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.