Turkiye to Buy RAF’s Second-Hand C-130J Super Hercules
It has been reported by Scramble that Turkiye has accepted to purchase 12 used C-130J Super Hercules transport aircraft from RAF.
Turkiye News
Air
Logistics
Weapon / Missile
The Range of SİPER Product-3 is 180 Km
Minister of National Defence Yaşar Güler announced that the SİPER Product-3 Air Defence Missile will have a range of 180 km.
Air
Bilateral Relations
State Department for F-35: Conditions Remain Unchanged
U.S. State Department: "Everyone knows the conditions required for the supply of F-35s to Turkiye, and our policy has not changed." in response to Turkish MoD.
Unmanned Systems
Mali Acquires AKINCI UCAVs
Mali-based ORTM1 TV channel has published images of AKINCI UCAVs used by the Malian Air Force.
Navy / Maritime
Bilateral Relations
FS Courbet Visits Turkiye to Improve Bilateral Relations
The Turkish Defence Ministry declared that the French frigate FS Courbet F 712, which increased tensions with Turkiye in 2020, visited Istanbul.
Land
Otokar Secures Romania's 4X4 Tender
Otokar announced at KAP that it signed today the 4x4 Light Armoured Tactical Vehicles tender with the Romanian Defence Ministry Company C. N. Romtehnica S.A.
Air
Ammunition
Modernisation
New Turkish F-16 Plan Lowers the Budget
Turkiye cut F-16 procurement budgets without giving up on missiles and ammunition. The new plan without modernisation kits is limited to $7 billion.
Air
Weapon / Missile
Modernisation
Turkiye Changes its F-16 Block 70 and F-35 Strategy
Speaking at the Committee on Plan and Budget, Turkish Minister of Defence Yaşar Güler signalled a possible change of strategy on F-35 fighters and F-16s.
Navy / Maritime
Unmanned Systems
Bayraktar TB3's Second Prototype Lands on TCG ANADOLU
Following the first prototype, Bayraktar TB3 STOL UCAV's second prototype took off and landed on TCG ANADOLU (L400) LHD.
Regional / Strategy
Defence Politics
Greek Cyprus Makes a Move for NATO Membership
Greek Cyprus President Nikos Christodoulidis and U.S. President Joe Biden have formalised a joint plan for Greek Cyprus's participation in NATO.
Weapon / Missile
ASELSAN Signs € 135.1 Million and TRY 1.6 Billion Contract
ASELSAN and the Secretariat of Defence Industries (SSB) signed a contract to produce Air Defence Systems for the Turkish Armed Forces.
Air
Homeland Security
JÖAK Demonstrates Deployment With T625 Gökbey
Turkish Gendarmie's special forces unit JÖAK's operators demonstrated deployment with the service's new T625 Gökbey utility helicopter.
Regional / Strategy
Defence Politics
European Defence Industry Strechens Muscles
ASD presented its Facts & Figures 2024 report, an analysis of 2023’s performance which underlines an increase at the industry income.
Unmanned Systems
Sensors
ASELSAN Exports ASELFLIR-500 to Croatia
CEO Ahmet Akyol announced that the recent Bayraktar TB2 armed UAV export to Croatia includes the ASELFLIR-500 EO/IR system.
Global Defence Trend Brief
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- 15:00 European air defence modernisation shifts toward integrated networks - European governments are increasingly linking national air defence assets into broader integrated ne...
- 15:00 China strengthens unmanned maritime surveillance capabilities - China continues expanding its portfolio of maritime surveillance drones to improve situational aware...
- 15:00 Japan accelerates hardened infrastructure development - Japan is investing in hardened facilities, protected storage sites and dispersed operating locations...
- 15:00 Autonomous underwater systems gain role in critical infrastructure security - Navies are increasingly deploying autonomous underwater vehicles to monitor and protect undersea cab...
- 15:00 Counter-drone systems increasingly combine kinetic and electronic effects - Military organisations are fielding layered counter-drone architectures that integrate electronic wa...
- 15:00 Hypersonic weapon proliferation drives demand for space-based tracking - Defence agencies are accelerating development of space-based sensor constellations capable of provid...
- 15:00 Military logistics automation becomes mainstream procurement priority - Armed forces are expanding procurement of autonomous logistics vehicles and AI-assisted supply syste...
- 15:00 Collaborative combat aircraft concepts reshape force structure planning - Air forces are increasingly designing future force structures around combinations of crewed aircraft...
- 15:00 Industrial resilience becomes strategic requirement for defence suppliers - Governments are placing growing emphasis on supply-chain security, surge production capability and m...
- 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...
