Turkiye Defence News

Investment Sensors

Change of Flag at KoçSavunma

11 Mar, 14:46
1 min read

KoçSavunma Technology and Engineering Management Group Manager Hakan Öktem has been appointed as Defence Technologies Managing Director.

Navy / Maritime Air Modernisation

Second Meltem-3 at Blue Homeland

10 Mar, 16:31
2 min read

The second P-72 Maritime Patrol Aircraft was delivered to the naval forces within the scope of the P-72 MELTEM-3 Project.

Country Regional / Strategy

Libyan Government Gets Approval

10 Mar, 15:46
2 min read

Abdulhamid Dbeibeh’s cabinet got 132 votes to two against at the Libya Parliament. “it became clear that the Libyans are one unit,” Dbeibeh said.

Defence Politics

Stoltenberg calls Turkey “extremely important,”

10 Mar, 13:23
2 min read

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg called Turkey “extremely important,” saying the alliance is a platform to address differences and disagreements.

Navy / Maritime E/W

HAVELSAN Delivers DBDS to Navy

10 Mar, 10:15
2 min read

HAVELSAN announced that the last batch of the Submarıne Data Dıstrıbutıon System has been delivered to the Naval Forces Command.

Weapon / Missile

SSB: Roketsan's Hisar O+ SAM Passed the Critical Test

09 Mar, 14:33
2 min read

The Presidency of Defence Industries (SSB) announced from the official Twitter account a new development about Medium Range Air Defence Missile System Hisar O+.

Bilateral Relations Defence Politics

Kalın: Turkey loses, the US loses

08 Mar, 13:40
3 min read

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s spokesman Ibrahim Kalın Kalın accused the US of interfering with T-129 export to Pakistan.

Navy / Maritime Ammunition Unmanned Systems

MAM-L Hits from a Farther distance

07 Mar, 18:46
1 min read

Turkish Defence Ministry announced the micro smart munition MAM-L. The ministry stated that MAM-L is used at the Blue Homeland 2021 Military Exercise.

Bilateral Relations

The Shift and Rise in Turkish Defence Export

07 Mar, 12:17
1 min read

Turkish Exporters Assembly (Türkiye İhracatçılar MEclisi /TİM) declared Turkish defence exports for February 21

Navy / Maritime Bilateral Relations Regional / Strategy Defence Politics

An Olive Branch to Egypt, Velvet Glove to Greece

06 Mar, 21:49
3 min read

Defence Minister Hulusi Akar attended the Blue Homeland 2021 Exercise at the Aegean Sea. Akar spoke about developing relations with Egypt and warned Greece.

Investment

ASPILSAN’s Ni-Cd Battery for Railway

05 Mar, 10:24
2 min read

ASPILSAN Energy’s Ni-Cd type batteries are installed into the railway system. The batteries will power up the railway system in Samsun Metropol.

Simulator / AI / Drill/ Software Investment Bilateral Relations

New Player on Nuclear Energy: Meteksan Defence

04 Mar, 10:00
2 min read

Meteksan Savunma won an Akkuyu Nuclear Power Plant tender and achieved a chance to transfer its capabilities in the defence industry to the civil area.

Air Weapon / Missile Unmanned Systems Sensors

Unmanned AN-2s: Azerbaijan’s Unknown Heroes

04 Mar, 02:30
2 min read

According to MEE, the Azerbaijani military used Soviet-era Antonov An-2 aircraft as a decoy to destroy Russian S-300s with Israeli “Harop” suicide drones.