TB3 will fly with TEI’s PD-170 Engines
TUSAŞ Engine Inc. (TEI) President and General Manager Mahmut Akşit stated that TEI’s PD-170 engine family would power Baykar’s TB3.
Turkiye News
Unmanned Systems
Engine and Transmission
Navy / Maritime
Marti Reminds Blue Homeland
Itamilradar, which monitors Mediterranean air traffic, figured out that a Turkish Navy Aircraft, P-72, is in mission flight in the Aegean Sea.
Expo and Air Show
Roketsan Supports the TEKNOFEST
Roketsan has released a video for the Rocket Competition held as part of the Aerospace and Technology Festival TEKNOFEST 2021.
Bilateral Relations
Pakistan Favours Turkey’s Role in Kabul Airport
Pakistan’s ambassador to Ankara has stated that Islamabad favours any contribution to the stability of Afghanistan.
Weapon / Missile
Unmanned Systems
Demir: Şimşek to Become Cruise Missile
President of Defence Industries Professor Ismail Demir attended the Akıncı ceremony. Demir spoke about the Turkish Defence Industry and recent works on UAVs.
Unmanned Systems
Baykar Delivered first Akıncı UAV to Turkish Armed Forces
Bayraktar Akinci, an UCAV, is delivered to the Turkish Armed Forces with a ceremony held at Çorlu Airport Base Command .
Air
Unmanned Systems
SSB moves fast and systematic on the UAV project
SSB demanded companies to prove their technological maturity in order to participate in the tender.
Weapon / Missile
Engine and Transmission
Expo and Air Show
SOM and ATMACA’s engine KTJ-3200 is close to mass production
Agreements were signed at IDEF for the mass production of KTJ-3200 engines to power up SOM and ATMACA missiles.
Unmanned Systems
Expo and Air Show
Kalecik Becomes UAV Test Centre
Ankara Development Agency and TRTEST have signed the Kalecik Unmanned Air Systems Test and Evaluation Centre Project.
Air
Expo and Air Show
Kotil clarifies Tusas’ T629 hybrid helicopter’s purpose
TUSAŞ President and CEO professor Temel Kotil explained the purpose of the T629 hybrid attack helicopter. The helicopter was presented back in February 2021.
E/W
Expo and Air Show
Meteksan’s MERTER to Protect Convoys from RCIED
The presidency of Defence Industries and Meteksan Defence Industry signed the Portable Electronic Attack System (MERT/ MERTER) agreement at IDEF 2019.
Expo and Air Show
IDEF on the discussion table
President of Defence Industry Professor Ismail Demir met with representatives from the defence and aerospace industry to evaluate the IDEF.
Air
Country
Bilateral Relations
Turkey to Withdraw from Kabul Airport
Turkish MOD announced that it had begun withdrawing troops from Afghanistan, abandoning plans to assist in the security of Kabul’s International Airport.
Simulator / AI / Drill/ Software
Expo and Air Show
Significant Collaborations from HAVELSAN
HAVELSAN has signed many new agreements during IDEF'21 to expand collaborations with prominent companies in the Turkish industry through a series of MoUs.
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...
