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🇹🇷Turkish Navy Unveils the Aircraft Carrier Programme
Following its reveal, TurDef visited the Turkish Navy Design Project Office (DPO) to learn about the latest updates on the aircraft carrier project.
As discovered previously from photos taken at DPO, the aircraft carrier will…
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🇬🇧🇹🇷British Giant BAE Systems Wants to Deepen Relations with Turkish TF-X
#future
#project
#design
#manufacturing
#aerospace
#aircraft
#development
#opportunities
#research
#architecture
#media
#ios
#data
#ai
#socialmedia
@BAESystemsAir
@TUSAS_EN
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🇹🇷🇵🇰
Pakistan follows 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan on KAAN Fighter Programme.
Deputy Defence Minister Celal Sami Tüfekçi who attended the PNS Tariq launching ceremony in Karachi delivered a speech and said that the official negotiations for Pakistan to joining the programme will start this…
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🇹🇷
#Turkish
Shipyard
#Dearsan
presents its "light" submarine concept at
@DIMDEXQatar
. The midget submarine will have 8 crew on board and will be armed with Akya Heavy Weight torpedo. The submarine will have alternative propulsion systems according to requirements.
#DIMDEX2022
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🇹🇷
#Turkiye
and 🇦🇿
#Azerbaijan
establish technology bridge in
#baku
with
#TEKNOFEST
.
#Turkish
companies meet
#Azeri
counterparts along with young generations.
@BaykarTech
's
#AKINCI
and
#TB2
#UAVs
draw the attention.
#TEKNOFESTAZ
ƏRBAYCAN
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🇹🇷🇺🇸U.S. Opens a New Page on Defence Industry with Turkiye
After the Turkish veto on Sweden’s NATO membership was lifted, U.S. officials showed interest in deepening U.S.-Turkiye defence industry relations.
#USA
#Turkiye
#defence
#investment
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🇹🇷🇨🇱
ASELSAN to Modernise Chilean Leopard 2 MBTs
ASELSAN has been awarded a contract to modernise the engagement and sensor capabilities of Chilean Leopard 2 MBTs.
@aselsan
@Ahmet_AKYOL82
@FIDAE_OFICIAL
@TC_SantiagoBE
@Ejercito_Chile
#leopard
#modernisation
#mbt
#tank
…
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🇹🇷🇮🇩Otokar Aims to Strengthen its Presence in Southeast Asia
#technology
#development
#indonesia
#defence
#expo
#otokar
#arma
#akrep
#8x8
#6x6
#4x4
#indodefence
#armoured
#vehicle
#engineering
#collaboration
#market
#export
#testing
#military
@OtokarAS
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🇹🇷🇺🇲Turkiye's F-16 Viper Modernisation to be Divided by Two
Two Turkish institutions will share the workload of modernisation programme.
@tcsavunma
@SSB_Eng
@TUSAS_EN
@LockheedMartin
@USEmbassyTurkey
#caatsa
#modernisation
#viper
#F16
#dsca
#exclusive
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🇹🇷Turkish Navy is Preparing Ambitiously for TF-2000
Turkiye's first air defence warfare destroyer, TF-2000, is currently designed at the Design Project Office (DPO) located at Istanbul Shipyard Command.
The Ministry of National Defence opened the doors of the Istanbul Shipyard…
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🇹🇷
#Turkish
defence company
#ko
çsavunma's communication unit for submarines has passed factory acceptance tests. The unit will be first installed on Preveze-Class Submarines.
#communication
#submarine
#modernisation
#navy
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🇹🇷🇬🇧UK Retires C-130J Hercules, Final Destination Turkiye?
#retirement
#aircraft
#transport
@RoyalAirForce
@DefenceHQ
@tcsavunma
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🇹🇷TurDef's render for Turkish Aircraft Carrier with
STOBAR ("short take-off, barrier-arrested recovery") and "catapult-assisted take-off, barrier-arrested recovery" (CATOBAR).
