DefenceTalkLockheed Martin and Turkish company Roketsan signed a contract to cooperatively develop the SOM-J missile for integration into the F-35 internal weapons bay. SOM-J is a new generation air-to-surface standoff cruise missile. The contract enables the companies to move forward with their Technical Assistance Agreement, making the SOM-J missile available to international customers. SOM-J integration […]https://www.defencetalk.com/lockheed-and-roketsan-to-develop-mid-range-cruise-missile-for-the-f-35-65412/

DefenceTalkTurkish forces crossed into northern Iraq to pursue Kurdish militants on Tuesday after the deadliest rebel attacks in years left dozens dead as the decades-long conflict escalated. Thirteen Turkish police were killed on Tuesday in a new attack by Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) militants as violence in the east threatened to spiral out of control. […]https://www.defencetalk.com/turkish-forces-enter-northern-iraq-as-pkk-violence-spirals-65331/

DefenceTalkAnkara: Turkish warplanes have for the first time joined raids by the US-led coalition against Islamic State positions in Syria, the foreign ministry said Saturday, after Washington urged Ankara to play a full role in the battle against the jihadists. “Our fighter planes … along with planes from the coalition yesterday (Friday) evening began joint […]https://www.defencetalk.com/turkish-planes-join-anti-is-coalition-in-syria-raid-for-first-time-65207/

DefenceTalkTurkish Aerospace Industries, Inc. (TAI) is pleased to announce the launch of its “T129 ATAK Poland Roadshow” between August 22 and September 04, 2015. The T129 ATAK Advanced Attack and Tactical Reconnaissance Helicopter is a candidate for the KRUK Program of the Polish Armed Forces. During its visit to Poland T129 ATAK will perform demonstration […]https://www.defencetalk.com/turkey-t129-attack-helicopter-on-poland-roadshow-65067/

DefenceTalkAs Turkish military planners and Turkey’s state arms procurement agency, the Undersecretariat for Defense Industries (SSM), focus on the country’s indigenous new-generation fighter jet (dubbed TF-X), Air Force officials are planning on plugging any potential capabilities gap in combat aircraft that might emerge in the interim. The solution involves an upgrade program for the Turkish […]https://www.defencetalk.com/turkey-plans-f-16-upgrade-as-fighter-capacity-stop-gap-measure-65062/

DefenceTalkTurkey and the United States said Sunday that Washington would withdraw its Patriot missile batteries from the country in October after bolstering Ankara’s air defences against threats from Syria’s civil war. The NATO mandate for the mission will run out in October and will not be renewed, but the US is prepared to return Patriot […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-to-withdraw-patriot-missiles-from-turkey-in-october-65019/

DefenceTalkUS warplanes Wednesday carried out their first air strikes on Islamic State (IS) targets in Syria after taking off from a Turkish base, kicking off a key new phase in the campaign against the jihadists. A US drone had last week executed a single lethal air strike against an IS target in Syria but this […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-jets-launch-first-anti-is-syria-strikes-from-turkey-64992/

DefenceTalkThe United States for the first time Sunday deployed half a dozen F-16 warplanes to Turkey to help operations against the Islamic State group, US officials said. The deployment marks the first time since an international coalition began bombing IS targets in Iraq and Syria a year ago that US jets will launch strikes from […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-deploys-f-16s-to-turkey-for-is-fight-64960/

DefenceTalkThe United States launched its first airstrike from Turkey on an Islamic State target in Syria, as Ankara vowed it was ready to step up its own fight against militants. “A US drone today carried out one airstrike in Syria near Raqa,” a Turkish official told AFP, referring to the town in northern Syria that […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-bombs-is-syria-target-from-turkey-for-first-time-64955/

DefenceTalkTurkish fighter jets on Saturday shot down a Syrian helicopter that crossed into Turkey’s airspace in the south of the country, the government and army said. The incident marked a new spike in tensions between Turkey and the Damascus regime of President Bashar al-Assad, whose overthrow Turkey believes is essential to solve the Syrian crisis. […]https://www.defencetalk.com/turkey-says-it-shot-down-syrian-helicopter-64231/