The Philippines Establishes Brahmos ASW Missile Battalion
The Philippine Navy established an anti-ship missile battalion to operate the Indo-Russian Brahmos supersonic cruise missiles purchased from New Delhi.
ASW News
Weapon / Missile
Navy / Maritime
E/W
Turkish Seahawks to IFF with ASELSAN’s System
Turkish Navy’s Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) S-70B SeaHawk helicopters are modernised with the ASELSAN Friend or Foe Identification (IFF) Mode 5 System.
Navy / Maritime
Ukrainian Ada will provide Air Defence Missions
Ukraine will acquire two Ada Class corvettes from Turkiye. Turkish Navy used them for ASW, but Ukrainian corvettes will serve for air defence missions.
Navy / Maritime
Unmanned Systems
Sefine Provides its Unmanned Solution for Blue Homeland
Sefine Shipyard has announced that the construction of two unmanned vessels started with “ASELSAN, SEFT Ship Design, ARMELSAN, ROKETSAN and TURK LLOYD.
Navy / Maritime
Biggest Navy Drill ever Begins
Turkish Navy to conduct the biggest naval exercise in Eagan and Mediterranean Seas.
Navy / Maritime
Unmanned Systems
ULAQ ASW Unveiled
ARES Shipyard and Meteksan Defence are developing an AUSV Programme called ULAQ. They have presented the rendering of six platforms for different missions.
Navy / Maritime
Escalating Tension Between China and Taiwan
Taiwan announced that Chinese PLA Y-8 ASW aircraft entered Taiwan’s Southwest Air Defence İdentification Zone (ADIZ) in the afternoon of Apr. 24, 2021.
Navy / Maritime
Unmanned Systems
The second Phase of USV unveiled: ULAQ ASW
Ares Shipyard and Meteksan Defence have announced the next phase of their Unmanned Surface Vehicle (USV) Project, which they unveiled back in October 2020.
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.
Navy / Maritime
Air
Modernisation
Meltem at Turkish Maritime
Turkish Ministry of Defence announced that the Turkish Maritime Patrol Aircraft with tail number TCB 752 successfully performed the acceptance test flight.
Navy / Maritime
Weapon / Missile
Deadly Indigenous Fish to Turkish Submarines Roketsan Akya
Turkey has test-launched heavy torpedo, Akya. SSB mentioned "Indigenous Heavy Weight-Class Akya passed milestone. We planning to deliver Akya to Turkish navy"