#navy
#Aircraftcarrier
#stobar
#catobar
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🇹🇷A New Procurement Model for TF-2000 Might be on Table
The SSIK may invent a new solution so the Turkish Navy reaches the TF-2000 Air Defence Destroyer. TurDef understands that some modalities are being discussed.
@tcsavunma
@SSB_Eng
#ssik
#navy
#tf2000
#destroyer
#budget
…
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🇹🇷
@TUSAS_EN
#Hurku
ş This aircraft flew all the way from
#Turkiye
to
@FIAFarnborough
#aviation
#defenceexpo
#Airshow
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🇺🇸🇲🇦Morocco Acquires Javelin ATGM
The U.S. State Department approved a possible Foreign Military Sale (FMA) to Morocco of Javelin Missiles and related equipment for an estimated cost of $260 million.
@dsca_notices
@MoroccanArmed
#javelin
#ATGM
#missile
@LockheedMartin
@RTX_News
…
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🇹🇷Okumuş Leaves TUBİTAK SAGE Director Position
The director of TUBITAK SAGE, Gürcan Okumuş left his position. There is no information available about his future plans.
#defence
#research
#design
#development
@SageTubitak
@gurcano
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🇹🇷🇶🇦ARES Shipyards Unveils ARES 76 Corvette Design at DIMDEX
ARES Shipyards, having developed a number of OPV and fast attack craft designs, has unveiled its new generation ARES 76 Corvette design.
#shipyard
#corvette
#OPV
#navy
#dimdex2024
#ulaq
@ulaqglobal
@ARESShipyard
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🇹🇷 🇺🇦
#Motor_Sich
offers its MS400 small turbofan
#engine
for
#gezgin
cruise missile at
#SahaExpo2021
#ExclusiveNews
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🇹🇷Turkish Submarines to Fire Turkish Cruise Missiles Soon
Submarine Fleet Commander Rear Admiral Timur Yılmaz stated that firings of GEZGİN and ATMACA cruise missiles from submarines will commence soon.
@tcsavunma
#submarine
#cruise
#missile
#Gezgin
#atmaca
@roketsan
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🇹🇷 Exclusive Interview with
@SSB_Eng
President
@IsmailDemirSSB
at
@DIMDEXQatar
#qatar
. Demir: We will have one indigenous engine program for TF-X. Akıncı
#UAV
B flew with an alternative engine. We work hard to deliver TCG Anadolu in 2022.
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🇹🇷Turkish indigenous fighter KAAN performed its maiden flight escorted by a F-16 fighter, fiying for approximately 40 minutes.
@tcsavunma
@TUSAS_EN
@SSB_Eng
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🇹🇷 Turkish aviation reaches a new milestone. Turkish fighter jet KAAN performs its maiden flight.
Turkish Aerospace conducted four maiden flights in less than a year:
Hurjet in April 2023
ATAK II helicopter in April 2023
Anka 3 UCAV in December 2023
KAAN in February 2024…
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🇹🇷
#Turkish
shipyard
@sefineofficial
presents its unmanned surface solutions at
@DIMDEXQatar
.
@aselsan
provides solutions to the. system.
#aselsan
#defenceexpo
#Qatar
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T-929 to make Maiden Flight in two Years
@TUSAS_TR
@TUSAS_EN
@Temel_Kotil
@Fatih_Altayli
#helicopter
#tai
#tusas
#t929
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🇯🇵Japan Faces Uncertainty in Fighter Jet Export Plans
Disagreements between Japan’s ruling parties have brought uncertainty to exporting fighter jets developed under the GCAP program to third-world countries.
#japan
#aviation
#China
#politics
@ModJapan_jp
…
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🇹🇷 Turkiye modernises entire F-16s to Block Özgür Level with Özgür modernisation project as TurDef previously analysed.
@SSB_Eng
@aselsan
@TUSAS_EN
#modernisation
#f16
#OzgurProject
#lastminute
#IDEF23
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🇹🇷
#Turkish
Defence company
@RepkonDefence
presents its 40 mm automatic grenade launcher RDS-40 at
#dimdex
. The company had revealed the product in march.
