Egypt, Turkey officials, meet to revive relations
Turkish diplomatic delegation visits Cairo on 5-6 May, Turkish Foreign Ministry formally announced after years of enmity.
Defence News
Bilateral Relations
Air
Logistics
Airbus demonstrates C295 FITS mission system
Airbus has concluded a flight test campaign featuring a new capability for the C295 FITS mission system (COMMOMISS).
Logistics
IDEF is postponed to August
Turkish Defence Expo is postponed to August due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Air
Bilateral Relations
Egypt to Acquire 30 Rafales
Egypt has signed a contract with France to buy 30 Rafale fighter jets, its defence ministry said in a statement early on Tuesday.
Weapon / Missile
HİSAR A + Completes Acceptance Tests
Defence Ministry announced that the inspection and acceptance trials of the "Low Altitude Air Defence Missile System (HİSAR-A) Project" is completed.
Country
US Fines Honeywell $13 Million violating ITAR
Department of State announced the settlement with Honeywell due to ITAR violations as Honeywell will pay a civil penalty of $13 million.
Air
E/W
Regional / Strategy
Sensors
Italy's F-35 "Parade" in front of S-400 Triumf Radars
Italian Air Force F-35A fighter jets flew to Estonia to start their service as part of NATO’s Air Policing mission to “Secure the Skies”.
Land
Bilateral Relations
Turkey Delivers Uniform and Tank Carrier to North Macedonia
Turkish Defence Ministry announced that 7,400 Gore-Tex uniforms were delivered to the Army of North Macedonia.
Air
Space
Weapon / Missile
Stratolaunch Completes Second Flight
US Company Stratolaunch has taken another step towards its goal of air-launching hypersonic vehicles.
Navy / Maritime
Pakistan Navy’s second PN MİLGEM Corvette laid down on Cradle
The ceremony for the second PN MİLGEM corvette is held in Istanbul on April 30. ASFAT A.Ş. under the MOD is the main constructer of the ships.
Air
Bilateral Relations
USAF 31st Wing: From İncirlik to train HAF
The US Air Force (USAF) and Hellenic Air Force (HAF) conducted exercise INIOCHOS 21 at Andravida Air Base in Greece on 18 April.
Air
E/W
F-16 Vipers to Trust L3’s Electronic Shield
L3Harris Technologies will provide advanced electronic warfare (EW) AN/ALQ-254(V)1 system for the Lockheed Martin F-16 fighter jet.
Land
FNSS Provides Nine Kaplan (Tiger) to Army
FNSS delivered nine anti-tank armoured fighting vehicles to the Turkish Land Forces. The tracked vehicle is called Kaplan 10 (Tiger 10).
Ammunition
Unmanned Systems
MKEK Begins RDX Production
Turkey has introduced the second Energetic Material Production Facility to produce RDX, HMX, and CXM explosive chemicals.
Global Defence Trend Brief
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- 15:00 NATO fills most capability gaps left by reduced US contributions - European allies have covered almost all capability gaps created by planned US reductions to the NATO...
- 15:00 Europe shifts toward low-cost mass in land warfare - Senior NATO commanders are advocating affordable drones, electronic warfare systems and precision fi...
- 15:00 Counter-drone demand expands beyond military users - Growing drone incidents affecting airports, ports, energy facilities and military bases are driving...
- 15:00 Britain accelerates investment in autonomous military systems - The UK's new defence strategy places drones and autonomous systems at the centre of future force dev...
- 15:00 Collaborative combat aircraft become Europe's next airpower focus - European defence companies are accelerating development of AI-enabled loyal wingman aircraft to comp...
- 15:00 Hypersonic missile defence drives space sensor investment - Western defence agencies continue prioritising integrated satellite and radar architectures capable...
- 15:00 Autonomous maritime systems gain infrastructure protection role - Navies are expanding deployment of autonomous surface and underwater vehicles to monitor undersea ca...
- 15:00 Distributed satellite constellations reshape military space strategy - Armed forces are increasingly adopting proliferated constellations of smaller satellites to improve...
- 15:00 Industrial scalability becomes a decisive defence advantage - Production capacity, secure supply chains and the ability to rapidly increase output are becoming as...
- 12:00 Leonardo-Baykar partnership advances after Italy's approval - Reuters reported that Italy has approved the Leonardo-Baykar joint venture under conditions imposed...
- 12:00 Reuters: Turkish defence exports continue rapid expansion - Reuters analysed Türkiye's defence sector, noting exports have more than tripled since 2021 to reach...
- 12:00 Breaking Defense highlights Türkiye's autonomy strategy - Breaking Defense reported that Turkish defence companies are increasingly focusing on autonomous air...
- 12:00 ASELSAN accelerates Steel Dome production - Reuters reported that ASELSAN will increase deliveries for Türkiye's Steel Dome integrated air-defen...
- 12:00 French study identifies Türkiye as Europe's leading new defence supplier - The Fondation pour la Recherche Stratégique concluded that Türkiye has become one of Europe's most s...
- 12:00 Foreign media follows Poland's defence cooperation with Türkiye - International defence coverage reported that Poland is exploring broader defence-industrial cooperat...
- 12:00 Romanian corvette delivery remains a NATO reference point - International defence media continued highlighting the delivery of the Turkish-built Hisar-class lig...
- 12:00 Foreign reporting tracks KAAN's transition toward production - International defence publications continue to monitor the KAAN fighter programme as it moves from p...
- 12:00 International attention remains on Baykar's European expansion - Foreign defence publications continue to analyse Baykar's industrial expansion through Piaggio Aeros...
- 12:00 Turkish naval indigenous weapons receive international coverage - International defence media highlighted the Turkish Navy's use of indigenous missiles, sensors and c...
- 09:00 NATO shifts focus from spending targets to deployable capability - Alliance planning is increasingly centred on translating higher defence budgets into deployable forc...
- 09:00 US expands AI-enabled command and control programmes - The US Department of Defense continues accelerating AI-assisted command-and-control initiatives desi...
- 09:00 Europe accelerates missile and ammunition manufacturing - European governments are increasing investment in missile and ammunition production lines to strengt...
- 09:00 China strengthens integrated maritime reconnaissance network - China is expanding integration between satellites, unmanned aircraft, maritime patrol assets and coa...
- 09:00 Japan expands resilient logistics for island defence - Japan is investing in dispersed logistics hubs, hardened storage facilities and rapid reinforcement...
- 09:00 Counter-drone systems evolve toward layered low-cost defence - Military organisations are increasingly combining electronic warfare, interceptor drones, guns and a...
- 09:00 Autonomous underwater systems gain strategic infrastructure role - Navies are expanding deployment of autonomous underwater vehicles for surveillance, mine countermeas...
- 09:00 Hypersonic threats sustain investment in persistent tracking - Defence agencies continue expanding radar and satellite-based sensor networks designed to maintain c...
- 09:00 Military space resilience shifts toward proliferated constellations - Armed forces are increasingly deploying larger constellations of smaller satellites to improve redun...
- 09:00 Industrial surge capacity becomes a strategic procurement metric - Governments are placing greater emphasis on production scalability, delivery speed and secure supply...
