India tests surface-to-air missile Akash-NG
DRDO successfully flight-tested the New Generation Akash Missile (Akash-NG), at Integrated Test Range (ITR) on July 21, 2021.
Defence News
Weapon / Missile
Navy / Maritime
Air
Unmanned Systems
MIUS and TB3 seen on TCG Anadolu
Baykar shared three new renders about MIUS and TB3 on TCG Anadolu .MIUS is jet engine powered combat UAV that will serve air to air and ground attack misssions.
Navy / Maritime
Weapon / Missile
First Photo of U.S. Remedy to Counter UAS attacks
The U.S. Navy released the photo of the USS Stockdale fitted with the new Optical Dazzling Interdictor (ODIN), which will be used against SWARM attack.
Air
Unmanned Systems
Baykar's MIUS to be deployed at TCG ANADOLU
Baykar Technology Leader Selçuk Bayraktar made a statement about the combatant UAV that the company works with, known as MIUS in Turkey.
Navy / Maritime
Air
Bilateral Relations
Russia has the UK on Target
Rustec shares images from its most recent fifth-gen aircraft at MAKS 21 airshow.
Navy / Maritime
Bilateral Relations
Turkey Complaints Greece to UN
Turkey complained to the UN, accusing Athens of violating the agreements that prevent Greece from the militarization of islands in the eastern Aegean Sea.
Navy / Maritime
Logistics
Logistic Support Ship is near entering inventory
TCG Yzb. Güngör Durmuş (A-574) auxiliary ship is expected to enter service with the Turkish Navy in August 2021.
Air
Russia Unveils New Aircraft
Russia unveiled a new single-engine fighter which is a model of the new-generation Russian fighter or a prototype. It is called Checkmate.
Weapon / Missile
SYS Builds M2 12.7 Anti-aircraft Gun
Samsun Yurt Savunma (SYS) has built Turkey’s first close air defence heavy machine gun at 12.7 calibres. SYS is known for its small arm Canik.
Unmanned Systems
Thales’ UAS reaches over 100 km
Thales has completed the first flight of a half-scale prototype of its UAS 100 long-range unmanned air system.
Navy / Maritime
Unmanned Systems
Baykar’s TB2 was delivered to Ukrainian Navy
Ukraine’s Defence Ministry announced from social media that the first Bayraktar TB2 UCAV for the Navy had been delivered to Ukraine.
Navy / Maritime
ARES’s 35 FPB at Open Sea Trials
Ares Shipyard builds 122 Fast Patrol Boats (FPB) for the Turkish Ministry of Interior-Coast Guard Command. The shipyard has prepared a prototype for tests.
Air
Space
Unmanned Systems
NASA’s Unmanned Aircraft Destroyed at Research Test Flight
NASA’s X-56B remotely piloted aircraft experienced an incident shortly after take-off from NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Centre in Edwards, California.
Weapon / Missile
Sensors
Roketsan’s proximity fuse is tested on MK-82 and Teber
Turkish Air Force tested Roketsan’s proximity fuse with a TEBER, and a laser guidance kit added MK-82 general-purpose bomb.
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