Turkish FlyBVLOS Secures ICT Technology Transfer from Taiwan
Turkiye secures an ICT technology transfer agreement with Taiwanese Accton, boosting national security, local defence production, and technological autonomy.
Defence News
Investment
Navy / Maritime
Thailand Partners with ASFAT for New Frigate Acquisition
Thailand’s UDT partners with ASFAT to acquire four new frigates. The deal, which involves technology transfer, is part of RTN’s fleet modernisation plan.
Air
Weapon / Missile
AH-64 Attack Helicopter in Iraq Gets SPIKE NLOS Missiles
An AH-64 Apache attack helicopter located in Erbil Airbase performed a flight carrying the Israeli SPIKE NLOS beyond-visual range air-to-surface missile.
Simulator / AI / Drill/ Software
Unmanned Systems
Bayraktar TB2T-AI Armed UAV Reaches 25500 ft Altitude
Baykar Bayraktar TB2’s UAVs enhanced variant, Bayraktar TB2T-AI, using a turbocharged engine, reached an altitude of 25500 ft in its third flight test.
Navy / Maritime
Engine and Transmission
North Korea Shows Its Nuclear-Powered Submarine
North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un was briefed on the construction of a nuclear-propelled submarine that can be armed with “strategic” missiles.
Air
Morocco Receives the First AH-64E Apache Helicopters
Kingdom of Morocco officially received the first batch of AH-64E Apache Guardian attack helicopters, marking the first part of its 2020 purchase of 24 units.
Navy / Maritime
Air
Lockheed Martin is Excluded from the US Navy's NGAD Program
US Navy eliminated LM from the Next Generation Air Dominance programme, therefore restricting the sixth-generation fighter race to Boeing and Northrop Grumman.
Country
ASFAT General Manager Mustafa İlbaş Appoints His Deputies
ASFAT General Manager Mustafa İlbaş has appointed Serdar Ümit Tezeren and Esat Mahmut Yılmaz as new Deputy General Managers after assuming leadership.
Air
Simulator / AI / Drill/ Software
Bilateral Relations
Turkish Air Force Returns to Red Flag Exercise in the US
The Red Flag Exercise symbolises the development of Turkish-US relations as TurAF returns to the multinational exercise at Nellis after 9 years of intervals.
Unmanned Systems
Sensors
TİTRA’s FPV Kamikaze ‘MERKÜT’ Gains Night Vision Capability
Pasifik Teknoloji company TİTRA Teknoloji’s subsidiary SAVX Teknoloji’s FPV kamikaze drone MERKÜT gained a high-resolution, wide-angle thermal imaging system.
Navy / Maritime
Air
Unmanned Systems
Indonesia Shows Interest in Italy’s Garibaldi Carrier
Having set plans to acquire an aircraft carrier, Indonesia is considering the Italian Garibaldi as second-hand solution with the option of Harrier attack jets.
Navy / Maritime
ARES Shipyard’s TYPE 55 SAT Boats Enter Service in Iraq
The three TYPE 55 SAT Boats, built by ENM KOREA in partnership with ARES Shipyard for the Iraqi Ministry of Defence, have officially entered service.
Ammunition
Unmanned Systems
Ukraine Targets Russian AD Systems With FPV-Armed USVs
Ukraine has combined two of its most prominent weapons to target Russian air defence systems behind frontlines with an unorthodox way of seaborne land attack.
Regional / Strategy
Defence Politics
Erdoğan for EU: We Maintain our Goal of Full Membership
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who speaks at an online meeting organised by the European Union, said, “We maintain our goal of full membership.”
