Powered by TEI's PD170, TB3 Reached 20 000 ft altimeter
TB3 UCAV system designed by Baykar completed its 9th flight test. Powered by TUSAŞ Engines Industries' (TEI) PD170 engine, TB3 Reached 20 000 ft altimeter.
Turkiye News
Unmanned Systems
Engine and Transmission
Air
Unmanned Systems
Sensors
ASELSAN Starts Mass Production of ASELFLIR-500
ASELSAN has started planning the mass production of the ASELFLIR-500T Electro-Optical System. President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan made the statement.
Weapon / Missile
KARAOK Missile Gets Ready for Duty
Roketsan’s Man-Portable Short-Range anti-tank missile system KARAOK (ATGM) gets ready for duty soon according to officials.
Country
TIM Awards HAVELSAN Innovation Resources Türkiye 3rd
Turkish Exporters Assembly’s (TIM) Innovation Awards found their owners. Turkish Defence company HAVELSAN is awarded third.
Navy / Maritime
Air
Turkiye Tests Helicopter Securing and Transfer System
Turkiye’s first national Helicopter Securing and Transfer System is tested on TCG İSTANBUL, Türkiye’s first national frigate.
Defence Politics
Country
SSB’s 2024 Budget expectation: 837 million TL
Vice President Cevdet Yılmaz made a presentation about the 2024 budgets of the SSB at the Grand National Assembly of Turkey Planning and Budget Commission.
Navy / Maritime
Malaysia Prefers Turkish Option for LMS Batch II Program
Malaysian Minister of Defence YB Mohammad Hassan stated that Turkiye was chosen for the LMS Batch II corvette procurement program.
Bilateral Relations
UK and Turkiye to Deepen Relations
Turkish and UK Defence Ministers signed a letter of intent for a closer defence relationship between the two nations.
Bilateral Relations
Air
British Defence Minister Visits Turkish Counterpart
UK Secretary of State for Defence Grant Shapps pays an official visit to his Turkish counterpart Yaşar Güler.
Navy / Maritime
Modernisation
Turkiye Announces the Start of Sea Trials of TCG OruçReis
Turkish Defence Ministry officially announced the start of the sea trials of the first upgraded Barbaros-class frigate, TCG Oruçreis (F-245).
Weapon / Missile
ROKETSAN Tests LUMTAS-GM Anti-Tank Missile
Roketsan announced at social media that, the company's new anti-tank missile LUMTAS-GM launched from a canister hit the target 16 km away in the firing test.
Unmanned Systems
Logistics
ALPİN Unmanned Helicopter in Military Service
TİTRA’s ALPİN Unmanned Helicopter has been used by the Turkish Armed Forces in Northern Iraq to deliver food and ammunition.
Unmanned Systems
Navy / Maritime
Air
Bayraktar TB3 Performs Eighth Test Flight
Bayraktar TB3’s eighth flight test, Medium Altitude Test-2, included a flight at 18000 ft and ten touch-and-go manoeuvres.
Sensors
Unmanned Systems
Navy / Maritime
ASELFLIR-500 Set to Be Bayraktar TB3’s Eye
ASELSAN’s latest Electro-Optical system for UAVs will be integrated into Bayraktar TB3 ship-borne UCAV.
Global Defence Trend Brief
- 15:00 US Army accelerates deployment of next-generation air defence network - The US Army is expanding deployment of integrated air and missile defence networks that connect mult...
- 15:00 European nations expand military mobility infrastructure projects - European governments are investing in rail, bridge, port and logistics upgrades to improve the rapid...
- 15:00 China advances long-endurance unmanned maritime operations - China continues expanding the use of long-endurance unmanned systems for maritime surveillance and r...
- 15:00 Japan increases domestic missile manufacturing investments - Japan is expanding industrial capacity for missile production to support larger inventories of stand...
- 15:00 Undersea infrastructure protection emerges as strategic mission - Navies and governments are increasing investment in surveillance systems and autonomous vehicles des...
- 15:00 Counter-drone technologies increasingly emphasise affordability - Military planners are prioritising low-cost interception methods to counter mass drone attacks witho...
- 15:00 Hypersonic tracking architectures gain momentum worldwide - Major defence powers are accelerating development of integrated radar and satellite-based tracking n...
- 15:00 Military logistics automation becomes a major modernisation theme - Armed forces are investing in autonomous resupply vehicles, robotic warehousing and AI-assisted logi...
- 15:00 Collaborative autonomy expands across military domains - Defence organisations are increasingly exploring groups of autonomous systems operating cooperativel...
- 15:00 Industrial surge capacity becomes a strategic defence metric - Governments are increasingly evaluating defence suppliers on their ability to rapidly scale producti...
- 09:00 US Air Force expands autonomous mission planning capabilities - The US Air Force is investing in autonomous mission planning tools designed to accelerate operationa...
- 09:00 European militaries prioritise protection of critical infrastructure - European defence planners are increasing efforts to protect energy facilities, communications networ...
- 09:00 China strengthens multi-domain reconnaissance architecture - China continues integrating satellites, drones, maritime patrol assets and ground sensors into a bro...
- 09:00 Japan expands munitions storage and dispersal network - Japan is investing in new ammunition storage facilities and dispersal concepts to improve resilience...
- 09:00 Autonomous maritime surveillance gains momentum worldwide - Navies are increasingly adopting autonomous maritime surveillance systems to provide persistent cove...
- 09:00 Counter-drone programmes focus on defeating mass attacks - Military organisations are prioritising counter-UAS systems capable of handling large-scale drone at...
- 09:00 Hypersonic defence drives demand for persistent sensor coverage - Defence agencies are accelerating investment in persistent tracking networks to improve detection an...
- 09:00 Military space architectures shift toward distributed constellations - Armed forces are increasingly favouring distributed satellite constellations over a small number of...
- 09:00 Collaborative combat aircraft become central to future airpower - Air forces are increasingly viewing collaborative combat aircraft as a core element of future airpow...
- 09:00 Production resilience emerges as key defence export advantage - The ability to sustain production, deliver rapidly and expand output during crises is becoming a maj...
