Kenya: Katmerciler announced the export
Turkish armoured vehicle manufacturer İzmir based Katmerciler announced an export deal to Kenya.
Land News
Latvia is interested in Otokar and Baykar products
Latvian Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Defence, former Minister of Foreign Affairs Artis Pabriks visited Turkey.
Roketsan Begun Delivering Armour Systems
President of Defence Industries (SSB) Professor Ismail Demir announced that the Leopard 2A4 Main Battle Tank armour upgrade is now in serial production.
First heartbeat of FIRTINA
President of Defence Industries Profesor İsmail Demir announced that the 1,000-horsepower UTKU engine was ignited for the first time.
Boxer Production Formally Begins
UK Minister for Defence Procurement, Jeremy Quin, opened the new Boxer Armoured Vehicle Production Facility.
KAREL’s IP Switchboard in Service
Karel electronics reconfigured the IP-based DS200T Telephone switchboard according to the technical requirements of the Turkish Land Forces.
ACV Modernization Project Firing Tests Completed
The preliminary prototype ACV conducted Armoured Combat Vehicle road driving and firing tests. Turkish Land Forces have ACV-15 in the inventory.
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.
ASFAT's MEMATTs ready to take action
Azerbaijan Army introduced the MEMATT minesweepers manufactured by Turkish Defence Ministry-owned ASFAT.
Digital Soldier from Havelsan: Barkan
Havelsan has developed an armed unmanned ground vehicle (AUGV) : Barkan. The vehicle will soon be on the field.
Uzbek Copy of Ejder Yalçın at Tests
Tarlon, either the copy or the modified Turkish 4X4 armoured vehicle Ejder Yalçın, from Nurol Makina company is seen on a testbed in Uzbekistan.
Turkey Leads NATO VJFT with BMC Vuran
Turkey is leading NATO's quick reaction forces. The forces arrived in Romania to participate in Exercise Steadfast Defender 2021.
Nurol's Ejder Runs at Chad Deserts
Nurol Makina's Ejder 4X4 armoured vehicle is seen running in the desert in Chad. The video footage shows Chadian soldiers operating the armoured vehicle.
Morroco admits it has Ejder
Royal Moroccan Armed Forces confirmed TurDef publication that it has several Nurol Makina’s 4X4 armoured vehicles in the inventory.
Global Defence Trend Brief
- 15:00 US Army expands long-range precision fires production planning - The US Army is increasing investment in production capacity for long-range precision fires programme...
- 15:00 European air defence modernisation shifts toward integrated networks - European governments are increasingly linking national air defence assets into broader integrated ne...
- 15:00 China strengthens unmanned maritime surveillance capabilities - China continues expanding its portfolio of maritime surveillance drones to improve situational aware...
- 15:00 Japan accelerates hardened infrastructure development - Japan is investing in hardened facilities, protected storage sites and dispersed operating locations...
- 15:00 Autonomous underwater systems gain role in critical infrastructure security - Navies are increasingly deploying autonomous underwater vehicles to monitor and protect undersea cab...
- 15:00 Counter-drone systems increasingly combine kinetic and electronic effects - Military organisations are fielding layered counter-drone architectures that integrate electronic wa...
- 15:00 Hypersonic weapon proliferation drives demand for space-based tracking - Defence agencies are accelerating development of space-based sensor constellations capable of provid...
- 15:00 Military logistics automation becomes mainstream procurement priority - Armed forces are expanding procurement of autonomous logistics vehicles and AI-assisted supply syste...
- 15:00 Collaborative combat aircraft concepts reshape force structure planning - Air forces are increasingly designing future force structures around combinations of crewed aircraft...
- 15:00 Industrial resilience becomes strategic requirement for defence suppliers - Governments are placing growing emphasis on supply-chain security, surge production capability and m...
- 09:00 US Air Force expands Collaborative Combat Aircraft testing - The US Air Force is increasing flight testing and integration work for Collaborative Combat Aircraft...
- 09:00 European defence spending increasingly targets ammunition resilience - European governments are directing additional defence funding toward ammunition production, stockpil...
- 09:00 China advances military satellite constellation deployment - China continues expanding military satellite constellations designed to enhance communications, navi...
- 09:00 Japan strengthens distributed missile force posture - Japan is expanding deployment of mobile missile units and support infrastructure across remote islan...
- 09:00 Autonomous surface vessels gain importance in fleet operations - Navies are integrating autonomous surface vessels into surveillance, reconnaissance and maritime sec...
- 09:00 Counter-drone procurement shifts toward scalable architectures - Military organisations are increasingly procuring counter-drone systems built around open architectu...
- 09:00 Hypersonic defence programmes focus on persistent target custody - Defence agencies are prioritising sensor networks capable of maintaining continuous tracking of mano...
- 09:00 AI-assisted command systems gain momentum in military planning - Armed forces are accelerating adoption of AI-assisted command-and-control systems designed to improv...
- 09:00 Collaborative autonomy emerges as key defence technology trend - Military planners increasingly view teams of autonomous systems operating cooperatively as a major f...
- 09:00 Production capacity increasingly shapes defence export competitiveness - Countries evaluating defence acquisitions are placing greater weight on supplier production capacity...
