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Weapon / Missile

India to acquire Akash Missiles

08 Jul, 05:47
1 min read

India stated that Bharat Dynamics Limited has signed a contract worth about Rs.499 Crore to manufacture and supply Akash Missiles to the IAF.

Weapon / Missile Investment

Hankaya Defence Provides In-house 12.7 testing: Tuzak 12.7

06 Jul, 01:54
3 min read

Hankaya Defence has produced a weapon fire test system domestically. The system aims to save time and money to test weapons.

Air Ammunition Weapon / Missile

The teeth of the C295 Gunship are from Roketsan

03 Jul, 11:34
2 min read

An improved model of the gunsip aircraft, created from Airbus' C295 transport aircraft, was introduced in France.

Weapon / Missile

Raytheon Awarded $2 Billion U.S. Air Force Contract for Nuclear Cruise Missile

02 Jul, 02:10
1 min read

Raytheon Technologies Corp. was awarded a contract worth $2 billion to develop a new nuclear cruise missile. The Air Force plans to buy up to 1,000 Long-Range Standoff Weapons to replace the Air-Launched Cruise Missile first fielded in 1982. The new weapon, if fielded, would be carried on B-52 and B-21 bombers.

Weapon / Missile

China Builds 100 Missile Launch Pads Across The Desert

02 Jul, 01:29
1 min read

According to commercial satellite images, China is building 100 new missile silos in the northwestern desert in Yumen City.

Weapon / Missile Investment

MKEK is now MKE Joint Stock Company

02 Jul, 12:47
1 min read

Turkish Grand National Assembly accepted the law proposal regulating the Machinery and Chemical Industry Institution (MKEK) as a joint-stock company. The Machinery and Chemical Industry Joint Stock Company (MKE A.Ş.), with an initial capital of 1 billion 200 million lira, subject to the Turkish Commercial Code and private law provisions, will be established. MKE A.Ş.'s management, supervision, duties, powers and responsibilities will be regulated. The company will be related to the defence ministry.

Air Ammunition Weapon / Missile

TF-X will have Akbaba (Vulture)

01 Jul, 02:38
1 min read

The International Anatolian Eagle 2021 Training framework shared exclusive information about the Turkish Fighter Jet Programme (TF-X).

Air Weapon / Missile Unmanned Systems

Baykar’s Akıncı to penetrate with SAGE’s NEB

30 Jun, 05:29
2 min read

Akıncı UCAV prepares to carry TÜBİTAK SAGE's NEB. NEB is a Turkish abbreviation for Penetrator Bomb.

Navy / Maritime Weapon / Missile

Hisar and ATMACA will be the first “guests” of Turkish VLS

28 Jun, 09:27
2 min read

SSB, Head of Naval Platforms Department stated that an agreement was signed with ROKETSAN for the vertical launch system on the fifth MİLGEM ship.

Air Weapon / Missile

SAGE Begins Ramjet engine project: Gökhan

24 Jun, 08:02
2 min read

Turkish Defence Minister Hulusi Akar announced TÜBİTAK (The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey) SAGE’s (Defence Industries Research and Development Institute) new project; air to air missile with ramjet engine Gökhan.

Navy / Maritime Weapon / Missile

MKEK Begins 76 mm Naval Gun Production

23 Jun, 06:46
1 min read

Mechanical and Chemical Industry Company MKEK) General Manager Yasin Akdere stated that MKEK had started 76 mm Naval Gun assembly for vessels.

Land Weapon / Missile

Roketsan’s TRG-300 Tiger exhibited in Bangladesh

22 Jun, 12:44
4 min read

Prime Minister of Bangladesh inaugurated the newly inducted Roketsan T-300 Tiger systems of the Bangladesh Army in Savar Cantonment.

Navy / Maritime Weapon / Missile Sensors

Former Torpedoes: Russia Increases the Accuracy and Reduces the Cost

21 Jun, 11:26
2 min read

According to Russian state-affiliated news agency Tass, Russia tests a new torpedo homing system. Electronic equipment can be used to set torpedoes of various calibre to strike underwater and surface targets.