Pakistan Navy Chief OF Staff Admiral Zafar Mahmood Abbasi and the President of the Turkish Republic, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan jointly cut the first steel of the first Milgem class warship for Pakistan. The ceremony was held on 29th September 2019 in Istanbul Naval Shipyard. In July 2018, a contract was signed between Military Factory and... Continue Reading →
First, of the two logistic support ships, A-574 TCG Yüzbaşı Güngör Durmuş has started her shipyard trials. These two ships will be a welcomed addition to the existing fleet of tankers and replenishment ships of the Turkish Navy. These ships do not have a rig for underway replenishment alongside but will be able to stream... Continue Reading →
The previously unnamed test and evaluation ship has now a name and a pennant number: A-591 TCG Ufuk. The ship, the first one in Turkish Navy to bear that name, was launched on 9th February 2019. TCG Ufuk shows a striking resemblance to Ada class corvettes. Even some main physical attributes like the length, width,... Continue Reading →
The project was first made public in a presentation made by Undersecreteriat for Defence Industries, (SSM) during the 7th Naval Systems Seminar in 2017. SSM simply told that they have signed a contract for a Test and Evaluation Ship. More information was released in a presentation made by the engineering company STM during the same... Continue Reading →
It was revealed during the industry day of the Nusret 2018 mine warfare exercise, that the Turkish minehunter TCG Edincik was fitted with the mine detection sonar of Aselsan. Aselsan started to development of MATESS, mine detection sonar as a private project without a firm order from Turkish Navy. When the system was evolved to... Continue Reading →
6 years ago Indonesia was looking for new submarines to replace her old German Type 209 class boats. Turkey and South Korea were in competition to supply the new submarines. That was odd, very odd since both nations can only construct German submarines under license but neither has a locally developed submarines design. In other... Continue Reading →
On 7 March 2017, a contract was signed between defence acquisition agency Undersecreteriat For Defence industries (UDI) and FNSS a joint venture between Turkey's Nurol Holding and BAE Systems, to design and build 27 armoured amphibious attack vehicles. These AAAV's will be deployed on board of the future multipurpose amphibious assault ship TCG Anadolu. The break... Continue Reading →
Today the new submarine rescue ship A-582 TCG Alemdar was finally commissioned into service. The ceremony was planned for an earlier date, but had to be postponed. TCG Alemdar is the most capable submarine rescue vessel in Eastern Mediterranean and Black Sea region. TCG Alemdar was designed from the keel as a submarine rescue ship... Continue Reading →
On 19 January 2017, first steel was cut for the Turkish frigate TCG İstanbul in Istanbul Naval Shipyard. Defence Minister and Commander of Turkish Naval Forces attended the ceremony that marked the construction start of Turkey’s first indigenous frigate. TCG İstanbul will be the first ship of a class of 4 frigates also known as... Continue Reading →
Turkish military electronic company Aselsan was chosen to supply ARES-2SC electronic support measures system for the Agosto 90B submarines in Pakistan Navy, according to IHS Jane's. ARES family of ESM systems are developed by Aselsan to be used both on surface ships and on submarines. The ARES ESM system detects, intercepts, identifies, classifies, tracks, direction-finds (DF), localizes,... Continue Reading →
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