In the M60A3 modernization, BMC plans to develop a power pack with a capacity of 1300 HP. The aim is to reduce the BATU power group and to develop the desired 1300 HP power group.
1500 HP BATU Power Group
- A ceremony is planned to introduce ALTAY MBT and BATU Power group to the public in the coming months.
- 6 engine prototypes were produced for BATU Power Group
- CDR completed for BATU Power Group.
- The engine in the BATU power group was 1.5 years ago, and the transmission was started last Friday
- The process of combining the engine, transmission and cooling package in the BATU Power Group continues. The BATU Power Group will be put into operation for the first time this year.
- The BATU mock-up power pack was successfully integrated into the ALTAY tank hull chassis mock-up, ensuring whether the power pack could fit in the tank.
- When the real BATU Power Group is attached to the ALTAY prototype, it will be subjected to a mobility test of 10 thousand kilometers.
- BATU engine was operated for 1000 hours in a test and laboratory environment.
- According to the BATU Power Group development specification, 75% domestic contribution is required.
