Karaaslan: Altay is Designed for New Threats
BMC presents Altay as a new tank. BMC Defence General Manager Karaaslan states that Altay is designed against new threats.
Defence News
Land
Expo and Air Show
Simulator / AI / Drill/ Software
MQ-9 has Landed on a Highway for the First Time
During Exercise Agile Chariot, the U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) landed UAVs on two highways.
Investment
SSB Holds Defence Industry GHOST Workshop
SSB holds a workshop to discuss technologies that will shape future operational environments called GHOST in order to prepare itself for the 2050s.
Air
TUSAŞ Prepares New Helicopter Family
TUSAŞ will integrate TEI’s TS1400 engine into the T629 helicopter while discussing producing ATAK II’s engine in Turkiye under licence.
Unmanned Systems
Bilateral Relations
Taiwan to Receive 4 MQ-9B SkyGuardians Worth $ 217.6 Million
DSCA announced that Taiwan will acquire four MQ-9B SkyGuardian UAVs through Foreign Military Sale and pay USD 217.6 million. General Atomics is the producer.
Air
Bilateral Relations
Czech Republic Modernises AH-1Z and UH-1Ys
The State Department approved a possible FMS to the Czech Republic of AH-1Z and UH-1Y modernisation for an estimated value of up to $650 million.
Ammunition
Unmanned Systems
TUSAŞ Presents Anka-3 Deep Strike UAV
TUSAŞ presented Anka-3 deep strike UAV that will function as Loyal Wingman with Turkish Fighter KAAN and fire missiles or release ammunition.
Engine and Transmission
Unmanned Systems
Expo and Air Show
Akşit: TS1400 is a Breaking Point for Turkish Aviation
TEI CEO Professor Akşit stated that the TS1400 engine marks a breaking point for Turkish aviation history.
Atak II to Fly with Turkish Engines in 3 Years
TUSAŞ's ATAK II Heavy Class helicopter will fly with Turkish engines in three years' time.
Unmanned Systems
Bilateral Relations
First Customer of KIZILELMA: Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan becomes the first customer of Baykar’s KIZILELMA fighter UAV. The stealth UAV will start its serial production in 2024.
Navy / Maritime
E/W
Saab delivered the SIGINT Artemis to the Swedish FMV
Saab announced it delivered a new intelligence-gathering vessel, HSwMS Artemis, to the Swedish Defence Materials Administration (FMV).
Weapon / Missile
Roketsan Develops ER-ATGM; UMTAS-GM
Roketsan extends the range of long-range anti-tank guided missile UMTAS. The extended-range version will be called UMTAS-GM.
Bilateral Relations
Pakistan’s Chief of Army Visits China
Pakistan’s Chief of the Army visits China to hold meetings with the leadership of the People’s Liberation Army to discuss the future of military cooperation.
Navy / Maritime
Expo and Air Show
Demir: We are capable of constructing Aircraft-Carrier
SSB President Demir says that Turkiye is capable of constructing an aircraft carrier ship if a decision is taken.
Global Defence Trend Brief
- 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...
