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SOM and ATMACA’s engine KTJ-3200 is very close to mass production
Weapon / Missile Engine and Transmission Expo and Air Show

SOM and ATMACA’s engine KTJ-3200 is very close to mass production

Agreements were signed at IDEF for the mass production of KTJ-3200 engines to power up SOM and ATMACA missiles. This agreement decided to use Kale ARGE’s turbojet engines in the Roketsan’s SOM and ATMACA missiles.

Pakistan successfully tested the Fatah-1 multi-launch rocket system
Weapon / Missile

Pakistan successfully tested the Fatah-1 multi-launch rocket system

Pakistan successfully tested the Fatah-1 (Guided Multi Launch Rocket System), an indigenously developed missile capable of delivering a conventional warhead.

Russia to induct the Kinzhal hypersonic missile
Weapon / Missile Expo and Air Show

Russia to induct the Kinzhal hypersonic missile

The Russian Defence Ministry signed a contract with the KB Mashinostroyeniya to deliver Kinzhal hypersonic nuclear-capable air-launched ballistic missiles.

Israel’s Iron Dome passes first live-fire test in the US
Weapon / Missile

Israel’s Iron Dome passes first live-fire test in the US

The US Army stated Monday that its first Iron Dome Defence System (IDDS-A) Battery had completed a live-fire test.

MKE’s CIWS Waits for 2022
Navy / Maritime Weapon / Missile

MKE’s CIWS Waits for 2022

The Mechanical and Chemical Industry Incorporated Company (MKE) presented its Close-İn Weapon System (CIWS) solution at IDEF.

F-16s to get Ramjet Engine air to air missile Gökhan
Air Weapon / Missile Expo and Air Show

F-16s to get Ramjet Engine air to air missile Gökhan

TUBİTAK SAGE’s director Gökhan Okumuş stated that Gökhan air to air missiles with Ramjet engines would be used first on F-16 aircraft.

The contract of Land ATMACA Signed
Land Weapon / Missile Expo and Air Show

The contract of Land ATMACA Signed

The surface-to-surface Cruise Missile (Land Atmaca) Contract was signed between the Presidency of Defence Industries (SSB) and Roketsan at IDEF21.

Roketsan presents Atmaca land version
Weapon / Missile Sensors Expo and Air Show

Roketsan presents Atmaca land version

Roketsan President Professor Faruk Yiğit and General Manager Murat İkinci met with journalists today to present their contribution to IDEF.

Roketsan presents its LAÇİN guidance kit
Air Weapon / Missile Sensors Expo and Air Show

Roketsan presents its LAÇİN guidance kit

Roketsan has added a new guidance kit to its portfolio to convert the “dumb” bomb to the “smart” one. The kit, called LAÇİN,.

SSB Pushes Button for 7.62 Gatling Gun
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SSB Pushes Button for 7.62 Gatling Gun

Presidency of Defence Industries (SSB) will start a new Gatling gun Project on 7.62 calibre.

Ukraine Wants Ships with Experimented Missiles
Navy / Maritime Weapon / Missile

Ukraine Wants Ships with Experimented Missiles

UK-based online defence media company Naval Post brought the weapons that Ukraine’s Ada class Milgem corvette will carry into the agenda.

MKE Brings 76 mm Naval Gun to IDEF
Weapon / Missile

MKE Brings 76 mm Naval Gun to IDEF

The Mechanical and Chemical Industry Incorporated Company (MKE) will exhibit the full scale 76 mm naval gun at IDEF 21.

Electromagnetic Rail Gun: the U.S. Gives Up, Turkey is Hopeful
Weapon / Missile Investment

Electromagnetic Rail Gun: the U.S. Gives Up, Turkey is Hopeful

U.S. Navy preferred the budget cut on the Electromagnetic Rail Gun project even though The system sent projectiles at supersonic speed.

Thailand to Acquire 300 Javelin FGM-148 Missiles
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Thailand to Acquire 300 Javelin FGM-148 Missiles

The U.S. announced that Thailand wants to acquire 300 Javelin FGM-148 Missiles with an estimated cost of $83.5 million.