Spanish aerospace and defense company Airtificial has entered a new stage of cooperation with Turkish Aerospace Industries under the HÜRJET trainer aircraft program. Based on the information provided in the reported text, the contract is valued at more than €16 million and covers the production of flight control sticks to be used on HÜRJET aircraft for Spain. I could not independently verify the exact €16 million figure from a primary Airtificial announcement in my search, so that amount should be treated as reported rather than fully independently confirmed.

What is clearly confirmed is the broader Spanish HÜRJET program. Reuters reported on December 30, 2025 that Türkiye and Spain signed a €2.6 billion deal for the Spanish Air and Space Force to procure 30 HÜRJET light training jets from Turkish Aerospace Industries beginning in 2028. Airbus also said Spain’s Ministry of Defence selected Airbus Defence and Space to lead the new combat Integrated Training System, with HÜRJET at the center of the aircraft solution.

This makes the Airtificial agreement strategically important beyond a single subsystem order. It shows that the HÜRJET program is evolving into a wider industrial ecosystem involving Turkish and Spanish companies, not just a direct aircraft export. That matters because it strengthens the platform’s European supply-chain footprint and gives the program a more durable international structure. This last sentence is an inference based on the confirmed Spain program and Airbus’s integration role.

Airtificial was already linked to HÜRJET before this latest reported deal. The company said in November 2024 that it was strengthening its position in defense through flight control stick work produced at its Seville facility. That earlier disclosure supports the idea that the new contract is part of an expanding relationship around pilot-control systems rather than an entirely new line of cooperation.

In practical terms, the agreement suggests that HÜRJET’s export path to Spain is being built not only around the aircraft itself, but also around a network of training, avionics, and control-system contributors. If that structure continues to grow, HÜRJET will stand out as a broader multinational aerospace program rather than simply a one-off trainer sale. This final point is an inference based on the confirmed aircraft deal, Airbus’s program role, and Airtificial’s prior involvement in flight-stick production.