Spain Debates F-35A and F-35Bs
According to the Jane’s, the Spanish Navy and Air Force are interested in the Lockhed Martin's F-35B fighter plane.
Defence News
Navy / Maritime
Air
Country
SSB Celebrates its 36th Anniversary
Presidency of Defence Industries (Savunma Sanayii Başkanlığı /SSB) celebrates the 36th Anniversary of its foundation.
Unmanned Systems
Gremlins Program Demonstrates Airborne Recovery
DARPA announced that it managed the airborne recovery of unmanned air vehicles at the Gremlins Program with two X-61 Gremlin Air Vehicles (GAV).
Bilateral Relations
Unmanned Systems
Romania to Manufacture Israel’s Heron
IAR-Brasov, a Romanian defence corporation, and Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) have agreed on unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs).
Weapon / Missile
F-16 Fires SOM-J while Aksungur, and Akıncı Wait Their Turn
The SOM-J 5th Generation ASuW Missile had its first live-fire test at the Sinop Firing Range with an F-16C aircraft from the 401st Test Fleet Command.
Weapon / Missile
SSB President İsmail Demir announces Siper Test Fire
Demir announced that the firing test of the National Long-Range Air Defence Missile System ASELSAN, ROKETSAN and TÜBİTAK SAGE's SİPER (Trench) was carried out.
Country
TUSAŞ Launched New Commercial Film
Turkish Aerospace (TUSAŞ), which is among the world's top 100 defence companies, has aired its new commercial film with the motto of "Empower Your Future".
Unmanned Systems
Akıncı Observed in the Fog
Baykar Defence, a Turkish UAV maker, posted two photographs of the Akıncı UCAV on its social media sites. The UCAV was spotted on the ground, shrouded in fog.
Unmanned Systems
Hungary Tests Vestel’s Karayel-SU UCAV
Turkish Vestel Defence’s Karayel-SU is being tested at Pápa Bázisrepültér (Pápa Air Base), which is located 160 kilometres west of Budapest.
Navy / Maritime
Bilateral Relations
ASFAT Held Keel-Laying Ceremony for Pakistan’s PN Milgem-4
ASFAT Inc has held today the keel-laying ceremony of the PN MİLGEM frigate for the Pakistan Navy at Karachi Shipyard.
Unmanned Systems
Ukraine May Acquire More TB2s
Kyiv intends to increase the number of Turkish TB2 drones, Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Serhiy Shaptala said during a television interview.
Defence Politics
Ukraine gets Oleksiy Reznikov as New Defence Minister
The Ukrainian Parliament Verkhovna Rada dismissed Andriy Taran from the post of defence minister on November 3, and the parliament appointed Reznikov.
Air
Unmanned Systems
A twitter account shared TB2 UAV's photo from Morocco skies
A Moroccan Twitter account, @IsmailINTEL, shared the photo of a Turkish TB2 armed UAV in the sky. Two more photos were later distributed on social media.
Land
ASELSAN Held the Land and Weapon Systems Workshop
ASELSAN held the Land and Weapon Systems Workshop with the theme “Let’s Design the Future Today”. The entire workshop was closed to the media.
Global Defence Trend Brief
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- 09:00 European militaries prioritise protection of critical infrastructure - European defence planners are increasing efforts to protect energy facilities, communications networ...
- 09:00 China strengthens multi-domain reconnaissance architecture - China continues integrating satellites, drones, maritime patrol assets and ground sensors into a bro...
- 09:00 Japan expands munitions storage and dispersal network - Japan is investing in new ammunition storage facilities and dispersal concepts to improve resilience...
- 09:00 Autonomous maritime surveillance gains momentum worldwide - Navies are increasingly adopting autonomous maritime surveillance systems to provide persistent cove...
- 09:00 Counter-drone programmes focus on defeating mass attacks - Military organisations are prioritising counter-UAS systems capable of handling large-scale drone at...
- 09:00 Hypersonic defence drives demand for persistent sensor coverage - Defence agencies are accelerating investment in persistent tracking networks to improve detection an...
- 09:00 Military space architectures shift toward distributed constellations - Armed forces are increasingly favouring distributed satellite constellations over a small number of...
- 09:00 Collaborative combat aircraft become central to future airpower - Air forces are increasingly viewing collaborative combat aircraft as a core element of future airpow...
- 09:00 Production resilience emerges as key defence export advantage - The ability to sustain production, deliver rapidly and expand output during crises is becoming a maj...
