Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan goes to the US and his appointment with Donald Trump with big designs, as he plans to buy hundreds of Boeing passenger aircraft and Lockheed Martin fighters, aims to persuade the US.

According to sources aware of the issue and cited by Bloomberg agency, Erdogan seeks to offset payments for US aircraft with agreements for local production of these aircraft more than $ 10 billion.

These agreements depend on the approval of US President Donald Trump, who will host Erdogan at the White House on Thursday.

The meeting is considered key as Ankara attempts to restore its relations with Washington, which have been strained in recent years because of the Turkish market of the Russian S-400 air defense system and other disagreements between the two foreign policy countries.

Erdogan’s goal is to resolve the controversy caused by the S-400, hoping that this could lead to an unprecedented reinforcement of defense cooperation between the two allies.

It is recalled that Turkey’s Russian airline market has led to the US relations in the defense sector as Washington responded to Ankara’s decision by law and excluded Ankara from the F-35 Fighter Fighter Development Program.

The Turkish Ministry of Defense refused to comment on the issue.

Ankara has rejected Washington’s requirement to abandon the S-400, but Erdogan hopes Trump will agree to modify sanctions regime to allow Turkey to buy Lockheed Martin’s 40 F-35A fighters, as Bloomberg reports.

Such a move could also lead to the reintegration of 10 Turkish companies to the F-35 production chain from which they have been ruled out and would generate about $ 12 billion. One of them was the Turkish Aerospace Industries, who had undertaken the construction of the central part of the spindle.

Some Turkish electronics companies could also continue to provide critical software solutions, while others help by bypass the stricter European regulations that limit the use of chemicals in aircraft components, according to the same sources.

Erdogan also hopes to finalize the purchase of 40 Lockheed Martin F-16 Viper fighters, as well as hundreds of bombs, rockets and backup engines. The US approved this sale last year, after Turkey’s ratification of Sweden’s accession to NATO.

Initially Ankara was planning to buy 79 F-16 upgrades as part of a $ 23 billion Modernization Agreement, but eventually turned to the F-35A, according to the same sources.

Turkey has about 240 F-16s, the world’s second largest fleet after the US. The sale will allow her to withdraw the aging F-4s until she manages to develop her own fighter.

At the same time, Ankara seeks to obtain a US license from the US for the supply and assembly of GE Aerospace F104 and F404 engines, which are used in both US fighters and Turkish aircraft under development.

Washington, as Bloomberg notes, has not yet responded to the request, which, according to analysts, could accelerate the production of US engines in a period of increased demand for US warships.