SSB and Tawazun Council Meet in Abu Dhabi
Defence Industry Agency (SSB) and Tawazun Council met for the first time at a Working Group Meeting in Abu Dhabi.
Turkiye News
Bilateral Relations
Investment
Unmanned Systems
Simulator / AI / Drill/ Software
Kyrgistan Holds Exercises with Aksungur and Akıncı
Kyrgistan held guided tactical-line exercises with the new "Akıncı" and "Aksungur" unmanned aerial vehicles.
Air
Bilateral Relations
Nigerian MOD Visits TUSAŞ to Speed up Atak Delivery
Nigerian Defence Minister and the Chief of the Air Staff (CAS) visited TUSAŞ to speed up T129 Atak helicopter delivery.
Navy / Maritime
Country
Largest Naval Parade at the Anniversary of the Republic
Turkiye celebrates the 100th anniversary of the Republic with a military ship parade at the Istanbul Stait.
Logistics
Land
Koluman Holds Derman Delivery Ceremony
Koluman’s 8x8 Wheeled Container Carrier Vehicle Derman (DROPS) delivery ceremony is held in Mersin. Koluman delivered seven DROPS to the Turkish Armed Forces.
Navy / Maritime
Bilateral Relations
Qatari Court Sentences Death For Spying
Qatari court handed death sentences to eight retired Indian naval officers who worked for the consulting company Al Dahra.
Navy / Maritime
E/W
Communication
Link-22 Capability for TCG Istanbul
Port acceptance tests of HAVELSAN’s ADVENT Combat Management System Link-22 capability were completed on the TCG-Istanbul (F-515) frigate.
Navy / Maritime
Country
STM Produces Yaw Damping System
STM nationalised the 'Yaw Damping System', which will be used for the first time in MİLGEM İSTİF Class Frigates.
Weapon / Missile
Country
Roketsan isTAYFUN Ballistic Missile Versions
Roketsan General Manager Murat İkinci declared that the company is working on versions of the TAYFUN Ballistic missile.
Investment
Simulator / AI / Drill/ Software
ASELSAN Take over all the Shares of BİTES
ASELSAN, which owns 51 per cent of BİTES shares, purchased the remaining shares and increased its partnership follow-up payment to 100 per cent.
Unmanned Systems
E/W
ASELSAN Tests UAV Swarm Technology for SIGINT
ASELSAN tests UAVs SIGINT performance within swarm operations, ASELSAN General Manager Ahmet Akyol stated.
Bilateral Relations
Defence Politics
A New Step on Sweden’s Path to NATO
Turkiye's President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Erdoğan sent Sweden’s NATO accession protocol to the Turkish Grand National Assembly.
Investment
Nurol Teknoloji Buys Majority Stakes of German IKH
The Turkish defence company Nurol Teknoloji has acquired a majority stake in the German ceramic raw material manufacturer Industrie Keramik Hochrhein (IKH).
Navy / Maritime
Air
Unmanned Systems
TB3 Performed its Maiden Flight with a Hop-On Test
Baykar’s TB3 UAV performed a hop-on test at Çorlu Airport near İstanbul.
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...
