navy News

Weapon / Missile Investment

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

04 Aug, 09:40
3 min read

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

Navy / Maritime

TCG Anadolu: in 2022 but not before March

31 Jul, 12:44
3 min read

TCG Anadolu is under construction. The pandemic caused a major delay in construction, but the Turkish industry is working hard to deliver it early.

Navy / Maritime Sensors

TF2000 is Close To Starting the Programme

29 Jul, 01:32
3 min read

Turkish Anti-Air Warfare (AAW) destroyer TF-2000 is close to starting the programme but is waiting for the correct formula.

Navy / Maritime Weapon / Missile

US Navy Ends Rail Gun Programme

27 Jul, 03:21
3 min read

The US Navy has ended the railgun project that fires projectiles at up to seven matches using electricity. The Navy’s plans to build an electromagnetic railgun.

Navy / Maritime E/W

Turkish Electronic Intelligence Ship, Ufuk to Enter the Navy’s Inventory

26 Jul, 02:27
2 min read

The Sea Acceptance Tests (SAT) of the Test and Training Ship TCG Ufuk (A-591) are completed. The ship can be delivered to the Turkish navy anytime soon.

Weapon / Missile

US Navy prefers longer-range targeting capacity

14 Jun, 10:20
2 min read

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

Air

Unmanned Aerial Tanker Refuels F/A-18 Hornet

07 Jun, 04:17
2 min read

Boeing’s unmanned aerial tanker MQ-25 T1 refuelled a Navy F/A-18 during a flight on June 4, 2021, at MidAmerica Airport in Illinois. Boeing’s MQ-25 Stingray is a next-generation unmanned aerial refuelling aircraft developed for the US Navy’s Carrier-Based Aerial-Refueling System (CBARS) programme.

Navy / Maritime Air

3rd Meltem-3 delivered to Navy

10 May, 01:27
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The Turkish Navy received the third Leonardo ATR-72 (P-72) anti-submarine warfare (ASW) patrol aircraft from TUSAŞ as part of the Meltem-3 Project.

Navy / Maritime Bilateral Relations

Joint Naval Exercise from Tunisia and Greece

04 Apr, 08:56
1 min read

Tunisian Defence Ministry announced that Tunisia and Greece had launched joint military exercises this week in the Mediterranean.

Navy / Maritime Unmanned Systems

Royal Navy Receives New Autonomous Vessel

28 Mar, 11:30
1 min read

The Royal Navy received a new autonomous vessel NavyX into its service. The project is named Madfox (Maritime Demonstrator For Operational eXperimentation).