Tüfekçi is Havelsan’s new Chairman of the Board
Dr Celal Sami Tüfekçi, Vice President of Defence industries, became the Havelsan Chairman of the Board.
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Aviation and Manufacturing Industries Join Forces
Eskişehir Industry Fair promoted new business connections in the aviation and manufacturing industries.
Turkey Has 16 Defence Companies in First-500 Company
Istanbul Chamber of Industry announced Turkey’s Top 500 Industrial Enterprises of 2020. Sixteen companies are performing in defence or aviation.
Otokar climbs up in the ISO 500 list
Otokar company climbed to the upper ranks in the Top 500 Giant Industrial Enterprises research conducted by the Istanbul Chamber of Industry (ISO) for 53 years.
Failed Assassination Attempt in Libya
An armed militia group reportedly attempted to storm the Presidential Council's headquarters at Corinthia Hotel in Tripoli, Libya, late May 7.
US Fines Honeywell $13 Million violating ITAR
Department of State announced the settlement with Honeywell due to ITAR violations as Honeywell will pay a civil penalty of $13 million.
Aselsan makes Q1 profits of $147M
Aselsan made 1.2 billion Turkish Lira ($147 million) in profits in the first quarter of the year, 34% more than the same period of 2020.
Turkey Celebrates 23 April at Homes due to Covid
National Sovereignty and Children's Day is a public holiday in Turkey commemorating the foundation of the Grand National Assembly on 23 April 1920.
105 Delegations from 63 Countries are Expected to IDEF
The countdown has begun for the IDEF'21, which will be physically held on May 25-28, 2021, under the management and responsibility of Tüyap Fuarcılık.
The Defence expo in Ukraine is postponed to June
Ukrainian defence expo Arms and Security is postponed to 15-18 June 2021 due to Covid Pandemic.
SSI's Financial General Assembly is held
The Ordinary Financial General Assembly Meeting of the Defence and Aerospace Industry Exporters' Association (SSI) was held.
National System for Biometric Recognition
Biyoteksan developed an indigenous algorithm to identify biometric data. The company is a joint venture of HAVELSAN and POLSAN.
Libyan Government Gets Approval
Abdulhamid Dbeibeh’s cabinet got 132 votes to two against at the Libya Parliament. “it became clear that the Libyans are one unit,” Dbeibeh said.
US Top Lawmaker Calls F-35’ Rathole,’
F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program is under the scope of the House Armed Services Committee which called the F-35 a “rathole” in a virtual event.
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...
