Air Defence News TurDef

Air Expo and Air Show

Eurofighter Typhoon Tranche 5 Makes Appearance in ILA2024

05 Jun, 01:31
2 mins

Eurofighter Typhoon Fighter’s Tranche 5 variant has been put on display with its future payloads ranging from new munitions to remote carrier UAVs.

Air

Turkiye Presents KAAN to the Aviation World

03 Jun, 07:20
4 mins

Turkiye presented its KAAN 5th generation fighter jet to the FCAS 2024 international summit, where participants worldwide joined to express their views.

Air

RNLAF F-35s to Take Over Nuclear Role from F-16

31 May, 01:58
2 mins

The Netherlands’ Defence Ministry announced that the F-35 would replace the F-16 in the RNLAF nuclear role within NATO.

Air Expo and Air Show

HÜRJET to Perform First Foreign Flight in Egypt

31 May, 01:13
3 mins

Turkiye's first jet-powered training aircraft, HÜRJET, is preparing to make its first flight abroad in Egypt.

Air

Sale of 36 UH-60M Black Hawk for $ 2 Billion 855 Million

31 May, 08:14
2 mins

The U.S. approved 36 UH-60M Black Hawk helicopter sales to Sweden, Brazil, and Austria with various configurations valued at $ 2 billion 855 million.

Air Modernisation

Turkiye to Receive First F-16 Viper in mid-2027 Earliest

27 May, 04:04
3 mins

Turkish Air Force will receive the first F-16 Viper in mid-2027, provided the contract is signed immediately.

Air

Brazil to Acquire 12 UH-60M Black Hawk

24 May, 09:11
1 min

Brazil wants to acquire 12 UH-60M Black Hawk Helicopters for an estimated cost of up to $950 million.

Air Simulator / AI / Drill/ Software Unmanned Systems

TUSAŞ to Develop Twin-Engine ANKA-3 UCAV Variant

24 May, 08:46
2 mins

Kotil stated that a twin-engine configuration of ANKA-3 flying-wing UCAV will be developed to accompany the KAAN fighter jet.

Air

HÜRJET Joins the Spanish Tender for New Trainer Aircraft

23 May, 09:38
2 mins

TUSAŞ’s HÜRJET Trainer/LCA is among the contenders for Spain’s F-5 trainer aircraft replacement tender.

Air

Philippines Takes Delivery of Two T129 ATAK Helicopters

21 May, 05:49
2 mins

Philippines Air Force has taken delivery of the last two T129 ATAK helicopters in the six-helicopter batch.

Air Bilateral Relations Unmanned Systems

Turkiye Assigns AKINCI and S&R Helicopter for Iran

20 May, 04:38
2 mins

The Turkish Defence Ministry assigned an AKINCI and S&R helicopter to the Iranian President’s helicopter. AKINCI identified a source of heat as a crash site.