Weapon / Missile News

Raytheon Awarded $2 Billion U.S. Air Force Contract for Nuclear Cruise Missile
Weapon / Missile

Raytheon Awarded $2 Billion U.S. Air Force Contract for Nuclear Cruise Missile

Raytheon Technologies Corp. was awarded a contract worth $2 billion to develop a new nuclear cruise missile. The Air Force plans to buy up to 1,000 Long-Range Standoff Weapons to replace the Air-Launched Cruise Missile first fielded in 1982. The new weapon, if fielded, would be carried on B-52 and B-21 bombers.

China Builds 100 Missile Launch Pads Across The Desert
Weapon / Missile

China Builds 100 Missile Launch Pads Across The Desert

According to commercial satellite images, China is building 100 new missile silos in the northwestern desert in Yumen City.

MKEK is now MKE Joint Stock Company
Weapon / Missile Investment

MKEK is now MKE Joint Stock Company

Turkish Grand National Assembly accepted the law proposal regulating the Machinery and Chemical Industry Institution (MKEK) as a joint-stock company. The Machinery and Chemical Industry Joint Stock Company (MKE A.Ş.), with an initial capital of 1 billion 200 million lira, subject to the Turkish Commercial Code and private law provisions, will be established. MKE A.Ş.'s management, supervision, duties, powers and responsibilities will be regulated. The company will be related to the defence ministry.

TF-X will have Akbaba (Vulture)
Air Ammunition Weapon / Missile

TF-X will have Akbaba (Vulture)

The International Anatolian Eagle 2021 Training framework shared exclusive information about the Turkish Fighter Jet Programme (TF-X).

Baykar’s Akıncı to penetrate with SAGE’s NEB
Air Weapon / Missile Unmanned Systems

Baykar’s Akıncı to penetrate with SAGE’s NEB

Akıncı UCAV prepares to carry TÜBİTAK SAGE's NEB. NEB is a Turkish abbreviation for Penetrator Bomb.

Hisar and ATMACA will be the first “guests” of Turkish VLS
Navy / Maritime Weapon / Missile

Hisar and ATMACA will be the first “guests” of Turkish VLS

SSB, Head of Naval Platforms Department stated that an agreement was signed with ROKETSAN for the vertical launch system on the fifth MİLGEM ship.

SAGE Begins Ramjet engine project: Gökhan
Air Weapon / Missile

SAGE Begins Ramjet engine project: Gökhan

Turkish Defence Minister Hulusi Akar announced TÜBİTAK (The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey) SAGE’s (Defence Industries Research and Development Institute) new project; air to air missile with ramjet engine Gökhan.

MKEK Begins 76 mm Naval Gun Production
Navy / Maritime Weapon / Missile

MKEK Begins 76 mm Naval Gun Production

Mechanical and Chemical Industry Company MKEK) General Manager Yasin Akdere stated that MKEK had started 76 mm Naval Gun assembly for vessels.

Roketsan’s TRG-300 Tiger exhibited in Bangladesh
Land Weapon / Missile

Roketsan’s TRG-300 Tiger exhibited in Bangladesh

Prime Minister of Bangladesh inaugurated the newly inducted Roketsan T-300 Tiger systems of the Bangladesh Army in Savar Cantonment.

Former Torpedoes: Russia Increases the Accuracy and Reduces the Cost
Navy / Maritime Weapon / Missile Sensors

Former Torpedoes: Russia Increases the Accuracy and Reduces the Cost

According to Russian state-affiliated news agency Tass, Russia tests a new torpedo homing system. Electronic equipment can be used to set torpedoes of various calibre to strike underwater and surface targets.

ATMACA Hits Ship Target for The First Time
Navy / Maritime Weapon / Missile Unmanned Systems Sensors

ATMACA Hits Ship Target for The First Time

Roketsan’s ATMACA Anti-Ship Missile hit the ship target in the last test fire before entering the inventory.

US Navy prefers longer-range targeting capacity
Weapon / Missile

US Navy prefers longer-range targeting capacity

US Navy cancels AGM-154 JSOW-ER and favours AGM-158B JASSM-ER.

Köse:  First I class will have Roketsan’s VLS
Navy / Maritime Air Weapon / Missile

Köse: First I class will have Roketsan’s VLS

Alper Köse, the head of the Naval Platforms Department at SSB stated that Roketsan would provide the Vertical Launching System (VLS) for I-Class Frigates.

MKEK introduced a part of its New Works
Weapon / Missile Modernisation

MKEK introduced a part of its New Works

The MKEK has prepared many Gatling-type weapon systems for IDEF, bringing some of its weapons that the public has not seen closely.