@DIMDEXQatar
#defenceexpo
#Qatar
#weapon
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🇹🇷 Turkish Aircraft Carrier Programme
#navy
#Aircraftcarrier
@tcsavunma
(correction was made about propulsion)
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🇹🇷New Term for Turkiye's Air Defence
Roketsan's Siper-1 Hits Target at over 100 km Range
@SSB_Eng
@IsmailDemirSSB
@roketsan
@aselsan
@muratikinci2
@aerenbaser
#siper
#airdefence
#missile
#newterm
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🇹🇷Baykar's VTOL-UAV Kalkan Reached 14.500 feet
Baykar stated Bayraktar KALKAN Vertical Landing and Take-off Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (VTOL-UAV) has reached 14.500 feet altitude.
@BaykarTech
#kalkan
#VTOLUAV
#UAV
#test
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🇹🇷 Baykar has two UCAVs exhibited on TCG ANADOLU L400. The Kızılelma is a mockup but TB3 is an actual one. Chairman of Baykar Company Selçuk Bayraktar told how TB3 will take-off and land on the vessel, what missions the UAV will conduct.
#UCAV
#UAV
@BaykarTech
@Selcuk
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🇹🇷🇨🇱Baykar Joins FIDAE 2024 in Chile
Baykar has put AKINCI UCAV and Bayraktar TB2 armed UAV with the Chilean flag and roundel on display in the FIDAE 2024 exhibition organised in Chile.
@BaykarTech
@roketsan
@FACh_Chile
@Ejercito_Chile
@TC_SantiagoBE
…
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🇹🇷Defence Industry Agency SSB:
Our probe rocket, which was developed with our advanced engineering technologies as part of our country's efforts to reach space, was successfully launched from Iğneada. We wish that the successful launch test of our rocket, which Roketsan has…
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🇹🇷Defence Ministry shares preliminary designs of Turkish Aircraft Carrier
The Defence Ministry stated that the Turkish Navy Design Project office has started working on Aircraft carriers. A photo that the ministry shared includes the design of an aircraft carrier.
@tcsavunma
…
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🇹🇷🇺🇦Two A400M Military Transport Aircraft belonging to the Turkish Air Force returned to the 12th Air Transport Main Base / Kayseri from Ukraine after a 10-month wait and landed.
@tcsavunma
#A400M
#UkraineRussiaWar
️
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🇵🇭 🇹🇷
#Philippines
Acquire Ultralight Machine Gun from
#Turkiye
#SystemDefence
#MFR56
#Ultralight
#MachineGun
#Navy
@Philippine_Navy
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🇹🇷Modernising Turkish F-16s with Özgür Project?
#project
#modernisation
#FightingFalcon
#SSIK
#OzgurProject
#aviation
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🇹🇷 🇵🇰 Turkiye Launches Pakistan’s Fourth MİLGEM Corvette PNS TARIQ
#Exclusive
@navy
@maritime
#PNmilgem
@asfat
@PakinTurkiye
@PakistanNavy
@Defense_Talks
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🇹🇷🇲🇦Otokar Provides Cobra II to Maroc
Otokar’s 4x4 Tactical Wheeled Armoured Vehicle Cobra II will start serving Moroccan peacekeepers.
@OtokarAS
@OtokarGlobal
#Morocco
#Cobra_II
#4x4
#UN
@MoroccanArmed
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🇹🇷BMC CEO Yalçıntaş Resignes
BMC CEO Professor Murat Yalçıntaş resigned from his post. Yalçıntaş announced his resignation this morning with an e-mail to his colleagues.
TurDef Exclusive News
@BmcOtomotivTR
@bmcsavunma
#BMC
#Altay
#CEO
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🇹🇷🇵🇰PNMİLGEM’s Model Ship TCG Burgazada on Naval Drill with Pakistan
#pakistan
#training
#naval
#turkiye
#PakistanNavy
@PakistanNavy
@PakinTurkiye
@Defense_Talks
(Special thanks to Global Defense Insight for tagging)
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🇵🇰🇦🇿Azerbaijan Acquires JF-17 Block-III Fighters from Pakistan
Azerbaijan and Pakistan signed a $1.6 billion deal to buy JF-17 Block-III fighter jets, marking Pakistan’s most significant export deal.
