Aksungur Flies for 1000 hours
TUSAŞ's twin-engine UAV Aksungur has surpassed 1000 flight hours. The UAV is based on single-engine ANKA UAV, and it is developed in 18 months.
tusas News
Unmanned Systems
Air
Investment
General Directorate of Forestry to Procure New Helicopters
The General Directorate of Forestry, which has partially exited Turkey’s T70 Utility Helicopter Program will supply brand new helicopters.
Air
Unmanned Systems
Sensors
TUSAŞ Delivers Anka with ASELSAN’s CATS Payload
Turkish Aerospace (TUSAŞ) has delivered two new ANKA UAV to the Turkish Air Force.
Unmanned Systems
Sensors
Aksungur Saved Lives
President of Defence Industries Professor Ismail Demir stated that Aksungur UAV had saved lives.
Investment
Two Turkish companies entered the list of Top 100 Defence
Two Turkish companies entered the “Defence News Top 100” list. The list is prepared based on data from a year ago.
Unmanned Systems
AKSUNGUR UAV Contınues Its Fire Detection Activities
AKSUNGUR UAV continues to provide surveillance missions for the General Directorate of Forestry in the fight against fire without interruption.
Air
Engine and Transmission
TUSAS Supplies 14 Engines to the ATAK II Helicopter
Turkish Aerospace (TUSAŞ) and the Ukrainian “Motor Sich” company signed a Heavy Duty Attack Helicopter engine contract.
Air
Gökbey Helicopter 3'rd prototype at flight test
President of Defence Industries Professor İsmail Demir stated that the third Gökbey helicopter prototype joined to test flight campaign.
Air
Investment
Turkish Aerospace is building Wind tunnel for TF-X
Turkish Aerospace (TUSAŞ) is building Turkey’s biggest and Europe’s second-largest subsonic wind tunnel facility to test Turkish fighter fighter (TF-X).
Space
Demir: We Have Rockets to Reach Space
SSB President Demir said, “Roketsan has reached space with solid-fuel rocket engines. We reach an altitude of more than 150 kilometres.”
Weapon / Missile
ROKETSAN to produce laser guided Mini Missile Yatağan
Turkish Defence Industry companies attend two exhibitions today in Turkey. One is held in Ankara, another in Eskişehir. ROKETSAN has presented 40 mm missile.
Navy / Maritime
Air
Unmanned Systems
Aksungur Begins its first mission
Turkish Aerospace (TUSAŞ) UAV AKSUNGUR started its first mission by flying from Ankara TUSAŞ facilities to Adana Şakirpaşa Airport.
Space
CTech begins exporting space products
Turkish firm CTech has exported its first satellite product to Thales Alenia Space, the joint venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%).
Air
“HÜRKUŞ HYEU” unveiled at Konya
Turkish Aerospace (TUSAŞ) unveiled the new version of HÜRKUŞ at the International Anatolian Anka-2021 exercise.
Investment
Country
Turkey Has 16 Defence Companies in First-500 Company
Istanbul Chamber of Industry announced Turkey’s Top 500 Industrial Enterprises of 2020. Sixteen companies are performing in defence or aviation.
Air
Philippines Confirms T129 Acquisition
The Philippines confirmed that it would acquire six T129B ATAK combat helicopters manufactured by Turkish Aerospace (TUSAS) for $269 million.
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