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Land Warfare
IDEF 2015: Otokar shows new Tulpar-S variant
5th May 2015
A new anti-tank variant of the Tulpar family of tracked armoured vehicles from Otokar is being shown at the IDEF exhibition in Istanbul for the …
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Land Warfare
IDEF 2015: FNSS launches new AFV family
5th May 2015
Turkish armoured vehicle manufacturer, FNSS has launched a new class of armoured fighting vehicle (AFV) called Kaplan (Tiger) to mark the opening of the IDEF …
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Defence Notes
Raytheon wins DARPA TBG contract modification
4th May 2015
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has awarded Raytheon a contract modification for the Tactical Boost Glide (TBG) programme, it was announced on 29 …
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Land Warfare
DARPA's EXACTO self-steering bullet completes live-fire tests
30th April 2015
Self-steering bullets developed by DARPA under its Extreme Accuracy Tasked Ordnance (EXACTO) programme have successfully completed live-fire tests, as announced by DARPA on 27 April. …
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Digital Battlespace
Marvin Test Solutions releases two MTS-916 simulator variants
24th April 2015
Marvin Test Solutions has released two new variants of its MTS-916 modular target simulators line: MTS-916-6 and MTS-916-7. The release was announced on 22 April. …
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Defence Helicopter
Poland’s plans for a future diversified helicopter fleet
22nd April 2015
On 21 April Polish President Bronisław Komorowski brought a long process and months of speculation about the country’s procurement plans to an end by announcing …
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Land Warfare
LAAD 2015: Industry hopes for Brazil 8x8 contract this year
17th April 2015
Industry officials are hoping a contract for the development of an 8x8 variant of VBTP-MR Guarani armoured vehicle will be signed by the Brazilian government …
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Defence Helicopter
Australian Tiger helicopter fires APKWS laser-guided rocket
15th April 2015
An Australian Defence Force (ADF) Tiger helicopter has fired the Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System (APKWS) laser-guided rocket at a recent demonstration, BAE Systems announced …
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Defence Helicopter
US Navy adds digital rocket launchers to MH-60R
10th April 2015
The US Navy is equipping its MH-60R Seahawk helicopters with Digital Rocket Launchers (DRLs), US Naval Air Systems Command announced on 7 April 2015. The rocket …
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Defence Helicopter
Pakistan enjoys attack helicopter choices – American, Chinese or Russian?
10th April 2015
Pakistan has several choices as it seeks to expand its army attack helicopter fleet – American, Chinese and Russian. On 6 April 2015 it emerged …
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Land Warfare
AUSA Global: US Army to rationalise shoulder-launched munitions
2nd April 2015
Plans are being proposed by the US Army’s PEO Ammunition that will reduce the number of individual shoulder-launched munitions (SLMs) from five to just two. …
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Defence Helicopter
HAL orders Saab IDAS for Dhruv helicopter
2nd April 2015
Saab has received follow-on orders from Hindustan Aeronautic Limited (HAL) for its Integrated Defensive Aids Suite (IDAS) for the HAL Dhruv light helicopter, the company …
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Uncrewed Vehicles
Pakistan demonstrates first ‘indigenous’ UCAS capability
2nd April 2015
The Pakistan Army declared in MArch that it had successfully conducted its first missile firing from an indigenous UCAS, a Burraq platform built by the …
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Naval Warfare
Ingalls receives contract modification to fund DDG 121 construction
1st April 2015
The Ingalls Shipbuilding division of Huntington Ingalls has received a contract modification for funding the construction of the US Navy's DDG 121 Arleigh Burke-class destroyer. …
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Defence Notes
Kaman to continue JPF contract with USAF
31st March 2015
Kaman's Aerospace segment has been awarded a contract modification for the continued procurement of Joint Programmable Fuzes (JPF) for the US Air Force (USAF). Announced …
Programme Results - Defence Insight
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Naval: Combat Management Systems
Naval: Combat Management Systems | Joint Strike Ship [South Korea]
South Korea is reportedly seeking to acquire up to three Joint Strike Ships as part of its "Three Axis System". The Joint Strike Ship (JSS) is ...
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Naval: shipboard communication systems
Naval: shipboard communication systems | Joint Strike Ship [South Korea]
South Korea is reportedly seeking to acquire up to three Joint Strike Ships as part of its "Three Axis System". The Joint Strike Ship (JSS) is ...
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Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - MALE
Bayraktar TB2 (Contracted) [UAE]
Programme Background UAE and Turkish relations Historically, the two nations were not aligned with one another. However, this situation has quickly turned around, with Emeriti's ...
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Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - MALE
Bayraktar TB2 (Selected) [UAE]
Programme Background UAE and Turkish relations Historically, the two nations were not aligned with one another. However, this situation has quickly turned around, with Emeriti's ...
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Loitering munitions
Turkish Loitering Munitions [Albania]
Programme Background "Considerable" Speaking on 10 October 2024, Albania's Prime Minister Edi Rama stated that Türkiye would provide Albania with a "considerable" number of loitering munitions. A government ...
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Light attack, Trainer
Hürkuş-C Advanced Armed Trainer (Turkey)
The Hurjet-C development programme funding was included in the Hurkus-B procurement contract awarded by the Turkish Undersecretariat for Defence Industries in December 2013. The Hurjet will ...
