Royal Navy Receives New Autonomous Vessel
The Royal Navy received a new autonomous vessel NavyX into its service. The project is named Madfox (Maritime Demonstrator For Operational eXperimentation).
Defence News
Navy / Maritime
Unmanned Systems
Land
Navy / Maritime
Air
Regional / Strategy
Russia’s Iron Fist at Arctic Circle
Russia has shown its interest in the Northern Pole and demonstrated its power by preparing the “Umka-2021” Arctic expedition.
Air
Bilateral Relations
France offers Rafale fighters to Ukraine
France proposes its Rafale fighters according to French Websites Zone Militaire and Intelligence Online.
Navy / Maritime
Modernisation
Damen proposes SIGMA 11515 to the Greek Navy
According to Naval News, the Greek Navy received its seventh proposal from Damen Shipyard. Damen offers Greece a SIGMA 11515 frigate.
Navy / Maritime
Modernisation
One year delay for Barbaros Class
Barbaros Class Frigate Half-Life Modernization Project will be delayed. The SSB pursues the project to meet the Turkish Naval Force’s requirements.
Air
Simulator / AI / Drill/ Software
HAVELSAN Develops Troubleshooting Simulator for F-16
Anadolu Agency: HAVELSAN announced that it has developed the F-16 Troubleshooting Training Simulator to keep F-16s increase operational readiness rate.
Space
Ingenuity Prepares for Maiden Flight
NASA plans the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter to attempt a powered, controlled flight of an aircraft on another planet.
Unmanned Systems
Third Akincı on the Sky
Baykar Defence’s third prototype of Bayraktar AKINCI Attack Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (Taarruzi İnsansız Hava Aracı /TİHA) completed its first flight.
Air
Weapon / Missile
Demir: New product is coming for before SİPER
President of Defence Industries İsmail Demir said, “We are going towards SİPER step by step. We will go beyond SİPER.”
Air
Weapon / Missile
Storm Shadow fails soon after being operational on Typhoon
Royal Air Force Typhoon FGR4 fighter jets failed with conventionally armed Storm Shadow for the first time in combat in northern Iraq on March 10th.
Air
Space
Investment
Thrust Vector Control Solution from Roketsan
Roketsan company works on sending a probe to space. Roketsan, director for Advanced Technologies, Bülent Semerci, explained the most recent works at Roketsan.
Air
Ammunition
Hürkuş and MAM-L at tests
Turkish Aerospace (TUSAŞ) indigenous Hürkuş aircraft has performed a test shot with Roketsan’s MAM-L. MAM-L hit the target.
Land
Nurol’s Ejders seen on the Drill
Turkish Defence Ministry informed the Multinational Al Hares Al Mane 2021 Exercise hosted by Qatar from its social accounts.
Air
Ammunition
F-35B Shot Itself
An ammunition round that exploded damaged a Marine Corps F-35B. The jet was conducting a night-time close air support mission on the Yuma Range Complex.
