Otokar & Milrem Robotics Teaming to Develop Unmanned Systems
Turkish Otokar and Estonian Milrem Robotics signed a teaming agreement to explore opportunities for unmanned and remote-controlled ground vehicles.
Defence News
Land
Unmanned Systems
Land
Unmanned Systems
Turkish Army Gets New Robots (UGV) on The Frontline: Acrob
Defence Ministry announced that the Army would use Unmanned Ground Vehicles (UGV) on the frontline. SSB pioneered the Lightweight robot project.Turkish MoD
Air
Unmanned Systems
TUSAŞ Visits Malaysia to Promote ANKA UAV
TUSAŞ General Manager Temel Kotil visited Malaysia. The visit became public as Kotil and his delegation were seen at the Turkish Embassy.
Investment
TUSAŞ's UAV ANKA won the WIPO Award
TUSAŞ) won UN Agency’s (ISIF) 2021, UN agency World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and Best National Invention award.
Air
Ammunition
Unmanned Systems
SSB announced: STM’S Boyga UAV Released MKE’s 81 mm Mortar
SSB released a video on social media where STM Defence and MKE A.Ş. take place. STM’s Boyga released 81 mm mortar ammunition.
Air
Unmanned Systems
Turkmenistan Exhibited its Bayraktar TB2 UCAV
Turkmenistan exhibited its Turkish Baykar made TB2 UCAV at military parade due to its independence day.
Navy / Maritime
Bilateral Relations
Greece Buys French Frigates
Greece prefers French ships to modernise its naval forces with Naval Group’s Frégate de Défense et d'Intervention (FDI)(the export designation Belh@rra®)
Navy / Maritime
France wants to sign the Greek Deal
France and Greece want to end the acquisition struggle with Frégate de Défense et d'Intervention (FDI)(the export designation Belh@rra®) and Gowind corvettes.
Air
Israel's Air Force received three new F-35 from the U.S
The F-35I jets landed at the Nevatim airbase. The Israeli Air Force has 30 fighters, including a Tel Nof Air Base Flight Testing Centre test plane.
Weapon / Missile
India Tested a New Missile Akash Prime at Test Range
India announced that the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) conducted the maiden test of the Akash Prime Missile.
Air
Unmanned Systems
Expo and Air Show
PLA Exhibits its HALE UAV WZ-7
The Chinese Air Force will display the WZ-7 high-altitude reconnaissance drone at Airshow China.
Bilateral Relations
Regional / Strategy
Erdogan Says Turkey to Buy More S-400
President Erdogan said Turkey still intended to buy a second batch of S-400 missile defence systems from Russia and the US statement included warnings.
Navy / Maritime
ADIK Shipyard Launched Qatari QL-80
The Qatar Navy's QL-80 LCT Landing Ship Tank Al-Abrar Fuwairit, built by ADIK, was launched with a ceremony.
E/W
Simulator / AI / Drill/ Software
Interview / Exclusive File
Expo and Air Show
Turkish SDT exhibited ACMI, Avcı, MuhabereSIM and Görgüç
The IDEF was held in August 2021. TurDef has interviewed Ömer Korkut, General Manager of SDT Space and Defence Technologies.
Global Defence Trend Brief
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- 09:00 Britain places autonomous systems at the centre of future force design - The UK's Defence Investment Plan allocates £5 billion to drones and autonomous systems while introdu...
- 09:00 Counter-drone procurement shifts toward integrated layered defence - Military organisations are increasingly procuring architectures that combine radar, electronic warfa...
- 09:00 Autonomous maritime systems expand role in critical infrastructure security - Navies are broadening deployment of autonomous surface and underwater vehicles to monitor undersea c...
- 09:00 Hypersonic threats sustain investment in persistent tracking networks - Defence agencies continue expanding integrated radar and space-based sensor architectures capable of...
- 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 from demonstration to procurement - Air forces are transitioning loyal wingman and collaborative combat aircraft programmes from technol...
- 09:00 Industrial production capacity becomes a strategic military capability - Governments increasingly view manufacturing scalability, delivery speed and secure supply chains as...
