681,560 Refugee Returned to Syria, 3,684,412 Refugees Stay
Russian Defence Ministry, Centre for Reconciliation of Warring Parties and Refugee Control Centre for Syria published a newsletter today.
Defence News
Defence Politics
Unmanned Systems
AKSUNGUR UAV Contınues Its Fire Detection Activities
AKSUNGUR UAV continues to provide surveillance missions for the General Directorate of Forestry in the fight against fire without interruption.
Investment
Country
Turkish Defence Export at Rising
TIM published the export data of Turkey for June 2021. The Defence sector exported a total of $ 221 million 791 thousand in June.
Navy / Maritime
Ukraine’s Ada Class Corvette to be completed by 2023
President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelenskiy announced that the construction of MİLGEM ADA Class Corvettes, which Ukraine will import from Turkey, has begun.
Air
Ammunition
Weapon / Missile
The teeth of the C295 Gunship are from Roketsan
An improved model of the gunsip aircraft, created from Airbus' C295 transport aircraft, was introduced in France.
Weapon / Missile
USAF Awards Raytheon $2 Billion Contract for Nuclear Missile
United States Air Force awards Raytheon Technologies Corp a contract worth $2 billion to develop a new nuclear cruise missile.
Land
Bilateral Relations
Turkey and Azerbaijan Armies are on Joint Exercises
The Azerbaijan Defence Ministry announced that a joint military exercise between Turkey and Azerbaijan, the “Mustafa Kemal Ataturk—2021”.
Weapon / Missile
China Builds 100 Missile Launch Pads Across The Desert
According to commercial satellite images, China is building 100 new missile silos in the northwestern desert in Yumen City.
Weapon / Missile
Investment
MKEK is now MKE Joint Stock Company
TBMM accepted the law proposal regulating the Machinery and Chemical Industry Institution (MKEK) as a joint-stock company.
Country
ASELSAN Continues with Haluk Görgün
ASELSAN's 46th Ordinary General Meeting was held at the end of June. President of Defence Industries Professor İsmail Demir chaired the meeting.
Air
Switzerland Prefers F-35 and Patriot
Swiss defence ministry announced that the country would defend its skies with Lockheed Martin’s F-35A aircraft and Raytheon’s Patriot air defence system.
Air
Ammunition
Weapon / Missile
TF-X will have Akbaba (Vulture)
The International Anatolian Eagle 2021 Training framework shared exclusive information about the Turkish Fighter Jet Programme (TF-X).
Air
Bilateral Relations
Anatolian Eagle-2021 training to Conclude Tomorrow
The International Anatolian Eagle-2021 Training started on June 21st at the 3rd Main Jet Base Command in Konya. Media and spotter day took place on June 30th.
Air
Bilateral Relations
UAE Kicks Italy out of Air Base Tomorrow
Italian forces have begun a forced drawdown from the Al Minhad Air Base in the UAE, according to Italian politician Matteo Perego Di Cremnago.
Global Defence Trend Brief
- 15:00 US Army expands long-range precision fires production planning - The US Army is increasing investment in production capacity for long-range precision fires programme...
- 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...
