Turkey increased its export volume in February
Turkish Exporters Assembly (TIM) published the total export volume of the Defence and Aerospace Industry sector in February 2022.
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Ares Shipyard Will Provide Two ARES FCTV to TPAO
ARES Shipyard will support Turkish Petroleum Corporation’s (TPAO) seismic research vessels in the hydrocarbon exploration activities in the Turkish seas.
Ukraine Imposed Martial Law
Ukraine President Zelensky stated in the decree of No. 64/2022 that Martial law had been imposed from 05:30 on February 24, 2022, for a period of 30 days.
Singapore to Increase 6.5 per cent Defence Budget in 2022
Singapore has set a 2022 defence budget of SGD16.36 billion (USD12.16 billion), a nominal increase of SGD1 billion above the amount in 2021.
Zorlu Holding defence company Vestel renamed Lentatek
Zorlu Holding defence company Vestel Savunma has a new brand name. The company is named Lentatek. It is learned that the ownership of the company is unchanged.
Otokar grew 55% in 2021 to 1 billion 76 million TL Profit
Otokar announced its 2021 financial results. It completed 2021 with 55 per cent year-on-year revenue growth and recorded 4.5 billion TL in revenues.
HAVELSAN Published its first Digital News Bulletin
HAVELSAN published its first digital bulleting covering in-house developments and news.
TIM Declares January 2022 Defence and Aviation Export
TIM declared the export figures for the January 2022 defence and aviation industry, which realised a total of 306 million 811 thousand USD worth of exports.
SSB President Demir Visited MKE
SSB President Demir visited the Makine ve Kimya Endüstrisi Inc. Elmadag and Kirikkale. Muhsin Dere, Deputy Minister of Defence, also attended the visit.
SSB Presented Its 2022 Defence Projects
President of Defence Industries, Professor İsmail Demir, met with the television and newspapers and shared the 2022 targets of the Presidency.
TUSAŞ and ITU set Aeronautics Design Laboratory
ITU Faculty of Aeronautics and Astronautics and Turkish Aerospace Industry (TUSAŞ) have set up the Aeronautic and Astronautic Vehicles Design Laboratory.
Boeing Reports Fourth-Quarter 2021: $14.8 billion revenue
Boeing reported fourth-quarter revenue of $14.8 billion, reflecting higher commercial volume and lower defence revenue.
Demiroğlu, the new Responsible for TUSAŞ Helicopter Group
The Deputy General Manager of TUSAŞ PhD Mehmet Demiroğlu became the new Executive Vice President of Helicopter Group.
Leonardo Denies Being Investigated for Kuwait's Eurofighter
Leonardo stated that it is not the focus of a court inquiry into the Kuwait Eurofighter programme and that its deal to provide 28 fighters is going as planned.
Global Defence Trend Brief
- 09:00 NATO pushes allies to fill US air and naval capability gaps - Washington is pressing European allies and Canada to provide more manned and unmanned aircraft plus...
- 09:00 AI-driven drone swarms rise as a new NATO planning priority - NATO officials are warning that AI-enabled drone swarms could reshape warfare within five years, pus...
- 09:00 Counter-drone demand expands beyond battlefields into critical infrastructure - Growing drone incursions around airports, ports, oil facilities and data centres are accelerating de...
- 09:00 Europe’s loyal wingman race becomes a core airpower trend - Collaborative combat aircraft took centre stage at Berlin Airshow 2026 as European companies and air...
- 09:00 Ukraine’s drone combat know-how is becoming an export asset in Asia - Ukrainian drone firms are marketing battlefield-proven systems and swarm concepts in Japan, Taiwan a...
- 09:00 NATO accelerates live testing of counter-drone technologies - Alliance members and industry partners are expanding field trials of drone detection and interceptio...
- 09:00 Hypersonic threats keep driving demand for persistent tracking networks - The spread of hypersonic weapons continues to push Western defence planners toward integrated radar...
- 09:00 Military space resilience shifts toward larger distributed constellations - Armed forces are increasingly favouring proliferated satellite constellations over a small number of...
- 09:00 Autonomous maritime systems gain importance in surveillance and strike planning - Navies are broadening interest in autonomous surface and underwater systems for persistent ISR, infr...
- 09:00 Industrial surge capacity is becoming a decisive defence metric - Across missiles, drones and air defence, governments are placing more weight on production scalabili...
