This is the second installment of my impression from the IDEF'11. In this post I will try to focus more on companies and products rather than procurement projects. As 621 companies attended the fair I will focus about those that made the most impressions. Aselsan: This company had the biggest stand of the fair and showed a... Continue Reading →
Today is the last day of IDEF'11, 10th International Defence Industry Fair. I was visiting the fair for the least two days. It was very tiring event. But there are very to share. I visited the first IDEF twenty years ago. And I can tell you that there has been a considerable change in the... Continue Reading →
A new controversy regarding the Hellenic Navies newest submarine S-120 HS Papanikolis is making headlines in Greece. HS Papanikolis, a German built Type 214 AIP submarine, for many years, has been the focus of political and economic conflict between Greece and Germany. A lot has been written about this decade long conflict which ended in November 2010 with the... Continue Reading →
The first ship of the new search and rescue ship class, SG-701 TCSG Dost continues her builder trials. She was launched in June 2010. TCSG Dost is the first ship of a batch of 4 ships at RMK Marine Shipyard. The second ship SG-702 TCSG Güven was launched in December 2010. With the commissioning of these... Continue Reading →
In 2006 , The Commander of Turkish Naval Forces Admiral Yener Karahanoğlu, laid down the long terms amphibious ship acquisition goals for Turkish Navy: • One LPD • Two LST’s • 8 fast LCT’s • 27 AAV/AAAV’s According to this road map in 2007, Ministry of Defence's Undersecretariat for Defence Industries (UDI), submitted a RfP for 8 LCT’s. From... Continue Reading →
On 31 March 2011, a contact about the modernization of Ay class (Type 209/1200) submarines was signed between STM and Undersecretariat for Defence Industries. The contract covers the youngest two boats, S-51 TCG Doğanay and S-352 TCG Dolunay . My previous information about the new Zeiss periscopes, that will replace the existing Kollmorgen periscopes was wrong. I wrote that the new periscopes would be... Continue Reading →
The second boat of the New Type Patrol Boat, P-1201 TCG Karaburun was handed over to Turkish Navy on 20 April, 2010 Wednesday 19 April 2011. This is a temporary commissioning as the warranty period of the shipyard is still valid. The boat will be handed over to Turkish Navy permanently after the expiration of... Continue Reading →
Yesterday, Pakistan's newest frigate F-230 PNS Alamgir arrived in Gölcük Naval Base for a 4 day visit. PNS Alamgir is a Oliver Perry Hazard class frigate. She was decommissioned from USN. She was commissioned in Pakistani navy on 31 August 2010. She left USA on 10 February 2011 and since then she is on her... Continue Reading →
The Bulgarian navy will modernise three of its frigates by 2014, Defence Minister Anyu Angelov said on April 12 2011, as quoted by the Bulgarian news agency BTA. By the end of 2014, several ships will be decommissioned from the Bulgarian navy, including a submarine and several "missile boats" and mine sweepers, Angelov said. The... Continue Reading →
In March 2010, a modernization project for the Ay class has emerged. Ay (Type 209/1200) class submarines are the oldest boats now in service. The oldest one was commissioned 34 and the newest one 20 years ago. According to the plan the newest two boats, S-351 TCG Doğanay and S-352 TCG Dolunay were to receive an extensive modernization. The periscope,... Continue Reading →
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