>On 3th November 2009, Düzgit shipyard handed over two patrol boats to Syria. Syria needed patrol boats for customs duties. The contract for the construction was signed in 2005 and construction started in 2009. Currently the boats are on their way to Syria. Dimensions: 19,60m X 5,30m X 2,10mDisplacement: 40 tons (empty)Max. speed: 33 knots... Continue Reading →
>The exercise Dostluk Denizi 2009 (Sea of Friendship 2009) will be held between 16th and 21st November 2009 in East Mediterranean.2 frigates, 2 fact attack craft, one support ship, one naval special forces team from Egyptian Navy and 2 frigates, 2 fact attack craft , one corvettes, one submarine, one support ship two patrol boats,... Continue Reading →
>According to Greek newspaper Kathimeiri the defense minister of the newly elected Greek government have met with the CEO of TMKS. The agenda of the meeting was of course the ongoing tug of war between the two parties on Neptune II and Archimedes programmes.The news paper says that Venizelos and Atzpodien have reached an agreement... Continue Reading →
>According to Bulgarian news portal novinite, Bulgaria officially declared that it will not buy Gowind 200 corvettes from DCNS.The Bulgarian Prime Minister, Boyko Borisov, said the commitment made by the three-party coalition government for the purchase of the French corvettes is not feasible at the moment because the country's previous rulers not only did not... Continue Reading →
>With a ceremony, the keel of the first search and rescue ship TCSG Dost was laid down.As the construction of the ship was already started in May 2008, there was no keel laying in traditional sense but block erecting. Her launching is scheduled for May 2010TCSG Dost is the first ship of a batch of... Continue Reading →
>There have been some important and interesting developments regarding the Greek submarine force and the future of it in last few days. First TKMS (ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems) the owner of HDW, Blohm & Voss, Kockums and Hellenic shipyards announced that the company was cancelling two contracts with Hellenic Navy. One contract that was cancelled by... Continue Reading →
>On 12th October 2009 the Second Naval Systems Seminar will convene in Ankara.The first seminar organized in October 2008, was an important event, as it was first event of such kind about naval equipment and weapons systems.This year’s seminar will be held on 12th October 2009, in Middle East Technical University, Culture & Convention Center.... Continue Reading →
>Raytheon Co. said on 9th September 2009 Wednesday, that it received a $19.3 million contract from the Navy to provide MK54 lightweight torpedo hardware to the U.S. and Turkish navies.Under the contract, the company said its Integrated Defense Systems division will deliver 241 MK54 kits, including 100 that will be sent to the Turkish Navy... Continue Reading →
>A video about the new boats for Turkish naval special forces has been released by TRT. This is the first video and first hard evidence that these boats are actually being built.You can watch the video here. When finished the boats will look like this model.The boats are made in Yonca-Onuk shipyard, which is specialized... Continue Reading →
>In May, The Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) of USN has hosted a symposium for the all FFG-7 Perry class users. All current Perry users, Australia, Bahrain, Egypt, Poland, Spain, Taiwan and Turkey, all of which were represented at the symposium along with USN.USN has 30 FFG-7 frigates, Turkey 8, Spain 6, Australia 4, Taiwan... Continue Reading →
