Biggest Navy Drill ever Begins
Turkish Navy to conduct the biggest naval exercise in Eagan and Mediterranean Seas.
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Navy / Maritime
Air
Unmanned Systems
TB2 Agreement signed with Poland
Turkiye and Poland signed the Tb2 armed UAV procurement agreement. Poland's defence minister and Baykar signed the agreement.
Land
Unmanned Systems
Digital Soldier from Havelsan: Barkan
Havelsan has developed an armed unmanned ground vehicle (AUGV) : Barkan. The vehicle will soon be on the field.
Air
Ammunition
Unmanned Systems
TÜBİTAK SAGE unveils the UAV Version of KGK SIHA 82
Turkish Aerospace's Aksungur UCAV has tested TUBİTAK SAGE’s KGK (Wing-Assisted Guidance Kit) UAV version at Sinop. The new KGK is named KGK SIHA 82 after MK82.
Air
Ammunition
Unmanned Systems
Roketsan Unveiled its new guided ammunition: MAM-T
The new ammunition is kept confidential until its first test release from Baykar Akıncı UCAV; new guided ammunition: MAM-T
Bilateral Relations
Engine and Transmission
Motor Sich may become half-Turkish Company
Ukrainian jet engine maker Motor Sich wants to sell half of its stakes to a Turkish company. The sale was discussed between Ukrainian and Turkish Presidents.
Bilateral Relations
Unmanned Systems
Sensors
Baykar Questions the validity of Canadian Arms Embargo
The manufacturer of TB2 UAVs, Baykar Savunma, replied to Canadian Arms Embargo by questioning its effectiveness in Turkish Defence market with the portfolio.
Bilateral Relations
Sensors
ASELSAN has replied Canadian Embargo
The Ottowa government has recently suspended Canadian military gear exports to Turkey.
Air
Unmanned Systems
Pakistan shows interest in Turkish UAV
Pakistan Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee, General Nadeem Raza, and his delegation visited BAYKAR C/ UAV R&D and Production Centre.
Unmanned Systems
Third Akincı on the Sky
Baykar Defence’s third prototype of Bayraktar AKINCI Attack Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (Taarruzi İnsansız Hava Aracı /TİHA) completed its first flight.
Navy / Maritime
Weapon / Missile
Unmanned Systems
Pirireis Submarine Might be Delivered to the Navy in 2021
Alper Köse, Head of the Naval Platforms Department at the SSB, provided information about the LHD programme.
Engine and Transmission
SOM’s Engine Waits for June
The head of the Department of Engine and Power Transmission Systems, Mesude Kılınç gave information about some of the Projects.
E/W
Unmanned Systems
New E/W Project for UAV
Presidency of Defence Industries (Savunma Sanayi Başkanlığı /SSB) combines electronic warfare with UAVs on a project called IHASOJ.
Unmanned Systems
Elbit Systems to Supply Hermes 900 UAV to a Country in Asia
Elbit Systems announced that it was awarded an approximately $300 million contract by an Asian country to provide HermesTM 900 UAS.
Air
Weapon / Missile
Unmanned Systems
Sensors
Unmanned AN-2s: Azerbaijan’s Unknown Heroes
According to MEE, the Azerbaijani military used Soviet-era Antonov An-2 aircraft as a decoy to destroy Russian S-300s with Israeli “Harop” suicide drones.
Investment
Country
Defence Politics
Modernisation
Turkish Defence Industry’s New Target: Overcoming Embargos
The SSİK, chaired by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, reviewed new systems for the armed forces, focusing on reducing external dependency and embargo risks.