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Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - MALE
Bayraktar TB2 [Kuwait]
Background Contract Award On 18 January 2023, Baykar announced signing a $370 million export contract with Kuwait for the Bayraktar TB2. According to the announcement, ...
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Loitering munitions
Loitering Munitions [Japan]
Programme Background Appreciation of Loitering Munitions After years of not operating loitering munitions and armed UAVs, Japan's position towards them has changed. Belatedly, the MoD realised ...
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Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - MALE
Akinci [UAE]
Programme Background Surprise Delivery Baykar, in a statement of its 2024 achievements, stated that it had delivered two Akinci UAVs to the UAE, one in ...
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Fighter - multirole
JF-17 [Azerbaijan]
Programme Background Requirement In October 2019, Turkish media sources reported that at least two Azeri pilots travelled to Pakistan to receive training in JF-17 aircraft. ...
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Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - MALE
MQ-9B SeaGuardian [Morocco]
Programme Background 2020-2030 Morocco-US Agreement In October 2020, officials from the Trump administration visited Morocco, and both nations signed a military and security cooperation agreement. ...
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Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - MALE
Endurance UAS [US Army]
Programme Background Request for Information (RfI) On 5 June 2024, the American DoD published an RfI with an original response date of 19 July 2024. The ...
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Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - MALE
Bayraktar TB2 (Qatar)
Programme Background In 2018 at DIMDEX, it was revealed that Qatar had bought six Bayraktar TB2 UAVs from Turkey. The deal also included three ground control stations, ...
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Fighter - multirole
Eurofighter Typhoon [Türkiye]
Programme Background Requirement The Turkish Air Force has operated two main fighter platforms, the F-16 and F-4, for several decades. As older F-16 airframes and ...
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Tanks
Altay MBT [Türkiye - First Batch]
Programme Background The Altay will replace legacy M48 and M60 MBTs still in service with the Turkish Army. The $3.971 billion contract awarded to BMC in November ...
Equipment Results - Defence Insight
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Air: aerial targets, Loitering munitions
Simsek
The Simsek (Şimşek), or Lightning, is a high-speed target drone system that enables autonomous high-speed and low-altitude threat stimulation of aircraft and missiles for air-to-air, ...
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Guided munitions
MAM-L
The Roketsan Smart Micro Munition (MAM-L) is designed to be used for taking down heavily armoured vehicles, by all classes of UAVs and light attack aircraft. The ...
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Artillery rockets
TRG-230
TRG-230 is a 230 mm GNSS/INS guided artillery rocket developed by the Turkish ROKETSAN as the medium-range guided artillery rocket for the firm’s universal MLRS ...
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Guided munitions
SMKB (Smart-MK-Bomb)
The Smart-MK-Bomb, or the SMKB, is a precision guidance kit developed by Mectron and designed to turn Mk 82 and Mk 83 bombs into guided munitions.
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Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - MALE
Aksungur
The Aksungur is a twin-engined MALE UAS manufactured by Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) for the Turkish Armed Forces. TAI completed the platform's maiden flight on 20 March ...
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Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - MALE
Akinci
The Akinci is a HALE UCAV manufactured by Baykar. Sometimes known as Uçan Balık, the UAV can be fitted with a range of ISR or ...
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Artillery rockets
TRG-300 Block I
TRG-300 is a 300 mm artillery rocket developed by Turkish ROKETSAN, serving as the heavy rocket in the TRG family of guided artillery missiles.
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Artillery rockets
TRG/TRLG-122
The TRG-122 is a Turkish 122mm family of guided artillery rockets developed by ROKETSAN for the T-122 Sakarya and other MLRS platforms. The family includes ...
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Self-propelled mortars
2S34 Chosta
The 2S34 Chosta is an upgraded version of the 122mm 2S1 tracked SPH that replaces the original 2A31 ordnance with the 120mm 2A80-1 mortar-gun, an ...
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EO/IR systems
StormCaster-DX
Unveiled at Modern Day Marine 2022, the Teledyne FLIR StormCaster-DX is a multi-role, low-SWaP laser target designator (LTD) payload designed to affect the STANAG-compliant terminal ...
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Military helicopters - attack
Multirole Heavy Combat Helicopter
The Multirole Heavy Combat Helicopter is an attack helicopter being developed by Turkish Aerospace to meet the operational requirements of the Turkish Armed Forces, including air-to-ground ...
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Air-to-surface missiles
BARQ
The BARQ, known as Lighting in Urdu, is a laser-guided air-to-surface missile developed by Pakistan's Global Industrial & Defence Solutions (GIDS). Weighing 47.5kg at launch, the ...
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Fast attack/patrol craft and interceptors
Ares 150 SAT
The Ares 150 SAT is a tactical patrol and guided-missile fast attack craft designed and developed by the Turkish manufacturer Ares Shipyard. The boats are ...
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Surface-to-air missiles
9M331
The 9M331 is a short-range, surface-to-air missile designed to engage aircraft, helicopters, UAVs, and guided munitions and is the primary missile for the 9K331 Tor ...
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Counter-UAS systems
Venom
Venom is a vehicle-based, remote-controlled laser designator/rangefinder targeting mast system that incorporates Northrop Grumman's Lightweight Laser Designator Rangefinder 2 (LLDR 2) on a universal, stabilised and ...
