Air Defence News TurDef

Russia’s Iron Fist at Arctic Circle

28 Mar, 21:57
2 min read

Russia has shown its interest in the Northern Pole and demonstrated its power by preparing the “Umka-2021” Arctic expedition.

France offers Rafale fighters to Ukraine

France offers Rafale fighters to Ukraine

28 Mar, 12:14
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France proposes its Rafale fighters according to French Websites Zone Militaire and Intelligence Online.

HAVELSAN Develops Troubleshooting Simulator for F-16

27 Mar, 22:33
3 min read

Anadolu Agency: HAVELSAN announced that it has developed the F-16 Troubleshooting Training Simulator to keep F-16s increase operational readiness rate.

Demir: New product is coming for before SİPER

27 Mar, 17:39
1 min read

President of Defence Industries İsmail Demir said, “We are going towards SİPER step by step. We will go beyond SİPER.”

Storm Shadow fails soon after being operational on Typhoon

Storm Shadow fails soon after being operational on Typhoon

26 Mar, 15:44
1 min read

Royal Air Force Typhoon FGR4 fighter jets failed with conventionally armed Storm Shadow for the first time in combat in northern Iraq on March 10th.

Thrust Vector Control Solution from Roketsan

26 Mar, 12:39
1 min read

Roketsan company works on sending a probe to space. Roketsan, director for Advanced Technologies, Bülent Semerci, explained the most recent works at Roketsan.

Hürkuş and MAM-L at tests

26 Mar, 12:07
1 min read

Turkish Aerospace (TUSAŞ) indigenous Hürkuş aircraft has performed a test shot with Roketsan’s MAM-L. MAM-L hit the target.

F-35B Shot Itself

25 Mar, 13:18
1 min read

An ammunition round that exploded damaged a Marine Corps F-35B. The jet was conducting a night-time close air support mission on the Yuma Range Complex.

Turkey Replaces Missing A400M

25 Mar, 10:49
1 min read

Abdurrahman Şeref Can, the Head of the Fixed-Wing Platforms Department from SSB said that the TurAF would receive its last A400M aircraft next year.

Indigenous Ejection Seat for Turkey's TF-X Fighter

24 Mar, 18:05
2 min read

Turkey will produce its own ejection seat for the TF-X as the SSB Head of the fixed-wing platforms informed that the contract was signed.

Turkey Hires Former F-35 Executive

24 Mar, 10:50
1 min read

The Turkish defence industry has hired a former Lockheed Martin executive to lobby Alexandria-based firm Pentagon Strategies on the F-35.

Hercules' Retirement Plans

23 Mar, 13:23
1 min read

The United Kingdom plans a major change at defence acquisition. The plan includes phasing out the RAF C-130 Hercules fleet in a couple of years.

GAO: The Cost of Removing Turkey from F-35: $108 million

GAO: The Cost of Removing Turkey from F-35: $108 million

20 Mar, 17:22
2 min read

The U.S. GAO examined the cost of the JSF program. The office claims that removing Turkey and establishing alternative suppliers will cost $108 million.