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 →
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 →
On Tuesday, 17 February 2015, F-512 TCG Büyükada arrived in Karachi, Pakistan. The ship is expected to leave the city today, according the to press release made by Turkish Navy. The Pakistani newspaper Daily Times reported that Pakistan Navy and Turkish Navy will hold a bilateral naval exercise commencing on February 19 with an aim... Continue Reading →
The renowned Pakistani Naval expert and journalist Usman Ansari mentioned in his article in the May issue of the Warships International, about the Aman 2013 exercise, that Pakistani Navy has acquired the GENESIS combat management system for its Perry class frigate F-260 PNS Alamgir. This is the first official acknowledgement that Turkey has sold the GENESIS CMS... Continue Reading →
According to Turkish Navy, Turkish frigate F-496 TCG Gökova will participate to AMAN-2013 naval exercise between 4th and 8th March 2013. The AMAN is a biannual naval exercise organised by Pakistan Navy. The exercise is usually conducted in North Arabian Sea. The aim of the exercise is: Display of united resolve against terrorism and crimes in maritime domain. Contributing towards... Continue Reading →
The details of the deal signed between Ministry of Defence Production, Pakistan and STM of Turkey about the construction of a tanker for Pakistani Navy. The tanker will be 155m long with a 15.600 tons of displacement. The double hulled tanker will be able to make 20 knots and supply three ships simultaneously while the... Continue Reading →
Actually this is not new. The contract was signed in 25th January 2013. But for some unexplained reasons it remained out of the scope of Turkish Media. Although the value of the contract is not mentioned it might be the biggest naval ship export done by Turkey. ISLAMABAD: Contract for construction of Fleet Tanker (Logistic Support Ship) for Pakistan Navy was signed between... Continue Reading →
The Combined Maritime Forces published a blog entry about the change of command ceremony for the CTF-151. The ceremony marked the end of Turkish Navy's third command of CTF-151. Turkish Navy has been an active participant to CTF-151 since its foundation in 2009. I find the following warning of Rear Admiral Karaman very important: “There... Continue Reading →
Today, on 13th December 2012, Turkish Navy will formally hand over the command of the Combined Task Force 151 (CTF-151) which is one of three task forces operated by Combined Maritime Forces (CMF). Turkey took the command of the CTF-151 in September from South Korea and the task force will be commanded by Pakistan between December... Continue Reading →
The Mavi Balina 12 anti submarine warfare and Nusret 12 mine warfare exercises are continuing. The former is conducted in Eastern Mediterranean while the later is in Aegean Sea. My list of the order of battle for both exercises is still incomplete but I was able to get some help. First I have received this... Continue Reading →
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