#azerbaijan
#pakistan
#jf17
#fighter
@AzerbaijanMFA
@ForeignOfficePk
…
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🇹🇷🇮🇩Indonesia Acquires Roketsan’s ATMACA
Indonesian Defence Ministry stated their plan to cooperate with Turkish defence company Roketsan to acquire ATMACA anti-ship missiles.
@roketsan
@Kemhan_RI
#atmaca
#export
#missile
#antiship
@IndonesiaAnkara
@_TNIAL_
@_TNIAU
@Puspen_TNI
…
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🇹🇷 TCG Anadolu (L400) and TCG İstanbul (F515) (TCG İstanbul is at sea acceptance tests) together at Büyükçekmece Bay, for IDEF waiting delegation visits.
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🇹🇷🇶🇦LEVENT Air Defence Missile to Answer Different Needs
ROKETSAN’s short-range air defence missile LEVENT will be developed in different configurations to respond to different needs.
@roketsan
@DIMDEXQatar
#Levent
#missile
#development
#Dimdex
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🇹🇷🇮🇹Italy Set to Use CİRİT Missiles on Astore Armed UAVs
The Italian Air Force will acquire Astore-armed UAVs with Turkish ROKETSAN’s CİRİT 70 mm laser-guided missiles.
#UAV
#cirit
#missile
#export
@Leonardo_IT
@ItalianAirForce
@roketsan
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🇹🇷Dear TurDef Readers,
We are thrilled to share some exciting news with you – TurDef is expanding its horizons! As your trusted source for reliable news on the Turkish Defence industry and aerospace, we are always striving to provide you with valuable insights and in-depth…
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🇹🇷ANKA-3 to Resume Ground Tests for Maiden Flight
#ANKA3
#deepstrike
#UAV
#maiden
#flight
@TUSAS_EN
#Exclusive
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🇵🇰🇹🇷Turkiye and Pakistan Cooperate on EW Aircraft
Pakistani Air Force (PAF) will convert a Bombardier Global 6000 jet aircraft into a stand-off jammer with the Turkish TUSAŞ.
#global6000
#electronic
#warfare
#jammer
#soj
#havasoj
@PakinTurkiye
…
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🇹🇷🇵🇰Turkiye Exported its First Corvette, PNS Babur (280)
#Navy
#Pakistan
#Export
#MILGEM
@MSB_ASFAT
@ASFAT_PAKISTAN
@PakistanNavy
@PakinTurkiye
@PakistanFauj
#PNSBabur
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🇹🇷 President of Defence Industry Agency Demir: A new plan for TCG Trakya is on our working table to be ready when it is ordered. There is nothing ordered yet.
@SSB_Eng
@IsmailDemirSSB
@tcsavunma
#navy
@sedefgemi
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🇹🇷 TEI runs TF6000
indigenous turbofan engine for the first time. The engine will produce 6000lbf dry thrust and power up Kizilelma and ANKA-3 UAVs. The engine with afterburner version is called TF10000 engine.
@TEI_TUSAS
#engine
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#Turkiye
's
#engine
projects for naval Platforms
#unmanned
#navy
#infographic
@bmcpowerresmi
@Tumosan
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@TyrannosurusRex
@SavunmaSanayii
@IsmailDemirSSB
Aradığınız tüm cevaplar bu son videomuzda olabilir. Motor Sich'in motorunu upgrade edip lisans altında Türkiye'de üretimi tartışılıyormuş. Henüz bir karar alınmış değil.
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🇹🇷ULAQ is Very Close to Export
Turkiye's first Armed Unmanned Surface Vehicle, ULAQ, is closer to export than ever with its three versions.
@ARESShipyard
@MeteksanSavunma
#ULAQ
#export
#unmanned
#navy
@ulaqglobal
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🇹🇷 🇬🇧
#SSB
President Demir to visit Rolls-Royce next month with big Expectations.
