Change of Flag at KoçSavunma
KoçSavunma Technology and Engineering Management Group Manager Hakan Öktem has been appointed as Defence Technologies Managing Director.
Defence News
Investment
Sensors
Navy / Maritime
Air
Modernisation
Second Meltem-3 at Blue Homeland
The second P-72 Maritime Patrol Aircraft was delivered to the naval forces within the scope of the P-72 MELTEM-3 Project.
Country
Regional / Strategy
Libyan Government Gets Approval
Abdulhamid Dbeibeh’s cabinet got 132 votes to two against at the Libya Parliament. “it became clear that the Libyans are one unit,” Dbeibeh said.
Defence Politics
Stoltenberg calls Turkey “extremely important,”
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg called Turkey “extremely important,” saying the alliance is a platform to address differences and disagreements.
Defence Politics
NATO might add China to the Strategy Concept
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg took part in a fireside chat with Ms Rose Gottemoeller, Payne Lecturer at the CISAC, Stanford University,
Navy / Maritime
E/W
HAVELSAN Delivers DBDS to Navy
HAVELSAN announced that the last batch of the Submarıne Data Dıstrıbutıon System has been delivered to the Naval Forces Command.
Air
Modernisation
Belgian Air Force Grounds F-16 Fleet
Belgian Air Force announced on February 11 that an F-16 aircraft had engine problems on take-off and landed immediately.
Navy / Maritime
Regional / Strategy
Indian Navy Gets third Scorpene-Class Submarine
The Kalvari-class diesel-electric submarine INS Karanj was commissioned into the Indian Navy in Mumbai on Wednesday.
Weapon / Missile
SSB: Roketsan's Hisar O+ SAM Passed the Critical Test
The Presidency of Defence Industries (SSB) announced from the official Twitter account a new development about Medium Range Air Defence Missile System Hisar O+.
Air
UK Reduces F-35 Fleet Giving a Path to Tempest
The British Ministry of Defence has made significant cuts to the Royal Air Force's F-35 acquisition plans, including reducing the fleet by around two-thirds.
Air
Investment
Country
Modernisation
US Top Lawmaker Calls F-35’ Rathole,’
F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program is under the scope of the House Armed Services Committee which called the F-35 a “rathole” in a virtual event.
Bilateral Relations
Defence Politics
Kalın: Turkey loses, the US loses
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s spokesman Ibrahim Kalın Kalın accused the US of interfering with T-129 export to Pakistan.
Land
Navy / Maritime
Weapon / Missile
THALES secured £98 Million UK SHORAD Contract
The UK MoD has contracted Belfast based Thales UK company to offer Short-Range Air Defence (SHORAD) to the British Army and Royal Marines.
Navy / Maritime
Ammunition
Unmanned Systems
MAM-L Hits from a Farther distance
Turkish Defence Ministry announced the micro smart munition MAM-L. The ministry stated that MAM-L is used at the Blue Homeland 2021 Military Exercise.
