The Philippines and Bangladesh have put an order for 100 Kaplan medium tanks which are co-produced by Turkish defense contractor FNSS and Indonesia’s PT Pindad, said Windu Paramata, the head of the medium tank project at Pindad. That was reported by the Anadolu Agency. Paramata said the two countries had expressed willingness to buy 40 to […]

Ukrainian companies have won the $40 million tender for the repair and upgrade of Turkish  Mi-17 helicopters, said in the press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine. According to the statement of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, the Ukrainian SE “Konotop Aircraft Repair Plant “Aviakon” and aero-engine manufacturer ”Motor Sich”  won a tender […]

Turkey and Russia can discuss possibilities for co-operation of jointly develop and produce a fifth-generation fighter jet, said Viktor Kladov, the International Cooperation and Regional Policy Department director at Russia’s state-run defense company, Rostec. Speaking to Anadolu Agency (AA), Viktor Kladovsaid about possible joint fighter jet production between the two countries. He said that there […]

Turkey’s Tulpar Research Labs has unveiled the new T5-F modular unmanned aerial system. The new T5-F is designed for persistent intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) missions.  According to the statement by the Tulpar Research Labs, the T5-F can use different loads and different missions are now just  ‘plug and play’ intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR)/signals intelligence (SIGINT) pod. […]

Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) has announced that a first prototype of the newest T625 multirole transport helicopter has been produced. According to the TAI statement, the first prototype of the new generation, twin-engine, 6-ton class helicopter came out from the production line during an official ceremony. The T625 is a new generation, twin-engine, 6-ton class helicopter developed in response to the […]

The Turkish Defence Industry Directorate (SSB) has awarded Aselsan a contract to supply modern Hava SOJ standoff jamming aircraft for the country’s Air Force. The contract covers development and manufactures 4 Hava SOJ standoff jamming aircraft, according to a 9 August announcement by the SSB. It is designed to detect and identify enemy communication systems and […]

Turkish company Otokar has been awarded USD28 million to build and deliver new tactical wheeled armored vehicles, said in the company’s statement on 30 July. “Otokar, leading supplier of the Turkish Military and Security Forces for wheeled tactical vehicles, was awarded 28.9 million USD contract for its tactical wheeled armored vehicles,” noted in a statement. Work and […]

Turkey’s locally built and developed Hurjet advanced jet trainer and light attack aircraft is scheduled to make its first flight in 2022 and expected to be available for delivery to customers by 2025, said in Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI). According to the Daily Sabah newspaper, within the scope of the Hürjet project initiated by the Turkish Aerospace Industries […]

Turkish defence electronics specialist Aselsan has announced on 24 July that the company successfully accomplished with the project to upgrade the first batch of M60T main battle tanks under the FIRAT-M60T program in a record turnaround time. Within a year, Aselsan has developed an improved version of M60T main battle tanks and hand over the first […]

Indonesian defence company PT Pindad is nearing serial production of the modern medium-weight tank production called Kaplan MT (Medium Tank) developed jointly by Turkish company FNSS. PT Pindad has announced that company is close to starting Kaplan MT production at a new factory in Indonesia, which series production expects will begin in 2019. FNSS and PT Pindad initiated […]