Turkiye Defence News

Land Engine and Transmission

OTOKAR Introduced the 8X8 ARMA II

31 Jan, 22:57
5 min read

OTOKAR introduced its first 8x8 military vehicle ARMA II, with a home-grown engine, after a 6,000-kilometre road test: the Ecotorq engine.

Navy / Maritime Air

Turkiye Develops Own Helicopter Rapid Securing Device

30 Jan, 19:15
2 min read

Turkiye developed an indigenous Helicopter Hauldown and Rapid Securing Device (RSD). Altınay completed design and development activities for RSD.

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.

Bilateral Relations Regional / Strategy

Sweden suspends NATO membership process indefinitely

29 Jan, 16:42
1 min read

Faced with the Turkish reaction, Sweden has indefinitely suspended its entry into NATO membership. This decision was taken in Stockholm.

Navy / Maritime

Agosta 90B Delivery to Pakistan

26 Jan, 14:30
2 min read

Turkiye-based STM has completed the modernisation efforts of the second Pakistani Agosta 90B submarine. The boat is delivered to the end user.

Navy / Maritime Unmanned Systems

STM to Develop Unmanned Submarine

26 Jan, 13:57
1 min read

Turkish STM continues to submarine projects. According to the official information, the company has initiated an indigenous unmanned submarine programme.

Unmanned Systems

Second Flight of Kızılelma

26 Jan, 01:29
1 min read

Baykar is moving forward in Kızılelma UCAV programme. The first prototype of the aircraft has completed the second flight from facilities based at Çorlu.

Navy / Maritime

ARES Shipyard unveils Ares 32 PREDATOR & DAGGER

24 Jan, 10:45
3 mins

ARES Shipyard has revealed a new generation interceptor solution to change the perceptions of interception in the naval operations theatre.

Navy / Maritime

Demir: Turkiye Will Build Three MİLGEM Frigates in 36 Months

23 Jan, 15:13
4 mins

President of SSB Demir stated that the 6th, 7th and 8th ships of the MİLGEM project, the I Class Frigate, will be realised at private shipyards.

Air Bilateral Relations Regional / Strategy

Invisible Ties: F-16, Sweden's and Finland's access to NATO

19 Jan, 18:09
2 min read

US Ambassador to Turkiye Jeffry Flake made statements about the sale of the F-16 and Sweden and Finland's membership step in NATO.

Navy / Maritime Analysis

Type 23: Technical Analysis of Envisaged Procurement Program

19 Jan, 14:52
8 mins

TurDef, published in its previous news that there has yet to be a final agreement for the Type 23 frigates based on the information obtained.

Navy / Maritime

Sources: Turkiye Only Inspects Type 23 Frigates

19 Jan, 13:03
1 min read

MarineDeal News wrote that Turkiye had agreed with the United Kingdom to procure 12 Type 23 frigates for ASW.

Unmanned Systems

TB2 Export to Kuwait

18 Jan, 20:56
1 min read

The TB2 Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) is increasing its market share with international sales. Producer Company Baykar announced a new export success to Kuwait.