New Fund for Defence Investments
SSB established an investment fund with Vakıf, Ziraat, and Türkiye Kalkınma ve Yatırım Bankası. The fund will provide financial support to SSTEK.
Turkiye News
Investment
Navy / Maritime
Ukraine’s Milgem step by step
The keel laying for MİLGEM Ada class corvette for the Ukrainian Navy was celebrated with a solemn ceremony.
Land
Engine and Transmission
Expo and Air Show
Return of 6TD Engines for Altay MBT and Fırtına
Turkey negotiates with Ukraine for Fırtına Howitzer and Altay's engines. The designer of the 6TD engines told TurDef that they were in negotiations with Turkey.
Country
Regional / Strategy
Defence Politics
Demir: Exporting creates better allies
President of Defence Industry Demir, shared the latest developments in defence industry projects on TRT Haber live broadcast on Monday.
Country
Demir: We Will Produce S-400 Equivalent Air Defence System
President of Defence Industries Professor İsmail Demir was on TRT live for an exclusive interview. The headlines from Demir’s interview are as follows:
Expo and Air Show
Tuyap published its IDEF Report:94 agreements
Tuyap has published the result report of International Defence Industries Far (IDEF). The report gives brief information on the expo under the Covid pandemic.
Navy / Maritime
Expo and Air Show
ARES will export two OPVs to Bangladesh
Ares Shipyard has started its “serial production” of 35 FBP for the Turkish coast guard. We have spoken with the Ares CEO Ö. Utku Alanç during IDEF 2021.
Expo and Air Show
Turkish Defence Shows the Flag in Poland
Three Turkish Defence companies ASELSAN, Ares Shipyard and Meteksan Defence will show their products at MSPO expo in Poland.
Air
Modernisation
Modernised Stratotanker Returns Turkey
Turkish Defence Ministry announced that the first KC-135R aerial tanker is back on the fleet after modernisation. Turkey has seven KC-135R at TurAF.
Land
Investment
OTOKAR Allocated 1.3 Billion Liras to R&D in Last 10 Years
OTOKAR has published its 2020 sustainability report. The company operates in the military armoured vehicles and commercial vehicles industries.
Weapon / Missile
MKE's Boran howitzers for Macedonia
The Army of Northern Macedonia (ARSM) is expected to procure 18 Boran 105mm Air Transportable Light towed Howitzer from Turkey.
Air
TUSAŞ Will Manufacture Section 48 For Boeing B737 MAX-8
TUSAŞ signed two more contracts with Spirit AeroSystems to deliver Section 48 – "Tail Feather" for the Boeing 737 MAX-8.
Air
Regional / Strategy
Turkish F-16s scramble Russian Su-24
Turkish F-16s scrambled two Russian aircraft as part of the NATO mission. Turkish Defence ministry released video footage of the mission.
Country
Turkish Defence and Aviation Industry exported $ 284 million
According to Turkish Exporters Assembly (TIM) data, the Turkish defence and aerospace sector exported 284 million 721 thousand dollars in August 2021.
Global Defence Trend Brief
- 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...
