ARES 18 SAR Search & Rescue Boat Passes Self-Righting Test
ARES Shipyard’s ARES 18 SAR boat, developed for the Turkish Directorate General of Coastal Safety (KEGM), passed its self-righting test against toppling.
SAR News
Navy / Maritime
Navy / Maritime
Air
Unmanned Systems
Sensors
METEKSAN's MİLSAR Radar Gets a Long-Range Maritime Mode
METEKSAN’s MİLSAR synthetic aperture radar in use with UAVs has received a long-range surface search mode with a range of 90 nautical miles, about 165 km.
Unmanned Systems
Sensors
Expo and Air Show
Meteksan Exports MILSAR to Edge Entity ADASI’s GARMOOSHA UAS
Meteksan Defence signed an export agreement with EDGE Entity ADASI today to integrate MILSAR radars into the GARMOOSHA unmanned aerial system (UAS).
Sensors
FULMAR 500-A Radar Ready for Turkish UCAVs in 2026
ASELSAN announced that the Turkish Navy's future airborne AESA radar FULMAR 500-A will be seen onboard Turkish UCAVs in 2026.
Unmanned Systems
Homeland Security
Expo and Air Show
TUSAŞ Offers AKSUNGUR UAV to US Border Security
Firm Speaking to CNN Türk, TUSAŞ CEO Mehmet Demiroğlu stated that AKSUNGUR UAV was proposed to the U.S.-based firm performing border security in FIA2024.
Space
Germany’s New Spy Satellites Fail in Orbit
Germany’s LEO spy satellites fitted with SAR payload lost function in orbit only months after launch due to antenna malfunction.
Simulator / AI / Drill/ Software
Unmanned Systems
Sensors
Expo and Air Show
EFES-2024: Lentatek Shows SAR on KARAYEL-SU Armed UAV
SATCOM-fitted KARAYEL-SU has been exhibited for the first time with a Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) integration.
Space
Sensors
Japanese iQPS Satellite Startup to Expand Production
After trading its shares, iQPS, which specialises in SAR satellites, will expand production capacity with the raised money.
Navy / Maritime
Unmanned Systems
ULAQ Reveals Search and Rescue Version in Malaysia
Meteksan introduced the search and rescue configuration of the ULAQ SAR at the LIMA 2023 Fair. The ULAQ SAR is designed to provide support to the Coast Guard.
Air
Bilateral Relations
Indonesia Lends C-130 to Turkiye for Disaster Relief
Indonesia on Saturday despatched C-130 Hercules and Boeing 737-400 aircraft to Turkiye to transport SAR personnel and logistical support.
Country
Bilateral Relations
World Assisting Turkiye After Earthquakes
A state of emergency was declared in the region due to two major earthquakes in Turkiye on February 6, 2023, which affected ten provinces.
Navy / Maritime
Air
French Navy accepts first H160 Helicopter for SAR Missions
The French Navy (Marine Nationale) will deploy Airbus’ next-generation medium twin-engine helicopter H-160 to carry out search and rescue (SAR) operations.
Global Defence Trend Brief
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- 09:00 Hypersonic threats keep driving demand for persistent tracking networks - The spread of hypersonic weapons continues to push Western defence planners toward integrated radar...
- 09:00 Military space resilience shifts toward larger distributed constellations - Armed forces are increasingly favouring proliferated satellite constellations over a small number of...
- 09:00 Autonomous maritime systems gain importance in surveillance and strike planning - Navies are broadening interest in autonomous surface and underwater systems for persistent ISR, infr...
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