Turkiye Announces the Start of Sea Trials of TCG OruçReis
Turkish Defence Ministry officially announced the start of the sea trials of the first upgraded Barbaros-class frigate, TCG Oruçreis (F-245).
Defence News
Navy / Maritime
Modernisation
Weapon / Missile
ROKETSAN Tests LUMTAS-GM Anti-Tank Missile
Roketsan announced at social media that, the company's new anti-tank missile LUMTAS-GM launched from a canister hit the target 16 km away in the firing test.
Unmanned Systems
Logistics
ALPİN Unmanned Helicopter in Military Service
TİTRA’s ALPİN Unmanned Helicopter has been used by the Turkish Armed Forces in Northern Iraq to deliver food and ammunition.
Unmanned Systems
Navy / Maritime
Air
Bayraktar TB3 Performs Eighth Test Flight
Bayraktar TB3’s eighth flight test, Medium Altitude Test-2, included a flight at 18000 ft and ten touch-and-go manoeuvres.
Unmanned Systems
Engine and Transmission
Iran Unveils Shaheed-238 Jet-Powered Kamikaze UAV
Iran will add the jet-powered Shaheed-238 to its long-range kamikaze UAV arsenal, mainly consisting of the Shaheed-136 and the smaller Shaheed-131.
Sensors
Unmanned Systems
Navy / Maritime
ASELFLIR-500 Set to Be Bayraktar TB3’s Eye
ASELSAN’s latest Electro-Optical system for UAVs will be integrated into Bayraktar TB3 ship-borne UCAV.
Navy / Maritime
Unmanned Systems
Simulator / AI / Drill/ Software
SANCAR AUSV’s ADVENT ROTA Phase-1 Test has been Completed
HAVELSAN stated that the factory acceptance tests of Phase-1 of ADVENT ROTA for Armed Unmanned Surface Vehicles have been completed.
Navy / Maritime
Weapon / Missile
France has Test-fired M51.3 SLBM
France tested the new version of its SLBM, the M51.3. The submarine-launched missile is known for its thermonuclear warhead capacity.
Unmanned Systems
Ethiopia’s AKINCI UCAV was Spotted
AKINCI UCAV, produced for Ethiopia, was seen in the 6th test flight video of Bayraktar TB3 UCAV, which Baykar Chairman Selçuk Bayraktar shared.
Navy / Maritime
Modernisation
Seft Publishes First Official Photo of OruçReis after MLU
Istanbul-based Seft Engineering shared the first official photo of TCG Oruçreis after MLU. The only visual was shared by naval photographer Oğuz Eroğuz.
Weapon / Missile
Japan Acquires $2.35 Billion Worth Tomahawk
U.S. approved a possible FMS to Japan of 400 Tomahawk Weapon Systems and related equipment for an estimated cost of $2.35 billion.
Air
E/W
Sensors
NATO to Modernise AWACS Fleet with E-7
NATO has chosen the Boeing 737-based E-7 to replace the ageing Boeing 707-based E-3 Sentry AWACS aircraft.
Navy / Maritime
ADIK Lays the Keel of TCG Izmir (F-516) Frigate
The work on I-Class frigates is in progress. ADIK laid on November 15 the keel of the future TCG Izmir (F-516) with a ceremony held in Istanbul.
Unmanned Systems
STM’s ALPAGU UAV, Notches Up First Export Success
ALPAGU, the fixed-wing loitering munition system developed by STM, has achieved its first export success.
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- 09:00 Canada to announce winner of major submarine competition - Canada is expected to announce the preferred bidder for its 12-submarine programme ahead of the NATO...
- 09:00 NATO prepares GlobalEye decision to replace AWACS fleet - NATO is expected to confirm Saab's GlobalEye as the successor to its E-3A AWACS fleet at the Ankara...
- 09:00 Canada advances multinational defence financing initiative - Ottawa aims to unveil around 10 founding members of its proposed Defence, Security and Resilience Ba...
- 09:00 South Korea deepens NATO defence-industrial engagement - President Lee Jae Myung will attend the NATO Summit and Defence Industry Forum to expand defence exp...
- 09:00 Counter-drone procurement continues shifting toward layered defence - Military organisations are increasingly procuring integrated counter-UAS architectures combining rad...
- 09:00 Hypersonic threats sustain investment in persistent tracking - Defence agencies continue expanding integrated radar and space-based sensor architectures capable of...
- 09:00 Autonomous maritime systems expand infrastructure protection missions - Navies are broadening deployment of autonomous surface and underwater vehicles to monitor undersea c...
- 09:00 Distributed satellite constellations become the preferred military model - Armed forces are increasingly replacing reliance on a few high-value satellites with proliferated co...
- 09:00 Collaborative combat aircraft move toward operational acquisition - Air forces are transitioning collaborative combat aircraft programmes from technology demonstrators...
- 09:00 Industrial surge capacity becomes a strategic military capability - Governments increasingly regard manufacturing scalability, secure supply chains and rapid production...
