ASELSAN Joins EFES-2024 Exercise
ASELSAN will display more than 70 of its defence products in the EFES-2024 exercise conducted in İzmir.
Defence News
Simulator / AI / Drill/ Software
Expo and Air Show
Air
Brazil to Acquire 12 UH-60M Black Hawk
Brazil wants to acquire 12 UH-60M Black Hawk Helicopters for an estimated cost of up to $950 million.
Air
Simulator / AI / Drill/ Software
Unmanned Systems
TUSAŞ to Develop Twin-Engine ANKA-3 UCAV Variant
Kotil stated that a twin-engine configuration of ANKA-3 flying-wing UCAV will be developed to accompany the KAAN fighter jet.
Navy / Maritime
Unmanned Systems
Expo and Air Show
ALPİN Unmanned Helicopter to Go, Naval
TİTRA is jointly working on giving its ALPİN unmanned helicopter the capability to take off from and land on ships with Airbus.
Expo and Air Show
Otokar Exhibits Cobra II Pickup Version in Romania BSDA
Otokar exhibited the pickup version of its COBRA II 4X4 armoured vehicle abroad for the first time at the BSDA in Romania.
Navy / Maritime
Simulator / AI / Drill/ Software
Turkiye's First AIP Submarine Joins the EFES Exercise
Turkiye's first Reis Class Air Independent Propulsion (AIP) type submarine, Piri Reis (S 330), will participate in the Efes 2024 exercise.
Land
Simulator / AI / Drill/ Software
Expo and Air Show
Nurol Makina to Unveil New Configurations of NMS 4x4
Turkish Nurol Makina will unveil the latest configurations of its NMS 4x4 tactical armoured vehicle in the EFES 2024 Exercise’s display area.
Weapon / Missile
Unmanned Systems
Expo and Air Show
RST Unveils C-UAS System in SEDEC 2024
During the SEDEC 2024 event held in Turkiye, RST unveiled its combined C-UAS system design as a hard-kill solution.
Air
HÜRJET Joins the Spanish Tender for New Trainer Aircraft
TUSAŞ’s HÜRJET Trainer/LCA is among the contenders for Spain’s F-5 trainer aircraft replacement tender.
Expo and Air Show
Turkiye Develops Defence Relations with Romania
Turkish Defence Procurement body SSB and companies attend the Black Sea Defence and Aerospace Conference BSDA in Romania to strengthen relations.
Navy / Maritime
TAIS Lays the First Block of İzmit Frigate
TAIS Shipyards, responsible for constructing the next I-class frigates, has laid the first block of the İzmit (F-517) frigate.
Bilateral Relations
As Benin Lifts Embargo, Niger regains control of its oil
Benin lifted the embargo one-sided, and on May 19, 2024, the first ship left Benin waters, carrying one million barrels of Nigerian crude oil on board.
Navy / Maritime
Weapon / Missile
Unmanned Systems
Ukraine Arms Its USVs With Grad Artillery Rockets
Ukrainian MoD has announced the integration of Grad 122 mm artillery rocket launchers on its Sea Baby kamikaze USVs.
Regional / Strategy
Russia unilaterally moves Lithuania and Finland's border
According to a draft government resolution, Russia has decided to unilaterally change maritime borders with Lithuania and Finland in the Baltic Sea.
Global Defence Trend Brief
- 15:00 US Navy advances distributed maritime operations with unmanned systems - The US Navy is accelerating integration of unmanned surface and underwater systems to support distri...
- 15:00 European defence planners increase focus on logistics resilience - European governments are investing in fuel storage, transport infrastructure and dispersed logistics...
- 15:00 China expands AI-enabled ISR capabilities across services - China is integrating artificial intelligence into ISR systems across air, naval and space domains to...
- 15:00 Japan strengthens integrated air and missile defence architecture - Japan is enhancing integration between radar systems, interceptors and command networks to improve r...
- 15:00 Autonomous underwater systems gain role in anti-submarine warfare - Navies are expanding use of autonomous underwater vehicles to support anti-submarine warfare through...
- 15:00 Counter-drone systems evolve toward network-centric architectures - Military organisations are increasingly integrating counter-UAS capabilities into network-centric co...
- 15:00 Hypersonic defence efforts focus on layered sensor integration - Defence agencies are developing layered sensor architectures combining radar, infrared and space-bas...
- 15:00 Distributed satellite constellations enhance battlefield connectivity - Military planners are deploying distributed satellite constellations to provide resilient communicat...
- 15:00 Collaborative combat aircraft redefine future air operations - Air forces are integrating collaborative combat aircraft into operational planning to extend sensing...
- 15:00 Industrial scalability becomes decisive factor in defence procurement - Governments are increasingly prioritising production scalability and delivery timelines when selecti...
