Turkey is getting ready to choose a winning tender for its second nuclear plant and Istanbul’s third airport as early as tomorrow, amid a firesale of many state assets, including a key port in Istanbul and Turkey’s railroads, Two high-profile tenders are expected to be finalized tomorrow, one for Istanbul’s third airport and the other [...]
Turkey’s first electric bus, the Doruk Electra, produced by Turkish bus maker Otokar, is ready to be produced serially and hit the roads after completion of a six-month testing period. Doruk Elektra, which runs completely on electricity and can cover 280 kilometers of road with a single charge, has been operating on some routes in [...]
On April 25, rebels of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) announced during a media conference in the Kandil Mountains of northern Iraq that they would start to withdraw from Turkey on May 8. There are indications that this process could isolate Iran and possibly end a cease-fire between the PKK’s Iranian offshoot and Iranian forces. While the [...]
The US joint venture that builds the Javelin anti-tank missile came through town recently to introduce a new senior executive, underscoring American industry’s hot pursuit of a contract for a medium-range weapon for the French Army, sources briefed on the issue said. The Javelin joint venture between Lockheed Martin and Raytheon presented its new business [...]
Turkish Coast Guard Search and Rescue Vessels.TCSG 701 “Dost” and TCSG 703 “Umut” were delivered to Turkish Coast Guard.on April 5. Deputy Minister of National Defence Mr. Hasan Kemal Yardımcı, Undersecretary of Defence Industries Mr.Murad Bayar, Turkish Coast Guard Commander General Hasan UÅŸaklıoÄŸlu, senior bureaucrats from SSM and representatives of the sector attended the ceremony [...]
Hardly a day passes without a Turkish defense company proudly announcing that it has designed, developed and produced a weapon system the country would normally buy off-the-shelf from a foreign supplier. The most recent indigenously developed Turkish weapon is an anti-tank missile, the UMTAS. Turkish military officials are anxiously awaiting the first serial production and [...]
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Turkey is testing blood samples taken from Syrian casualties brought over the border from fighting in recent days to determine whether they were victims of a chemical weapons attack, local government and health officials said on Wednesday. The samples were sent to Turkey’s forensic medicine institute after several Syrians with breathing difficulties were brought to [...]
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The Turkish Ministry of Defence along with the country’s Air Force intends to establish a military electronic system for F-16 fighters, the Hürriyet newspaper reported on Wednesday. Today this type of system is being created in only five countries in the world. The electronic combat system which is the foundation of military electronic systems for [...]
Israel inaugurated its fifth nuclear-capable Dolphin-class submarine April 29 in Kiel, Germany, home of the shipbuilding division of Thyssen-Krupp Marine Systems (TKMS). The INS Rahav, the fifth of six Israeli submarines built at the German shipyard with funding assistance from Berlin, is expected to arrive here sometime next year following weapon system integration and sea [...]
Aselsan, Turkey’s leading defense electronics manufacturer by market capitalization, is preparing to show off the improved version of its Kaplan (“Tiger”) unmanned demolitions vehicle in the IDEF 2013 international defense fair. The improved Kaplan features a longer operational range, electro-optics and robotic durability, as well as a new generation soil penetrating 3D radar that can detect explosives [...]
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