ARES’s 35 FPB at Open Sea Trials
Ares Shipyard builds 122 Fast Patrol Boats (FPB) for the Turkish Ministry of Interior-Coast Guard Command. The shipyard has prepared a prototype for tests.
Turkiye News
Navy / Maritime
Weapon / Missile
Sensors
Roketsan’s proximity fuse is tested on MK-82 and Teber
Turkish Air Force tested Roketsan’s proximity fuse with a TEBER, and a laser guidance kit added MK-82 general-purpose bomb.
Investment
Two Turkish companies entered the list of Top 100 Defence
Two Turkish companies entered the “Defence News Top 100” list. The list is prepared based on data from a year ago.
Country
Homeland Security
New Air Defence System to Kabul
Afghan authorities said they had installed an anti-missile system at Kabul airport to counter incoming rockets.
E/W
New Flag of Electronic Warfare: Sancak
President of Defence Industries Professor İsmail Demir introduced the Land-Based Electronic Warfare System Sancak from his social media account.
Weapon / Missile
Demir: Two Good News From Hisar
Demir stated that the HİSAR A+ Air Defence Missile System has been delivered with all its elements and that the HİSAR O+ is in the phase of mass production.
Air
Ammunition
Unmanned Systems
Baykar's Akıncı UCAV took off with a 3000 lb payload
Baykar’s Akıncı UCAV (S-1) took off with TÜBİTAK SAGE 2000 lb Penetrator Bomb (NEB). The UCAV had 1000 libre extra weight option on board besides the NEB.
Air
Meteksan Signs Export Agreement
Meteksan Defence signed a new export contract with the Air Forces Command of a country whose name is kept confidential but stated as an ally.
Air
Unmanned Systems
Akıncı Challenges HALE class
Baykar’s Akıncı UCAV broke the altitude record of Turkish aviation history by reaching an altitude of 38,039 feet (11,594 meters).
Navy / Maritime
Unmanned Systems
Sefine Provides its Unmanned Solution for Blue Homeland
Sefine Shipyard has announced that the construction of two unmanned vessels started with “ASELSAN, SEFT Ship Design, ARMELSAN, ROKETSAN and TURK LLOYD.
Ammunition
Unmanned Systems
SAGE and AsisGuard's Togan has Termobaric Warhead Now
The joint work of TÜBİTAK-SAGE and AsisGuard has reached a new step. The 81 mm TOGAN air-launched mortar munition developed by SAGE has termobaric warhead.
Simulator / AI / Drill/ Software
TDU company exports inflatable dummy F-16 aircraft
TDU Defence company introduced its newest product, an inflatable dummy F-16 aircraft to decieve opponent side with realistic targets to spend ammuniation.
Ammunition
Investment
MKE; First Export with The New Name
The Machinery and Chemical Industry Institution is transformed to Mechanical and Chemical Industry Incorporated Company.
Weapon / Missile
Investment
Hankaya Defence Provides In-house 12.7 testing: Tuzak 12.7
Hankaya Defence has produced a weapon fire test system domestically. The system aims to save time and money to test weapons.
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...
