# US notifies Congress of $700m GE F110 engine sale for Turkey's KAAN fighter, bypassing objections
> The State Department formally notified Congress of its intent to sell roughly 80 GE Aerospace F110 turbofans to Turkey for early KAAN production models; the administration proceeded over congressional objections tied to Ankara's retention of the Russian S-400 system, and ahead of the NATO Ankara summit in July

**Meta:** type: event · date: 2026-06-24 · heads: 장기전, 누구의 돈인가 · 6 takes · 5 lenses · 5 regions

## Summary

The US State Department notified Congress on June 24, 2026, of a planned sale of roughly 80 GE Aerospace F110 turbofan engines to Turkey for early production models of the domestically developed KAAN fifth-generation fighter, valued at over $700 million. The Trump administration proceeded despite objections from lawmakers who cited Turkey's retention of the Russian S-400 air-defense system, which previously caused Turkey's exclusion from the F-35 program. TEI already assembles F110 engines under licence in Turkey for its F-16 fleet. The deal is timed ahead of the NATO Ankara summit scheduled for July 2026.

## Why it matters

The sale partially rehabilitates Turkey's US defence procurement relationship after the S-400-driven F-35 expulsion, giving Ankara American engines for its flagship indigenous fighter without requiring it to relinquish the S-400. It trades the S-400 leverage for NATO cohesion ahead of the Ankara summit, but critics say it rewards Ankara for keeping Russian systems while expecting allied interoperability.

## Regional takes (batched by bias / lens)

### US defense journalism; first to report the Trump administration's intent to clear the sale and the political trade-offs with the S-400 and NATO
- **The War Zone** (United States, en) — Reported that the Trump administration was preparing to clear the F110 engine sale for Turkey's KAAN program, noting the significance of providing US engines to an ally that had been excluded from the F-35 program over its S-400 purchase, and that the move was timed to facilitate a warmer US-Turkey relationship ahead of the NATO Ankara summit.
  > "Trump set to clear critical F110 turbofan engine sale for Turkey's KAAN fighter."
  Source: https://www.twz.com/air/trump-set-to-clear-critical-f110-turbofan-engine-sale-for-turkeys-kaan-fighter

### Aviation industry data outlet; confirmed the formal Congressional notification and the engine package specifications
- **Aerotime** (Switzerland, en) — Reported the formal State Department notification to Congress of the planned sale of approximately 80 GE Aerospace F110 turbofan engines for Turkey's KAAN indigenous fighter program, valued at over $700 million.
  > "US notifies Congress of $700 million engine sale to Turkey for KAAN fighter."
  Source: https://www.aerotime.aero/articles/us-f110-engine-sale-turkey-kaan

### Greek English-language outlet; reported the Greek-American lobby (AHI) call for Trump to block the sale, the opposition narrative
- **Athens Times** (Greece, en) — Reported that the American Hellenic Institute urged Trump to block the F110 engine sale, citing Turkey's S-400 possession and framing the sale as undermining US leverage over Ankara on NATO interoperability issues.
  > "AHI urges Trump to block F110 engine sale for Turkey's KAAN jet."
  Source: https://athens-times.com/trump-administration-notifies-congress-of-jet-engine-sale-to-turkey-for-kaan-fighter/

### US defense industry coverage; June 30 follow-up confirming administration is proceeding over objections
- **Global Defense Corp** (United States, en) — Reported that the Trump administration is actively pushing ahead with the $700 million GE F110 engine sale to Turkey despite opposition, contextualising the deal within the broader US-Turkey rapprochement ahead of the NATO Ankara summit.
  > "Trump admin pushes for $700 million GE engine sale to Turkiye."
  Source: https://www.globaldefensecorp.com/2026/06/30/trump-admin-pushes-for-700-million-ge-engine-sale-to-turkiye/

### unlabelled
- **Aerospace Global News** (Global, en) — 
  Source: https://aerospaceglobalnews.com/news/us-turkey-kaan-f110-engine-sale-f35/
- **Defence Security Asia** (Malaysia, en) — 
  Source: https://defencesecurityasia.com/en/trump-ge-f110-engine-sale-turkiye-kaan-nato-airpower-reset/

## Across the graph
- Entities: Person:recep Tayyip Erdogan, S 400, NATO Alliance

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