Roketsan’s Mete at Firing Tests
Roketsan’s Mete is at firing tests. The missile was fired from a drone. President of Defence Industries Professor Ismail Demir announced the development.
Turkiye News
Weapon / Missile
Expo and Air Show
Investment
Bilateral Relations
Turkey to Cooperate with Iraq to Form a Defence Industry
A Turkish delegation led by SSB Professor Ismail Demir met with Iraqi counterparts to discuss bilateral defence industry cooperation.
Weapon / Missile
Unmanned Systems
Sensors
Meteksan and UNIDEF Unified their Power for Area Control
Meteksan Defence and Istanbul based engineering firm for weapon integration solutions UNIDEF cooperated in a new concept.
Investment
Altınay to Locally Manufacture ASIST
Turkish Altınay company will produce Aircraft Ship Integrated Secure and Traverse (ASIST) locally.
Country
TIM Reveales Defence Industry September 2021 Export Report
The total export of the Turkish Defence and Aerospace Industry in September 2021 was 252 million 475 thousand USD.
Navy / Maritime
E/W
Turkish Seahawks to IFF with ASELSAN’s System
Turkish Navy’s Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) S-70B SeaHawk helicopters are modernised with the ASELSAN Friend or Foe Identification (IFF) Mode 5 System.
Investment
Unmanned Systems
Sensors
UAV Maker Baykar Exports its Capacity to Ukraine
Ukraine on Wednesday signed a memorandum to establish joint training and testing centre with Turkish UAV manufacturer Baykar.
Land
Unmanned Systems
Otokar & Milrem Robotics Teaming to Develop Unmanned Systems
Turkish Otokar and Estonian Milrem Robotics signed a teaming agreement to explore opportunities for unmanned and remote-controlled ground vehicles.
Land
Unmanned Systems
Turkish Army Gets New Robots (UGV) on The Frontline: Acrob
Defence Ministry announced that the Army would use Unmanned Ground Vehicles (UGV) on the frontline. SSB pioneered the Lightweight robot project.Turkish MoD
Air
Unmanned Systems
TUSAŞ Visits Malaysia to Promote ANKA UAV
TUSAŞ General Manager Temel Kotil visited Malaysia. The visit became public as Kotil and his delegation were seen at the Turkish Embassy.
Investment
TUSAŞ's UAV ANKA won the WIPO Award
TUSAŞ) won UN Agency’s (ISIF) 2021, UN agency World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and Best National Invention award.
Air
Ammunition
Unmanned Systems
SSB announced: STM’S Boyga UAV Released MKE’s 81 mm Mortar
SSB released a video on social media where STM Defence and MKE A.Ş. take place. STM’s Boyga released 81 mm mortar ammunition.
Bilateral Relations
Regional / Strategy
Erdogan Says Turkey to Buy More S-400
President Erdogan said Turkey still intended to buy a second batch of S-400 missile defence systems from Russia and the US statement included warnings.
Navy / Maritime
ADIK Shipyard Launched Qatari QL-80
The Qatar Navy's QL-80 LCT Landing Ship Tank Al-Abrar Fuwairit, built by ADIK, was launched with a ceremony.
Global Defence Trend Brief
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- 15:00 European air defence modernisation shifts toward integrated networks - European governments are increasingly linking national air defence assets into broader integrated ne...
- 15:00 China strengthens unmanned maritime surveillance capabilities - China continues expanding its portfolio of maritime surveillance drones to improve situational aware...
- 15:00 Japan accelerates hardened infrastructure development - Japan is investing in hardened facilities, protected storage sites and dispersed operating locations...
- 15:00 Autonomous underwater systems gain role in critical infrastructure security - Navies are increasingly deploying autonomous underwater vehicles to monitor and protect undersea cab...
- 15:00 Counter-drone systems increasingly combine kinetic and electronic effects - Military organisations are fielding layered counter-drone architectures that integrate electronic wa...
- 15:00 Hypersonic weapon proliferation drives demand for space-based tracking - Defence agencies are accelerating development of space-based sensor constellations capable of provid...
- 15:00 Military logistics automation becomes mainstream procurement priority - Armed forces are expanding procurement of autonomous logistics vehicles and AI-assisted supply syste...
- 15:00 Collaborative combat aircraft concepts reshape force structure planning - Air forces are increasingly designing future force structures around combinations of crewed aircraft...
- 15:00 Industrial resilience becomes strategic requirement for defence suppliers - Governments are placing growing emphasis on supply-chain security, surge production capability and m...
- 09:00 US Air Force expands Collaborative Combat Aircraft testing - The US Air Force is increasing flight testing and integration work for Collaborative Combat Aircraft...
- 09:00 European defence spending increasingly targets ammunition resilience - European governments are directing additional defence funding toward ammunition production, stockpil...
- 09:00 China advances military satellite constellation deployment - China continues expanding military satellite constellations designed to enhance communications, navi...
- 09:00 Japan strengthens distributed missile force posture - Japan is expanding deployment of mobile missile units and support infrastructure across remote islan...
- 09:00 Autonomous surface vessels gain importance in fleet operations - Navies are integrating autonomous surface vessels into surveillance, reconnaissance and maritime sec...
- 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...
- 09:00 Collaborative autonomy emerges as key defence technology trend - Military planners increasingly view teams of autonomous systems operating cooperatively as a major f...
- 09:00 Production capacity increasingly shapes defence export competitiveness - Countries evaluating defence acquisitions are placing greater weight on supplier production capacity...
