Electronic Warfare Mission To ASELSAN
ASELSAN and the Defence Industry Agency signed an electronic warfare project contract with a total value of 700 million TL and $85 million.
Turkiye News
E/W
Air
Ammunition
Unmanned Systems
Expo and Air Show
SAGE and DASAL to release Togan mortar munition from UAV
Turkish defence Institute TUBITAK SAGE has reached a new stage with DASAL aviation. SAGE’s air dropped Togan mortar ammunition will be used at DASAL’s UAV.
Weapon / Missile
Demir; Hisar O+ IIR to enter the inventory in 2022
Speaking to press, SSB President Demir stated that Hisar O+ Air Defence System would be delivered to the inventory next year.
Country
SSI Provided 10th-Year Awards to Companies
Turkish Defence and Aerospace Industry Association (SSI) awarded the companies that exported most in ten years.
Weapon / Missile
Atmaca is deployed At TCG Kınaliada
ROKETSAN’s anti-ship missile Atmaca is in the inventory according to President of Defence Industries Professor Ismail Demir.
Country
SSI Organizes Export Strategy Conference
SSI organised the "Global Strategies for the Defence and Aviation Industry Conference'21" in Antalya to address the strategies to increase export.
Country
TIM Reported 3 billion Export Volume is Near
Turkish Export Assembly (TIM) announced defence and aerospace industry export volume for last 11 months in 2021.
Air
Bilateral Relations
Hürkuş Flew Over Azerbaijan
Turkish Aerospace (TUSAŞ) basic trainer aircraft Hürkuş flew in Azerbaijan. Turkish Ambassador to Azerbaijan Cahit Bağcı announced the flight.
Navy / Maritime
TCG Güngör Durmuş (A-574) Waits Next Week for Delivery
TCG Yzb. Güngör Durmuş (A-574) auxiliary ship is expected to enter the Turkish Navy. TurDef learned that the vessel might be delivered soon.
Weapon / Missile
MKE has New Naval Gun Test Fires
The Defence Ministry subsidiary, the MKE A.Ş , tested the 76 mm Naval Gun in the presence of Defence Minister Hulusi Akar.
Land
KAPLAN STA Anti-tank Vehicles are Delivered to TAF
The President of SSB, Professor Demir, stated that FNSS production KAPLAN STA vehicles are delivered to the Turkish Armed Forces.
Navy / Maritime
Expo and Air Show
France and Turkey Compete in Colombia for PES
The French Naval Group and the Turkish STM are participating in the defence systems exhibition "Expodefensa 2021" (November 29 - December 1) in Colombia.
Air
Unmanned Systems
Sensors
ANKA to getting CATS Eye
TURAF wants to upgrade the ANKA armed UAV with ASELSAN's common aperture targeting system (CATS) electro-optical/infrared (EO/IR) payload.
Bilateral Relations
Turkey Opens a New Chapter with Israel And Egypt
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan stated that Turkey's relations with Israel and Egypt would gradually improve. He will appoint ambassadors to two countries.
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- 15:00 Military logistics automation becomes mainstream procurement priority - Armed forces are expanding procurement of autonomous logistics vehicles and AI-assisted supply syste...
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- 09:00 Counter-drone procurement shifts toward scalable architectures - Military organisations are increasingly procuring counter-drone systems built around open architectu...
- 09:00 Hypersonic defence programmes focus on persistent target custody - Defence agencies are prioritising sensor networks capable of maintaining continuous tracking of mano...
- 09:00 AI-assisted command systems gain momentum in military planning - Armed forces are accelerating adoption of AI-assisted command-and-control systems designed to improv...
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