MKE; First Export with The New Name
The Machinery and Chemical Industry Institution is transformed to Mechanical and Chemical Industry Incorporated Company.
Defence News
Ammunition
Investment
Weapon / Missile
Investment
Hankaya Defence Provides In-house 12.7 testing: Tuzak 12.7
Hankaya Defence has produced a weapon fire test system domestically. The system aims to save time and money to test weapons.
Air
F-35 Surpasses 400,000 Flight Hours Globally
The global F-35 fleet has achieved 400,000 flight hours. The F-35 availability rate increases while operational costs diminish.
Defence Politics
681,560 Refugee Returned to Syria, 3,684,412 Refugees Stay
Russian Defence Ministry, Centre for Reconciliation of Warring Parties and Refugee Control Centre for Syria published a newsletter today.
Unmanned Systems
AKSUNGUR UAV Contınues Its Fire Detection Activities
AKSUNGUR UAV continues to provide surveillance missions for the General Directorate of Forestry in the fight against fire without interruption.
Investment
Country
Turkish Defence Export at Rising
TIM published the export data of Turkey for June 2021. The Defence sector exported a total of $ 221 million 791 thousand in June.
Navy / Maritime
Ukraine’s Ada Class Corvette to be completed by 2023
President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelenskiy announced that the construction of MİLGEM ADA Class Corvettes, which Ukraine will import from Turkey, has begun.
Air
Ammunition
Weapon / Missile
The teeth of the C295 Gunship are from Roketsan
An improved model of the gunsip aircraft, created from Airbus' C295 transport aircraft, was introduced in France.
Weapon / Missile
USAF Awards Raytheon $2 Billion Contract for Nuclear Missile
United States Air Force awards Raytheon Technologies Corp a contract worth $2 billion to develop a new nuclear cruise missile.
Land
Bilateral Relations
Turkey and Azerbaijan Armies are on Joint Exercises
The Azerbaijan Defence Ministry announced that a joint military exercise between Turkey and Azerbaijan, the “Mustafa Kemal Ataturk—2021”.
Weapon / Missile
China Builds 100 Missile Launch Pads Across The Desert
According to commercial satellite images, China is building 100 new missile silos in the northwestern desert in Yumen City.
Weapon / Missile
Investment
MKEK is now MKE Joint Stock Company
TBMM accepted the law proposal regulating the Machinery and Chemical Industry Institution (MKEK) as a joint-stock company.
Country
ASELSAN Continues with Haluk Görgün
ASELSAN's 46th Ordinary General Meeting was held at the end of June. President of Defence Industries Professor İsmail Demir chaired the meeting.
Air
Switzerland Prefers F-35 and Patriot
Swiss defence ministry announced that the country would defend its skies with Lockheed Martin’s F-35A aircraft and Raytheon’s Patriot air defence system.
