Thrust Vector Control Solution from Roketsan
Roketsan company works on sending a probe to space. Roketsan, director for Advanced Technologies, Bülent Semerci, explained the most recent works at Roketsan.
Air News
Air
Space
Investment
Air
Ammunition
Hürkuş and MAM-L at tests
Turkish Aerospace (TUSAŞ) indigenous Hürkuş aircraft has performed a test shot with Roketsan’s MAM-L. MAM-L hit the target.
Air
Ammunition
F-35B Shot Itself
An ammunition round that exploded damaged a Marine Corps F-35B. The jet was conducting a night-time close air support mission on the Yuma Range Complex.
Air
Turkey Replaces Missing A400M
Abdurrahman Şeref Can, the Head of the Fixed-Wing Platforms Department from SSB said that the TurAF would receive its last A400M aircraft next year.
Air
Indigenous Ejection Seat for Turkey's TF-X Fighter
Turkey will produce its own ejection seat for the TF-X as the SSB Head of the fixed-wing platforms informed that the contract was signed.
Air
Bilateral Relations
Turkey Hires Former F-35 Executive
The Turkish defence industry has hired a former Lockheed Martin executive to lobby Alexandria-based firm Pentagon Strategies on the F-35.
Air
Hercules' Retirement Plans
The United Kingdom plans a major change at defence acquisition. The plan includes phasing out the RAF C-130 Hercules fleet in a couple of years.
Air
Bilateral Relations
GAO: The Cost of Removing Turkey from F-35: $108 million
The U.S. GAO examined the cost of the JSF program. The office claims that removing Turkey and establishing alternative suppliers will cost $108 million.
Air
Weapon / Missile
JSM at Drop Test From JSF
Norwegian Defence Materiel Agency released photos from a test conducted in February of the JSM, the air-launched version of the NSM.
Air
Unmanned Systems
French Interest in Turkish Drones
Turkey's combat drones have scored high-profile successes that Ankara hopes to use in its quest to become a premier exporter of aerial vehicles.
Navy / Maritime
Air
Bilateral Relations
Greek Defence Minister Points out to the Turkish Navy
The Greek Minister of Defence Nikolaos Panagiotopoulos participated, Wednesday 17 March, as a keynote speaker in the online event on “Greece’s defence shield as a pillar of stability and development”, organized by the AHEPA. AHEPA is a Greek American civil society organization.
Air
Hoke Defended FCAS at the French Senate
Dirk Hoke, CEO of Airbus Defence and Space, spoke at the French Senate today about the Future Combat Air System (FCAS).
Air
JSF is The Key to Draw Attention
General Richard Dannatt, former Chief of the General Staff and member of the House of Lords, criticized the British Ministry of Defence heavily.
Air
Defence Politics
Modernisation
USAF accepts First Boeing F-15EX
The US Air Force (USAF) officially accepted the first F-15EX fighter on 10 March at Boeing’s St Louis production facility in Missouri following the maiden flight on 2 February 2021.
