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It quotes the most recent Aselsan magazine but the photo they used is wrong. https://wwwcdn.aselsan.com/api/file/aselsan_dergi_120_092024.pdf MAR-D is now Cenk-200N Arda is Cenk-300N Cenk is Cenk-400N All search radars are now called Cenk, fire control radars are Akrep.

Sorry, this is just a hodgepodge of ideas thrown around. Tech we are talking about isn't obsolete or outdated. If anything, satellite swarms and drone fighters are literally the future. Turkey's catchup is found in late 80s economic boom and some small number of Turkish inventors seeing the...

Fergani is working on second stage tugs and small sats, not rockets. I fail to see how they can accelerate rocket development. They are literally working unmanned fighters and satellite swarms as we speak.

Argentine Navy is interested in LST and LPDs with a starting budget of 300 million. Apparently looking at Damen and Korean designs.

Except they pretty much are. STOL UAVs. They will be competitors along with Sea Protector STOL. One being a much lighter model doesn't mean they wont compete. I really wish Baykar came up with a turboprop TB2 or a single engine Akıncı.

It isn't. At most, it's a testbed for MKE's hybrid powerpack. If it is anything else and they decide to give this shitbox on tracks to soldiers, it will mean a clear and cut case of CORRUPTION. ACVs at the time were built by FNSS because FNSS was a joint venture with FMS. Altay tender on paper...

Yes, YN-ZMA program will incur up to 3000 wheeled and tracked AFVs of more than 20 variants into the army.

Better question would be "what exactly is it?" To clarify, I don't claim to know what Dağhan is actually supposed to be. But I recognize an ACV-19 running gear when I see one.

GPS systems don't exist to make money. GPS itself is a military project first and foremost, with civilian uses becoming more seen over the decades. US Military funds the GPS system, sends its satellites to orbit and allow civilian agencies and private entities to use it at almost no cost to...

FNSS and Otokar are private entities, not our officials. They exist to make money.

Update on Aselsan's Leopard 2 upgrade for the Chilean Army Per TurDef: "ASELSAN's modernisation programme is divided into four phases. The first phase, which has been completed, includes the C4ISR system and new radios. The second phase will overhaul the fire control system, add electro-optics...

Turkey isn't doing anything. Akkuyu is not a Turkish project, Turkey doesn't pay for anything for Akkuyu. Per the news, due to German parts still not being sent months later, Rosatom have now ordered equivalent parts from Chinese firms. "The opening of Turkey's first nuclear plant has been...

I agree with you. Both sides can be horrible. One is a terror group, other is a state that employs terror tactics on its enemies. I think Erdogan had a point when he warned the Israeli government "to not act as an organization" instead of a state.

Wouldn't be so sure. We have 3 builders that offer their stuff for the last decade and more. Plenty of turret options. Number of non license(Sharpshooter) turrets on the stuff we sold over the year is near zero. Turrets are hard job, that's why Cockerill lives on, they can guarantee success no...

That does not, not make them terrorists no matter how you view the group.

We hadn't heard from Kuzgun-SS in a while, probably since the Aksungur test in march.

Hence the difference between a tank turret and an oversized ifv turret. Cockerill products are so average that it hurts. It's a tough job being market leader in average products.

Over the years, we have talked about foreign turrets on AFVs costing a lot and basically being at least half of a unit's cost without figures to back it up. Here's one. "The price of the CMI Cockerill® 3105 turret system is as much as 63% of the price of the entire FNSS Kaplan MT/Harimau...

Is Hisar Class an OPV or an ASW ship, can't really have both. Really doubt half of those will be part of the regular load. We will have 10+ Hisars. People really should adjust their expectations for its armament. Maybe 1-2 ASW variant, sure. No way all ships get that loadout.

Old MAN and BMCs have still at least a decade in them. Once people start talking, we should see other builders offer DROPS versions as well, other than Koluman. If we do, that means DROPS type vehicles will be an important part of the next generation logistical vehicle program. Also hope that...