ARES’s 35 FPB at Open Sea Trials
Ares Shipyard builds 122 Fast Patrol Boats (FPB) for the Turkish Ministry of Interior-Coast Guard Command. The shipyard has prepared a prototype for tests.
Defence News
Navy / Maritime
Air
Space
Unmanned Systems
NASA’s Unmanned Aircraft Destroyed at Research Test Flight
NASA’s X-56B remotely piloted aircraft experienced an incident shortly after take-off from NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Centre in Edwards, California.
Weapon / Missile
Sensors
Roketsan’s proximity fuse is tested on MK-82 and Teber
Turkish Air Force tested Roketsan’s proximity fuse with a TEBER, and a laser guidance kit added MK-82 general-purpose bomb.
Navy / Maritime
Leonardo will prepare Pakistan’s Sea Sultans
Pakistan has hired an Italian defence company to convert three Embraer Lineage 1000 regional jetliners into long-range maritime patrol aircraft for its Navy.
Air
Investment
Antonov wants to land in Quebec
Antonov wants to design and make the final assembly of an An-74 transport aircraft in Quebec, Canada.
Investment
Two Turkish companies entered the list of Top 100 Defence
Two Turkish companies entered the “Defence News Top 100” list. The list is prepared based on data from a year ago.
Bilateral Relations
Egypt and Greece signed military cooperation protocol
Chief of Staff Mohamed Farid has recently visited Greece and signed a cooperation protocol on military education with his Greek counterpart Konstantinos Floros.
Country
Homeland Security
New Air Defence System to Kabul
Afghan authorities said they had installed an anti-missile system at Kabul airport to counter incoming rockets.
Air
Unmanned Systems
Israel Uses AI-Controlled Drone Swarms in Combat
The Israel Defence Forces (IDF) has formally acknowledged its use of swarms of AI-assisted drones during air and missile strikes against Gaza.
Weapon / Missile
Bilateral Relations
Rafael Targets Russian Vessel 962 on Animation
Rafael has unveiled the Maritime and Land-Based “Sea Breaker” cruise missile in an animated video where it destroys a Soviet-made missile corvette.
Navy / Maritime
Bilateral Relations
Russian Navy Tracks Greek Missile Boat in the Black Sea
The Russian Defence Ministry said that Greek guided-missile boat HS Daniolos was tracked in the Black Sea.
E/W
New Flag of Electronic Warfare: Sancak
President of Defence Industries Professor İsmail Demir introduced the Land-Based Electronic Warfare System Sancak from his social media account.
Unmanned Systems
Sensors
Russia Develops Small Gas Analyser to Install on Drones
Russian state corporation Rostec’s Roskhimzashchita, presented Shmel universal air gas analyser on 7 July at the Innoprom-2021 Exhibition.
Weapon / Missile
Demir: Two Good News From Hisar
Demir stated that the HİSAR A+ Air Defence Missile System has been delivered with all its elements and that the HİSAR O+ is in the phase of mass production.
