Kenya: Katmerciler announced the export
Turkish armoured vehicle manufacturer İzmir based Katmerciler announced an export deal to Kenya.
Defence News
Land
Land
Air
Unmanned Systems
Latvia is interested in Otokar and Baykar products
Latvian Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Defence, former Minister of Foreign Affairs Artis Pabriks visited Turkey.
Navy / Maritime
Air
Unmanned Systems
TB2 Hit Pınar 6 at Denizkurdu Drill
Ares Shipyard and Meteksan Defence’s joint project, Armed Unmanned Surface Vessel Ulaq, fired two Cirit missiles for the first time.
Navy / Maritime
Weapon / Missile
Sensors
HMS Dragon Testfires its Sea Viper
The Royal Navy’s Type 45 air-defence destroyer HMS Dragon tested its Sea Viper system in Scotland, Royal Navy announced on 4 June.
Air
Unmanned Aerial Tanker Refuels F/A-18 Hornet
Boeing’s unmanned aerial tanker MQ-25 T1 refuelled a Navy F/A-18 during a flight on June 4, 2021, at MidAmerica Airport in Illinois.
Land
Modernisation
Roketsan Begun Delivering Armour Systems
President of Defence Industries (SSB) Professor Ismail Demir announced that the Leopard 2A4 Main Battle Tank armour upgrade is now in serial production.
Navy / Maritime
Defence Politics
Greece may Have Tanks On Demilitarized Islands
Greek media has published video and photos from military training held on Greek islands. The names of islands kept confidential.
Navy / Maritime
Regional / Strategy
Greece Hold ORION-21 military exercise with four participants
Greece held a five-day multinational exercise “Orion-21” with Special Forces Units from Greece, the USA, Israel, Greek Cyprus and Serbia.
Bilateral Relations
France Suspends Joint Military Operations Over Military Coup
Malian soldiers detained interim President Bah Ndaw and Prime Minister Moctar Ouane. They stripped them of their powers.
Ammunition
Weapon / Missile
SAGE’s Togan and Bozok Ready for Serial Production
TÜBİTAK Defence Industry Research and Development Institute (SAGE) has made the Laser Guided Miniature Munition Bozok and Togan ready for serial production.
Navy / Maritime
Air
Unmanned Systems
Aksungur Begins its first mission
Turkish Aerospace (TUSAŞ) UAV AKSUNGUR started its first mission by flying from Ankara TUSAŞ facilities to Adana Şakirpaşa Airport.
Navy / Maritime
Iran lost its biggest replenishment ship at fire
The Fars and Tasnim news agencies said efforts failed to save the support warship Kharg, named after the island that serves as the main oil terminal for Iran.
Land
Engine and Transmission
First heartbeat of FIRTINA
President of Defence Industries Profesor İsmail Demir announced that the 1,000-horsepower UTKU engine was ignited for the first time.
Space
CTech begins exporting space products
Turkish firm CTech has exported its first satellite product to Thales Alenia Space, the joint venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%).
Global Defence Trend Brief
- 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...
