India Ditches UCAV Development, Goes for MQ-9B
India has opted for U.S.-made MQ-9B to acquire UCAV platforms quickly and temporarily abandoned local development.
Defence News
Unmanned Systems
E/W
Investment
Sensors
ASELSAN Signs $ 68 Million Contract with Havelsan
ASELSAN signed a new contract with HAVELSAN to export radar and friend-foe recognition systems to end users in Asia-Pacific.
Navy / Maritime
Simulator / AI / Drill/ Software
China Conducts Naval Exercise with Two Aircraft Carriers
Chinese media has published footage from a naval exercise where Shandong and Liaoning carriers' carrier strike groups joined.
Navy / Maritime
Turkiye Exports KCR-70M Fast Attack Craft to Indonesia
A steel-cutting ceremony was held for the KCR-70M Fast Attack Craft, which will be built for the Indonesian Navy.
Land
Expo and Air Show
FNSS and Anadolu Isuzu sign MoU
FNSS Savunma and Anadolu Isuzu will cooperate to provide tactical wheeled military service and logistics for vehicle needs abroad.
Air
Turkiye Made the First Payment of F-16 Viper
Turkish Defence Ministry sources stated that the first payment for the F-16 Viper was completed, while technical negotiations are continuing.
Investment
Country
ASELSAN Signs New Export Contract
ASELSAN signed a new export contract with an international customer where the end users are located in Asia-Pacific and Africa.
Weapon / Missile
ROKETSAN Shows Mysterious Missile Footage
ROKETSAN's post celebrating the 101st anniversary of the Turkish Republic's foundation showed a mysterious missile exiting from the launcher.
Navy / Maritime
Unmanned Systems
Homeland Security
Expo and Air Show
Turkiye exports ULAQ to Qatar
Ares Shipyard and Meteksan Defence joint venture ULAQ became Turkiye’s first export USV. Qatar signed the contract at Milipol.
Weapon / Missile
Sensors
Expo and Air Show
CANiK Exhibits TRAKON 30x113 mm RCWS With Radar
During SAHA EXPO 2024, CANiK displayed TRAKON RCWS fitted with VENOM LR 30x113 mm revolver cannon and U.S.-made EchoGuard C-UAS radar.
Navy / Maritime
Navantia to build three more ships for Saudi Arabia
The five-ship "Sarawat Project" signed between Saudi Arabia and Spain's Navantia Shipyard is expanding to eight ships.
E/W
Investment
Sensors
ASELSAN Signs a contract with STM
ASELSAN and STM have signed a sales contract with a total value of EUR 58.626.094,- for the use of a country in Asia – the Pacific region.
Air
TUSAŞ delivers Three Gökbey Helicopters to the Gendarmerie
GÖKBEY, Turkiye's indigenous helicopter designed by Tusaş, was delivered to the Gendarmerie General Command with a ceremony attended by President Erdoğan.
Weapon / Missile
Unmanned Systems
KEMANKEŞ 2 Kamikaze UAV Takes Off With Rockets
Baykar has performed the rocket-assisted take-off (RATO) test of the KEMANKEŞ 2 kamikaze UAV following the tests with trolley-type take-off.
