Aksungur Flies for 1000 hours
TUSAŞ's twin-engine UAV Aksungur has surpassed 1000 flight hours. The UAV is based on single-engine ANKA UAV, and it is developed in 18 months.
Defence News
Unmanned Systems
Country
Defence and Aerospace Industry Exports increase in July 2021
Turkish Defence and Aerospace Industry exports in July 2021 amounted to 231 million 166 thousand USD.
Navy / Maritime
Modernisation
Sensors
Turkish Straits to be controlled with HAVELSAN’s System
The Turkish Straits will be managed via HAVELSAN’s new system developed with national resources.
Navy / Maritime
Unmanned Systems
Sensors
SSB to Supply Unmanned Surface Vehicle
Presidency of Defence Industry Presidency has published a request for proposal (TÇD) to supply two different types of unmanned surface vehicles.
Land
MKE Visits IDEF with Yavuz
Mechanical and Chemical Industry Incorporated Company (MKE A.Ş.) will present Yavuz Howitzer at IDEF.
Air
Investment
General Directorate of Forestry to Procure New Helicopters
The General Directorate of Forestry, which has partially exited Turkey’s T70 Utility Helicopter Program will supply brand new helicopters.
Navy / Maritime
Bilateral Relations
Retiring Royal Navy’s mine-hunting ships to sail to Ukraine
Royal Navy’s mine-hunting ships Ramsey and Blyth are decommissioned in Rosyth after 20 years of service. Vessels will serve in the Ukrainian navy.
Navy / Maritime
Air
Unmanned Systems
First Technical Details of MIUS And TB3 are Disclosed
Baykar Technical Manager (CTO) Selçuk Bayraktar gave information about Baykar's UAV projects at the "Aviation and Space Summit 2" online event.
Weapon / Missile
Investment
Electromagnetic Rail Gun: the U.S. Gives Up, Turkey Hopes
U.S. Navy preferred the budget cut on the Electromagnetic Rail Gun project even though the system sent projectiles at supersonic speed. Turkiye continues.
Navy / Maritime
Israel takes delivery of the last two Sa'ar 6 corvettes
German Thyssenkrupp Marine Systems delivered the last two ships of the Sa'ar 6 class, INS Atzmaut and INS Nitzachon, to the Israeli Navy.
Air
KHK’s Canadair Fleet: Ageing between 32 to 51
Turkish Aviation Institute has nine Canadair CL-215 (Scooper) firefighter aircraft in the inventory.
Navy / Maritime
Bilateral Relations
Egypt Receives 4th German Submarine
Egypt celebrated the joining of a German Type 209/1400 submarine (S44) to Egyptian naval forces.
Navy / Maritime
Bilateral Relations
UK offers two Type 23 as an Interim Solution to Greece
United Kingdom will offer two Type 23 frigates, HMS Monmouth and HMS Montrose frigates, to the Hellenic Navy as an interim solution.
Navy / Maritime
US Navy Decommissions USS Independence (LCS 2)
US Navy Decommissioned its test and training ship USS Independence (LCS 2) ship. 22 LCS remain in service.
Global Defence Trend Brief
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- 15:00 European air defence modernisation shifts toward integrated networks - European governments are increasingly linking national air defence assets into broader integrated ne...
- 15:00 China strengthens unmanned maritime surveillance capabilities - China continues expanding its portfolio of maritime surveillance drones to improve situational aware...
- 15:00 Japan accelerates hardened infrastructure development - Japan is investing in hardened facilities, protected storage sites and dispersed operating locations...
- 15:00 Autonomous underwater systems gain role in critical infrastructure security - Navies are increasingly deploying autonomous underwater vehicles to monitor and protect undersea cab...
- 15:00 Counter-drone systems increasingly combine kinetic and electronic effects - Military organisations are fielding layered counter-drone architectures that integrate electronic wa...
- 15:00 Hypersonic weapon proliferation drives demand for space-based tracking - Defence agencies are accelerating development of space-based sensor constellations capable of provid...
- 15:00 Military logistics automation becomes mainstream procurement priority - Armed forces are expanding procurement of autonomous logistics vehicles and AI-assisted supply syste...
- 15:00 Collaborative combat aircraft concepts reshape force structure planning - Air forces are increasingly designing future force structures around combinations of crewed aircraft...
- 15:00 Industrial resilience becomes strategic requirement for defence suppliers - Governments are placing growing emphasis on supply-chain security, surge production capability and m...
- 09:00 US Air Force expands Collaborative Combat Aircraft testing - The US Air Force is increasing flight testing and integration work for Collaborative Combat Aircraft...
- 09:00 European defence spending increasingly targets ammunition resilience - European governments are directing additional defence funding toward ammunition production, stockpil...
- 09:00 China advances military satellite constellation deployment - China continues expanding military satellite constellations designed to enhance communications, navi...
- 09:00 Japan strengthens distributed missile force posture - Japan is expanding deployment of mobile missile units and support infrastructure across remote islan...
- 09:00 Autonomous surface vessels gain importance in fleet operations - Navies are integrating autonomous surface vessels into surveillance, reconnaissance and maritime sec...
- 09:00 Counter-drone procurement shifts toward scalable architectures - Military organisations are increasingly procuring counter-drone systems built around open architectu...
- 09:00 Hypersonic defence programmes focus on persistent target custody - Defence agencies are prioritising sensor networks capable of maintaining continuous tracking of mano...
- 09:00 AI-assisted command systems gain momentum in military planning - Armed forces are accelerating adoption of AI-assisted command-and-control systems designed to improv...
- 09:00 Collaborative autonomy emerges as key defence technology trend - Military planners increasingly view teams of autonomous systems operating cooperatively as a major f...
- 09:00 Production capacity increasingly shapes defence export competitiveness - Countries evaluating defence acquisitions are placing greater weight on supplier production capacity...
