The agreement, signed in University’s Subang campus, Malaysia, provides a collaborative framework, in which the two organizations will work on human capital, faculty and academics program developments, focusing on initiatives to grow the pool of future talents for Malaysia’s aerospace industry while addressing research challenges around the future of the aerospace industry and air power in general.

The collaboration will focus on programs in areas such as aerospace design and engineering, manufacturing, system integration and maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) for both light aircraft and drones, which are in line with the directions of RMK-12 Malaysia Aerospace Industry Development Framework and Malaysia Aerospace Industry Blueprint 2030.

Professor Temel Kotil, President and Chief Executive Officer of Turkish Aerospace said: “Turkish Aerospace is delighted to collaborate with UniKL MIAT to support aerospace education and training programs in Malaysia. This country is located in the fastest-growing aviation market in the world, and this partnership could allow us to jointly meet the demand for highly-qualified professionals in the aerospace industry while assisting Malaysia to become a regional aerospace champion in this region.”

Dr Mohd Hafizi Shamsudin, Dean of University Kuala Lumpur Malaysian Institute of Aviation Technology said that the University is pleased to expand our relationship with Turkish Aerospace and is looking forward to this industry-university partnership programs in Malaysia that will benefit the graduates and Malaysia aerospace industry in the future. He further expressed the University’s commitment to supporting the partnership, aiming to create the Industrial Centre of Excellence in aerospace design and engineering, aero manufacturing, system integration and MRO within the University.