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U.S. Moves to Sell GE Engines to Turkey for KAAN Fighter Despite Congressional Objections

U.S. officials present the engine sale as a diplomatic gesture before Turkey’s July NATO summit, leaving the F-35 dispute unresolved.

U.S. Vice President JD Vance speaks to members of the media, after the U.S. and Iran held high-level talks at the Lake Lucerne Summit, at Buergenstock Resort Lake Lucerne near Stansstad, Switzerland, June 22, 2026. REUTERS/Nathan Howard/Pool
Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan speaks during a press conference at the NATO summit in The Hague, Netherlands June 25, 2025. REUTERS/Piroschka Van De Wouw
The KAAN fighter is Turkey's next-generation stealth combat aircraft.
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Overview

  • The administration said Wednesday it will push ahead with a package worth more than $700 million to sell dozens of General Electric F‑110 engines to power early KAAN indigenous fighters.
  • Representative Gregory Meeks withheld his informal sign-off during the House Foreign Affairs review and has not approved the proposed sale.
  • U.S. officials are expected to follow with a formal State Department notification to Congress in the coming days, which starts the statutory review process for major foreign military sales.
  • The engine deal does not change Turkey’s 2019 removal from the F-35 program after it bought Russian S-400 air defenses and Vice President JD Vance said legal criteria for any F-35 reconsideration are still under review.
  • If completed, the sale would help Turkey field early KAAN jets while it develops a domestic engine and could serve as a diplomatic overture to Ankara ahead of the July 7–8 NATO leaders’ meeting in Turkey.