Otokar Exports 4x4 Armoured Vehicles Worth 54 million USD
Otokar has signed an export contract amounting to approximately USD 54 million to sell 4x4 Tactical Wheeled Armoured Vehicles.
Turkiye News
Logistics
Country
Air
Modernisation
BAE Pays a Visit to Defence Minister Akar
TurDef has learned that a high-level British industrial team visited Turkiye in January to discuss the Eurofighter acquisition programme.
Navy / Maritime
Expo and Air Show
STM Attends the PIMEC with its Submarine Solutions
STM attends the Pakistan PIMEC in Karachi with its submarine solutions. The modernisation of French-made Agosta B submarines set the first example of it.
Navy / Maritime
Weapon / Missile
Expo and Air Show
ASELSAN Exhibits its Counter-torpedo solution at PIMEC
ASELSAN, which provides combat systems for four platforms ASFAT builds for the Pakistan Navy, exhibits its naval solutions at the PIMEC in Karachi.
Air
SSB Established Specific Department for Turkish Fighter
SSB declared some structural changes to its personnel. A new department has been established for the Turkish Fighter Programme (TF).
Navy / Maritime
Çakır Becomes the New Managing Director of TAİS
Former Commander of Istanbul Naval Shipyard retired Rear Admiral Ahmet Çakır is appointed as the new Managing Director of TAIS Shipyards and Technology.
Unmanned Systems
Communication
Aksungur Serves as a GSM Relay station
Turkish Aerospace-made Aksungur UAV flies over the earthquake zone to provide a GSM connection.
Air
Bilateral Relations
Menendez signed for Greek F-35s
Bob Menendez, the Chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, stated that he supported Greece to acquire F-35.
Expo and Air Show
MRBS postponed due to earthquake
MUSAID Ankara postponed Military Radar and Border Security Summit (MRBS), which was going to take place next week in Ankara.
Country
Keleş will be Appointed as MKE’s New General Manager
There is a change of duty in MKE Inci a Turkish weapons and military chemical producer. İlhami Keleş became the new General Manager of the company.
Navy / Maritime
The Last “Section 50” Component Delivered for Type 214
Turkish company in the maritime industry, Gürdesan, has delivered the last “Section 50” structure to the Gölcük Naval Shipyard Command.
Air
Bilateral Relations
Scandinavian Obstacle for Turkish F-16s from the U.S.
US Senate erected a Scandinavian obstacle for the F-16 acquisition of Turkiye. A group of partisans sent a letter to President Biden.
Simulator / AI / Drill/ Software
Kış 2023 Exercise
The Turkish Armed Forces continue the Kış-2023 (Winter 2023) exercise in Kars, the country's eastern city.
Engine and Transmission
BMC Handovers Tuna Engine
BMC Power handovers the first domestic wheeled vehicle engines. The name of the new propulsion system was also published during the ceremony.
Global Defence Trend Brief
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- 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...
