ISTANBUL — The Turkish military received the first three of its domestically made combat helicopters yesterday. The program will see the military receive 59 helicopters as part of a $3 billion joint Turkish-Italian venture. The first three helicopters produced within the national combat helicopter project delivered to the Turkish Armed Forces on June 10. The total budget spent on this Turkish-Italian joint project is $3 billion (TL6.3 billion). As part of the project, a total of 59 combat helicopters will be produced. The helicopters will be delivered in groups of three.Named ATAK, the helicopters have been produced in Turkey and will accompany 41 cobra-type attack helicopters on the inventory of Land Forces Command.Agusta-Westland, an Italian-English joint company, sold all the technical facilities of helicopters including the licenses to Turkey for $3 billion. All rights of the helicopters are reserved to Turkish Aerospace Industries, TAI, and they will be sold to third countries only by Turkey. TAI also produced about 6,200 of the 6,400 pieces on the helicopter's airframe. Along with helicopter production, TAI was also responsible for fixing the avionic-arm systems on the helicopters and integration of Military Electronics Industries' (ASELSAN) national duty computer and weapon system.