The Off-shore Patrol Vessel for the Turkish Navy Laid Down
Turkish Navy is modernising its surface fleet. The first OPV Akhisar was laid down at İstanbul Shipyard Command. Asfat is the main contractor of the programme.
erdoğan News
Navy / Maritime
Navy / Maritime
Pakistan's third PN Milgem Launched
ASFAT Inc. conducted three ceremonies in a day in Istanbul. Two were about OPV projects, and the third was about the PN Milgem Project PNS Khaibar (282).
Weapon / Missile
Bilateral Relations
Defence Politics
Italy to Give the Green Light to SAMP/T
Meeting with President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in Indonesia on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Bali, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni gave the green light for the SAMP/H Air Defence System.
Engine and Transmission
Indigenous Engine for BMC Vuran
Turkiye continues to indigenous engine studies. Turkish land vehicle manufacturer BMC’s Vuran 4X4 armoured vehicle will be equipped with a new, domestic engine in this line.
Navy / Maritime
Bilateral Relations
ASFAT to launch Pakistan’s third PN Milgem
ASFAT will launch the third PN Milgem Babur Class corvette on September 24. ASFAT constructs four corvettes for Pakistan Navy.
Country
Record Defence Budget for Turkiye
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan approved the Strategy and Budget Presidency’s Medium Term Program (2023-2025). Turkiye’s defence budget will exceed 20 billion dollars if the program is carried out as stated.
Bilateral Relations
Israel and Turkiye Back on the Track
Israel and Turkiye have decided to fully restore diplomatic relations and return each other's ambassadors and consul generals.
Bilateral Relations
Unmanned Systems
Reznikov: Ukraine Received 50 TB2s Since the War Broke Out
Defence Minister of Ukraine Oleksiy Reznikov thanked Baykar for its support to Ukraine and said, “In unity is our strength!” Minister Reznikov published an article on the defence ministry’s Facebook account where he said, “It’s hard to believe, but Baykar Makina, a manufacturer of Bayraktars (Armed UAVs), is handing over its “birds” to the Armed Forces for the second time absolutely FREE."
Regional / Strategy
Defence Politics
Trilateral Memorandum in Madrid: Everyone is Happy
Madrid, before the beginning of the NATO Summit, Turkiye, Finland, and Sweden, headed by President of Turkiye Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, President of the Republic of Finland Sauli Niinistö, and Prime Minister of Sweden Magdalena Andersson, held talks, facilitated by Secretary General of NATO Jens Stoltenberg.
Navy / Maritime
Erdoğan: MİLDEN program will start in 2025
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan announced that the construction activities of the National Submarine (MİLDEN) program will begin in 2025.
Navy / Maritime
Turkish Navy’s Reis Class Second Submarine is dry-docked
The second submarine, Hızırreis, built within the framework of the new type of submarine program of the Naval Forces, is dry-docked.
Bilateral Relations
Defence Politics
Turkiye objects to Sweden and Finland’s membership in NATO
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan stated that Turkiye is not favouring two Baltic countries’ membership in NATO.
Bilateral Relations
Erdoğan Met Saudi Leaders Since the Khashoggi Murder
Erdoğan met with Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Al-Saud in Jeddah since the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in 2018.
Unmanned Systems
Slovakia Wants to Acquire TB2 Drones
Slovak Defence Minister Jaro Nad announced from his personal Twitter account that they want to acquire Baykar’s TB2 Armed UAVs for the Slovak Armed Forces.
