altay News

Land

BMC CEO Yalçıntaş Resignes

05 Jan, 07:37
1 min read

BMC CEO Professor Murat Yalçıntaş resigned from his post. Yalçıntaş announced his resignation this morning with an e-mail to his colleagues.

Analysis

Achievements and Transformations in Turkish Defence 2023

31 Dec, 09:53
6 min read

TurDef reviews the noteworthy developments that have shaped the Turkish defence and aerospace industries in 2023.

Land E/W Sensors

ASELSAN Converts Altay to a Command Control Centre

24 Apr, 10:22
2 min read

BMC Savunma has delivered two “New Altay” Main Battle Tanks to Turkish Armed Forces.

Land

“New” Altay to be Delivered to TAF for Tests

22 Apr, 10:05
4 min read

President Erdoğan will attend BMC’s Altay Main Battle Tank delivery ceremony. BMC will deliver two prototypes to the Turkish army for test purposes.

Land

BMC General Manager Murat Yalçıntaş announced that two of the BMC Defence production ALTAY Main Battle Tanks, which they named “New ALTAY”, will be delivered to the Turkish Armed Forces on April 23, 2023, for testing purposes. At the press meeting, BMC General Manager Yalçıntaş said the tanks would be on field tests for approximately 1.5 or two years. He also stated that the company aims to start the mass production of New ALTAY with the Korean Power Group in 2025.

Land

New Altay MBT Unveiled

23 Mar, 10:00
7 min read

The BMC company, which became the target of criticism for Altay opened its doors to the press.

Engine and Transmission

BMC Secures Altay’s Transmission from ROK Company

30 Jan, 10:56
1 min read

According to Korea based dongA.com, a local company will export its 1,500-horsepower automatic transmission for the Turkish Altay Main Battle Tank.

Land

New Configuration for Altay: T3

25 Nov, 02:33
1 min read

Altay, the Turkish indigenous main battle tank, will be equipped with new infrastructure on the T3 variant. The information was shared during the 5th Land Systems Seminar in Ankara. Officials from Defence Industry Agency discussed whether there is a future for tanks. They claimed that new ATGM, loitering munition force tanks to have 360-degree armoured protection. The tanks are also used In urban warfare. They have to adapt tanks to such changing battle field conditions.

Engine and Transmission

Altay’s Batu Engine Starts Trials Soon

25 Nov, 01:46
1 min read

BMC Power will initiate Batu tank engine trials soon. The information came during the 5th Land Systems Seminar in Ankara. Turkish company BMC Power is preparing for qualification tests of an indigenously developed Batu tank engine. Turkish Defence Industry Agency official made the relevant statement when answering a question about powerpack.

Land Navy / Maritime

TCG Anadolu Passed Tank Test with Altay

07 Oct, 08:04
1 min read

TCG ANADOLU Multi-purpose ship passed tank boarding and disembarkation tests with the Altay Main Battle Tank prototype.

Land Weapon / Missile Simulator / AI / Drill/ Software Engine and Transmission Interview / Exclusive File

MKE Inc prepares E-engine solution Altay MBT

14 Jun, 03:50
6 min read

Machinery and Chemical Industry (MKE) Inc is ready to provide an electrical engine solution for the tank.

Engine and Transmission

Demir; Altay MBT will have an exclusive power pack

12 May, 01:47
1 min read

President of Defence Industries Professor İsmail Demir stated that Altay Main Battle Tank (MBT) engine tests continue. Stating that the engine from the Republic of Korea (ROK) is integrated into the ALTAY MBT, Demir said that the first test results were good.