@RollsRoyce
@BAESystemsInc
@TUSAS_EN
@SSB_Eng
@IsmailDemirSSB
#TFX
#Tempest
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🇹🇷Hürjet Performed its Maiden Flight
Turkish Aerospace (TUSAŞ) indigenous advanced jet trainer and light attack aircraft Hürjet have flown for the first time.
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French Interest in Turkish Drones
@SSB_Eng
@SavunmaSanayii
@IsmailDemirSSB
@TUSAS_TR
@TUSAS_EN
@serdardemir061
@Baykar_Savunma
#anka
#tb2
#uav
#armeduav
#unmanned
#aviation
#defence
#defenceexport
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🇹🇷
Turkish Army Receives MİLKAR Jammers
Turkish Defence Ministry (MOD) stated that various Portable Electronic Attack System (MILKAR) inspection and acceptance activities have been completed.
@tcsavunma
#electronicwarfare
#jammer
#MilkArchives
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🇹🇷ASELFLIR-410 Electro-Optic Spotted on T-70 Helicopter
ASELSAN’s ASELFLIR-410 electro-optic system was spotted on one of the TUSAŞ’s T-70 utility helicopters in assembly line.
@aselsan
@Ahmet_AKYOL82
@Sikorsky
@TUSAS_EN
#aselflir
#sensor
#optic
#electronics
#utility
#helicopter
…
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🇹🇷Bayraktar TB3 UCAV Makes Short Landing
On the 27th flight test, Bayraktar TB3 marine UCAV’s second prototype made a short landing on the runway.
@BaykarTech
#tb3
#landing
#ucav
#test
#prototype
#tcganadolu
#navy
#maritime
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🇹🇷 🇬🇧
#Turkish
delegation visits
#UK
for TF-X.
The
#Tempest
can be on the table as well.
@SSB_Eng
@IsmailDemirSSB
@KaleArge
@Temel_Kotil
#tusas
@RollsRoyce
@BAESystemsInc
#engine
#aviation
#MMU
#turkishfigther
#TFX
#Exclusive
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🇹🇷🇵🇰Turkiye and Pakistan to Cooperate on Air-to-Air Missiles
Pakistan Air Force (PAF) released a statement on social media platform X with the announcement of technological cooperation on air-to-air missiles.
#PAF
#missile
#aircraft
#cooperation
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🇹🇷 TUSAS Engine Inc (TEI) TF6000 Turbofan engine passed first ignition test. The engine will power Kızılelma and Anka-3 Uav.
@SSB_Eng
@halukgorgun
@TEI_TUSAS
@BaykarTech
@TUSAS_EN
#KIZILELMA
#anka3
#uav
#ucav
#engine
#aviation
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🇹🇷Bayraktar AKINCI UCAV Completes 50000 Flight Hours
Since its first flight in 2019, Baykar’s AKINCI UCAV has reached 50000 flight hours, achieving many milestones in the process.
@BaykarTech
#ucav
#flight
#hour
#AKINCI
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🇹🇷AKINCI UCAV Fires UAV-122 Supersonic Missile
A new firing test with ROKETSAN’s UAV-122 supersonic missile was conducted with Baykar’s AKINCI UCAV following the first test conducted in December 2023
@BaykarTech
@roketsan
#AKINCI
#uav122
#supersonic
#missile
#test
#fire
…
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🇹🇷Baykar TB3 UCAV Flies with ASELFLIR-500
Following the test with ASELSAN’s CATS electro-optical system, TB3’s first prototype flew with ASELFLIR-500 during the 25th flight test.
@BaykarTech
@aselsan
#tb3
#aselflir
#prototype
#payload
#test
#flight
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🇹🇷First Delivery of Mid-Life Upgrade Barbaros Frigate in July
#modernisation
#upgrade
#navy
#barbaros
@havelsanglobal
@aselsan
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🇹🇷
@canikarms
#kizilelma
#trakon
#ausv
#usvs
#turret
#ugvs
#atak2
#Venom
#30mm
This tweet includes possible options. There is no decision declares for KIZILELMA for example.
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