Return of 6TD Engines for Altay MBT and Fırtına
Turkey negotiates with Ukraine for Fırtına Howitzer and Altay's engines. The designer of the 6TD engines told TurDef that they were in negotiations with Turkey.
Turkiye News
Land
Engine and Transmission
Expo and Air Show
Country
Regional / Strategy
Defence Politics
Demir: Exporting creates better allies
President of Defence Industry Demir, shared the latest developments in defence industry projects on TRT Haber live broadcast on Monday.
Country
Demir: We Will Produce S-400 Equivalent Air Defence System
President of Defence Industries Professor İsmail Demir was on TRT live for an exclusive interview. The headlines from Demir’s interview are as follows:
Expo and Air Show
Tuyap published its IDEF Report:94 agreements
Tuyap has published the result report of International Defence Industries Far (IDEF). The report gives brief information on the expo under the Covid pandemic.
Navy / Maritime
Expo and Air Show
ARES will export two OPVs to Bangladesh
Ares Shipyard has started its “serial production” of 35 FBP for the Turkish coast guard. We have spoken with the Ares CEO Ö. Utku Alanç during IDEF 2021.
Expo and Air Show
Turkish Defence Shows the Flag in Poland
Three Turkish Defence companies ASELSAN, Ares Shipyard and Meteksan Defence will show their products at MSPO expo in Poland.
Air
Modernisation
Modernised Stratotanker Returns Turkey
Turkish Defence Ministry announced that the first KC-135R aerial tanker is back on the fleet after modernisation. Turkey has seven KC-135R at TurAF.
Land
Investment
OTOKAR Allocated 1.3 Billion Liras to R&D in Last 10 Years
OTOKAR has published its 2020 sustainability report. The company operates in the military armoured vehicles and commercial vehicles industries.
Weapon / Missile
MKE's Boran howitzers for Macedonia
The Army of Northern Macedonia (ARSM) is expected to procure 18 Boran 105mm Air Transportable Light towed Howitzer from Turkey.
Air
TUSAŞ Will Manufacture Section 48 For Boeing B737 MAX-8
TUSAŞ signed two more contracts with Spirit AeroSystems to deliver Section 48 – "Tail Feather" for the Boeing 737 MAX-8.
Air
Regional / Strategy
Turkish F-16s scramble Russian Su-24
Turkish F-16s scrambled two Russian aircraft as part of the NATO mission. Turkish Defence ministry released video footage of the mission.
Country
Turkish Defence and Aviation Industry exported $ 284 million
According to Turkish Exporters Assembly (TIM) data, the Turkish defence and aerospace sector exported 284 million 721 thousand dollars in August 2021.
Unmanned Systems
Engine and Transmission
TB3 will fly with TEI’s PD-170 Engines
TUSAŞ Engine Inc. (TEI) President and General Manager Mahmut Akşit stated that TEI’s PD-170 engine family would power Baykar’s TB3.
Navy / Maritime
Marti Reminds Blue Homeland
Itamilradar, which monitors Mediterranean air traffic, figured out that a Turkish Navy Aircraft, P-72, is in mission flight in the Aegean Sea.
