Musa Heybet has been appointed as ASFAT Chairman
Deputy Defence Minister Musa Heybet has been appointed chairman of the board of directors of ASFAT (Military Factory and Shipyard Operation Inc.)
Tüfekçi News
Country
Country
Heybet will be Responsible for Five Units, and ASFAT
Turkish Defence Ministry has Musa Heybet as the new Deputy Defence Minister, and he will sit on Tüfekçi’s chair but replace Durdalı’s missions.
Regional / Strategy
Defence Politics
Pakistan, Türkiye, Saudi Arabia meet to Deepen Defence
Senior military officials from Pakistan, Türkiye, Saudi Arabia meet in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, to reaffirm their shared goal of self-sufficiency in defence.
Expo and Air Show
Görgün: Defence Industry Serves Political Independence
Istanbul Chamber of Industry (ISO) and the industrial cluster SAHA Istanbul hold the ‘Defence Industry Meetings’ in Istanbul.
Navy / Maritime
Turkiye Exported its First Corvette, PNS Babur (280)
Turkiye's Asfat company delivered the first Babur Class Corvette, PNS Babur (280), to the Pakistan Navy after integrating weapon systems and sensors.
Air
Expo and Air Show
Bilateral Relations
Goldsack Focuses on Opportunities in UK-Turkish Relations
Mark Goldsack “UK-Türkiye defence industrial relationship is strong and growing…with many opportunities going forward.”
Defence Politics
Bilateral Relations
Investment
Unmanned Systems
Turkey-Saudi-Pakistani Committee Discusses Defence
Delegations from three countries discussed developments in the defence industry, technology transfer and localisation, and scientific research.
Expo and Air Show
Bilateral Relations
U.S. Uses Sponsored Publication to Reach Turkish Audience
The U.S. embassy uses sponsored content to reach Turkish audiences stating that the country supports the U.S.- Turkish cooperation in the defence industry.
Country
Tüfekçi Responsible from ASFAT and MKE
Celal Sami Tüfekçi, the deputy defence minister, will be responsible for five institutions including ASFAT and MKE Inc. Tüfekçi was at SSB previously.
Country
Assignment to Defence Industry Agency Vice Presidency
New appointments were made to the Defence Industry Agency. All Vice Presidents except one have changed.
Country
New Deputy Minister Appointments to the Defence Ministry
Deputy ministers who will work with the defence minister Yaşar Güler have been announced. SSB Vice President Celal Sami Tüfekçi’s new post drew attention.
Country
SSIK Convened at the Presidential Complex
The Defence Industry Executive Committee (SSIK) met in the Presidential Complex, presided over by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.
Simulator / AI / Drill/ Software
Bilateral Relations
Expo and Air Show
Havelsan and PT Dirgantara signed MoU at Teknofest21
HAVELSAN and Indonesia's state-owned company PT Dirgantara Indonesia (PTDI), a manufacturer of aircraft and air platforms, have signed a MoU.
Country
ASELSAN Continues with Haluk Görgün
ASELSAN's 46th Ordinary General Meeting was held at the end of June. President of Defence Industries Professor İsmail Demir chaired the meeting.
Space
E/W
Country
Tüfekçi is Havelsan’s new Chairman of the Board
Dr Celal Sami Tüfekçi, Vice President of Defence industries, became the Havelsan Chairman of the Board.
Global Defence Trend Brief
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- 09:00 Counter-drone demand expands beyond battlefields into critical infrastructure - Growing drone incursions around airports, ports, oil facilities and data centres are accelerating de...
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- 09:00 Ukraine’s drone combat know-how is becoming an export asset in Asia - Ukrainian drone firms are marketing battlefield-proven systems and swarm concepts in Japan, Taiwan a...
- 09:00 NATO accelerates live testing of counter-drone technologies - Alliance members and industry partners are expanding field trials of drone detection and interceptio...
- 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...
- 09:00 Industrial surge capacity is becoming a decisive defence metric - Across missiles, drones and air defence, governments are placing more weight on production scalabili...
