ARES Shipyard is cooking, 40 ft container carrying USV at last
DISCLAIMER: Some stuff happens between the firms and media as usual and the news article has been deleted, so much for the public source digging
Better agility? Uçaksan been there pretty much
I just feel like these simpler types should be offloaded to smaller firms to help them grow faster, distribute production, and take away workload from the bigger ones
Like I said earlier, I honestly want a "not-HÜRJET" naval HÜRJET that at least has some signature management and probably structural reinforcements to handle bigger munitions (GEZGİN, 300 ER, SOM-J......)
They are more than likely to change, but TUSAŞ going beyond statements and presenting it at SAHA EXPO little or big still means something
It is also giving us some idea on what are they going for, roughly. For example, they underline compactness and CATOBAR/STOBAR compatibility.
https://turdef.com/article/saha-expo-2026-kalekalip-unveils-ks-suppressor-family
KALEKALIP's suppressor family, even available to KMGs
It is rare to see a Turkish firm making something this compact
https://turdef.com/article/saha-expo-2026-upgrades-on-havelsan-s-barkan-3-ugv
Barkan 3 UGV has more than upscaling, they made some big revisions on the sensor and communication side for operator quaility of life