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 →
On 8th February 2017, The Grand National Assembly of Turkey, extended the presence of Turkish Navy in Gulf of Aden, Arabian Sea, and adjacent seas. The first bill allowing Turkish government to deploy Turkish Naval Forces for anti piracy operations was accepted in 10 February 2009. It was extended in one year periods ever since. Turkish... 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 →
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 →
15 days ago, Turkey lived its longest night. There were many stories, rumors and allegations in the air before the dust settled down and we could gain a better inside to the things that happened. One of the rumors was that 14 warships of Turkish Navy were missing after the failed coup attempt and they may... Continue Reading →
Turkey is in a very turbulent situation since the failed coup attempt last Saturday. There is a lot of information, misinformation and disinformation about the things happened during the last weekend. One of the is the story about 14 missing warship of Turkish Navy. As far as I know the story was originated in British... Continue Reading →
Pakistan's Ministry of Defence Production selected Turkish company Savunma Teknolojileri Mühendislik (STM) to upgrade Pakistani Khalid class submarines. The contract was signed on 22 June and is about the upgrade of one submarine with an option for two. Pakistan operates 3 Khalid submarines. The work on the first submarine will be finished in 45 months. Pakistani... Continue Reading →
ANKARA, Turkey — The Turkish Navy is considering the purchase of long-range patrol aircraft to add to its fleet of CN-235 and ATR72s, navy and procurement officials said. “The requirement comes in line with the government’s foreign policy priorities,” explained one procurement official. Navy officials say the planned aircraft should be able to fly 1,000... Continue Reading →
The annual naval exercise Deniz Yıldızı (Sea Star) has started in Black Sea today. The exercise will end on 5th April 2016. The scope of the exercise shows that Turkish Navy intends to show a strong presence in the Black Sea. According to Turkish Navy website There will be live firings against high-speed airborne and... Continue Reading →
State Prosecutors of the city state Bremen have opened a second front in their case against Atlas Elektronik. Authorities are investigating Atlas Elektronik a joint venture between ThyssenKrupp and Airbus since 2013, for possible kickbacks in the submarine business with Greece. Some irregularities came on with Turkish Reis class (Type 214) project according to the... Continue Reading →
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