>This Morning the Romanian border Guard vessel MAI-1105 Stefan Cel Mare passed through Bosphorus.She is heading to Create, Greece.The Damen Offshore Patrol Vessel 950 class vessel was delivered to Romania in September 2010. She was funded by the European Union in order to strengthen the Border Police force of Romania.In a similar procurement project the Turkish Istanbul... Continue Reading →
>F-495 TCG Gediz. The first Gabya class frigate to receive Mk41 VLSThis is most probably the first photo of the Turkish frigate F-495 TCG Gediz with the newly installed 8 cell Mk-41 VLS system.In 2009 it was announced that four of the eight Gabya (Perry) class frigates in Turkish inventory would receive a 8 cell Mk-41 VLS... Continue Reading →
>HS Roussen. Photo from Wikipedia by K. KrallisThe Greek shipyard Elefsishas asked for conciliation procedure as it is facing the doomingliquidity problems .The owner of the shipyardNeorion Holdings, announced that they were asking protection fromdebtors under the Article 99 of Law 3588/2007 as they wererestructuring the dept of the shipyard.The shipyard one of thebiggest private... Continue Reading →
>During the IDEX 2011, Murad BAYAR, Undersecretary for Defence Industries announced that a protocol on production of STAMP systems in United Arab Emirates (UAE) will be signed between two countries.In IDEX 2009, UAE awarded an USD 125 million contract to build 34 fast interceptors to Abu Dhabi Ship Building (ADSB). The Turkish shipyard Yonca Onuk is the... Continue Reading →
>News from the 3 day Inward Mission from Turkey Naval sector organised by UKTI DSO has started to leak.It was meant a way to promote business to business relations between Turkey and UK, especially on naval projects. I have already reported about it here and here.The first informations surfacing on the media however caught me... Continue Reading →
>Last week Zaman newspaper run a story about alleged irregularities by the acceptance of special forces infiltration boat.According to the article during the acceptance test the commission noticed a number of deficiencies in the main propulsion system and speed and handling performances of the boat. Although the inspection team did not approve the acceptance of... Continue Reading →
> I have attended the first day of the SSM exhibition and conference. It was not quite as I was expecting. Mr. Serdar Demirel, Head of the Naval Department, Tuzla was delivered to the Turkish Navy on 4 January 2011. Currently Turkish Navy is conducting its own acceptance tests before this boat is officially commissioned.... Continue Reading →
>SMM Istanbul 2011 – shipbuilding, machinery & marine technology trade fair, will start tomorrow.Turkishshipbuilding projects, especially military projects will be onthe focus in this first major event of the year for theinternational shipbuilding industry.Amajor element in SMM Istanbul 2011 is the accompanying two-day international conference on 26 and 27 January, providingcomprehensive exchange of knowledge and experience and informingparticipants... Continue Reading →
>4th Naval Systems Seminar will be performed under the auspices of Under secretary for Defence Industries between 17th and 18th of October 2011 at ODTÜ – KKM (METU CCC) for two days.Sessions will cover the Naval Platforms (Ship and Machinery) and the Naval Systems (Weapon & Electronics)The naval systems seminarhas started as a one day... Continue Reading →
>So what about the future? What can be expect from the up coming event promoting business to business relations between Turkey UK? One currently ongoing defence project is procurement of Sea Sentor reactive soft-kill torpedo defence system from UK company Ultra for Milgem class. Ultra, with its Turkish partner Koç Bilgi ve Savunma Teknolojileri is... Continue Reading →
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