Ukrainian Ada will provide Air Defence Missions
Ukraine will acquire two Ada Class corvettes from Turkiye. Turkish Navy used them for ASW, but Ukrainian corvettes will serve for air defence missions.
Turkiye News
Navy / Maritime
Land
Interview / Exclusive File
Expo and Air Show
Worldwide Exporter SMS Defence
Turdef has spoken with SMS Defence at International Defence Industry Fair IDEF. SMS participates in most expos to show its manufacturing capacity.
Navy / Maritime
Turkey has begun the Decisiveness (Kararlılık) Exercise
The Turkish Ministry of Defence announced on social media that the Decisiveness -2021 Exercise has begun in the Aegean Sea and the Eastern Mediterranean.
Navy / Maritime
Ares Begins the Serial Production of 35 FBP
SSB announced that the serial production of FPB started. Ares Shipyard will produce 122 FPB for the Coast Guard Command and General Directorate of Security.
Air
Simulator / AI / Drill/ Software
TF-X gets its digital twin
TUSAŞ started to work with the digital twin of the National Combat Aircraft (TF-X). The technology will speed the design and production of aircraft.
E/W
ASELSAN Exports EW and ES Systems
ASELSAN announced that it exports electronic warfare (EW) and electronic support (ES) systems.
Land
Interview / Exclusive File
Expo and Air Show
We talk about Akrep IID
Otokar exhibited its AKREP II diesel armoured vehicle at International Defence Industry Fair (IDEF). The vehicle was known with its hybrid engine.
E/W
Bilateral Relations
Joint Electronic Warfare Exercise from Turkey and Azerbaijan
TURAZ Şahin 2021 Exercise "Distinguished Observer Day" was held by the Turkish and Azerbaijani Air Forces at the 3rd Main Jet Base Command in Konya.
Country
Görgün: We Delivered 13 CATS
Professor Haluk Görgün, Chairman of Aselsan, said that ASELSAN delivered 12 CATS systems to replace the E/O payloads previously imported from Canada.
Land
Expo and Air Show
Otokar Exhibits COBRA II MRAP and TULPAR at DSEI Fair
Otokar will participate in DSEI 2021 in London, UK, where it will exhibit a COBRA II MRAP and a TULPAR with a MIZRAK turret system.
Navy / Maritime
Gürdesan Delivers Submarine’s Torpedo Launching Room
The Gürdesan company’s submarine production, Section 50, is delivered to Gölcük Shipyard Command to be used at the New Type Submarine Project (Reis Class).
Ammunition
Expo and Air Show
Turaç aims climbing export ranks one by one
Turaç Chairman of Board Fatih Altunbaş stated that they had not stopped producing during the pandemic and protected their capacity.
Navy / Maritime
Weapon / Missile
Expo and Air Show
Demir: There will be a Submarine Launched version of Atmaca
SSB Professor İsmail Demir stated that they are working on the submarine Launched version of Atmaca at the TEKNOFEST 2021 Rocket Competition.
Navy / Maritime
New MILGEM I is on the Agenda
SSB prepares to begin a tender for MILGEM I class Frigate construction. Three more I class frigates are expected.
Global Defence Trend Brief
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- 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...
