During a visit by the Turkish President Recep Erdogan to Ukraine, a deal was signed for Ukraine to provide the An-178 to Turkey. This was one of many agreements made… Continue reading "Turkey and Ukraine Strengthen Relations with An-178 Deal"
Lockheed Martin announced on 30 December, that it had delivered its 134th F-35 for the year, exceeding the original delivery goal of 131 aircraft. The 134th F-35 is an F-35B… Continue reading "Lockheed Martin Surpasses 2019 F-35 Delivery Goals"
Japan has reversed course on its decision to cease local assembly of its F-35 fighters, according to Nikkei. The Japanese government had previously decided to cease local assembly of F-35s… Continue reading "Japan Considering Continuing Local F-35 Assembly"
Back in 2015 Roketsan, Turkey’s premier producer of air-launched weapons signed a deal with Lockheed Martin to co-develop a variant of the former’s SOM cruise missile. This variant, SOM-J, would… Continue reading "US-Turkish Cruise Missile SOM-J May be a Victim of F-35 No-sale Fallout"
The United States mulls to stop accepting additional Turkish pilots and ground personnel scheduled to undergo F-35 fighter jet training at Luke Air Force Base in Arizona, Reuters reported two anonymous US officials as saying.
Turkey is committed to becoming a global force in arms production. President Erdogan has said as much. This means, in practice, the ability to design and produce any weapon system… Continue reading "Turkey and the Consequences of the S-400 & S-500"
On June 14, the Romanian Ministry of Defense announced that the Romanian Armed Forces had received the first batch of their order for 18 Bayraktar TB2 unmanned aerial vehicles purchased from Turkish… Continue reading "The First Batch of Bayraktar TB2 Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Has Arrived in Romania"
For the first time, Turkey has deployed a group of F-16 fighter jets to Romania as part of NATO’s Air Policing mission. In this regard, on November 30, 2023, four F-16s… Continue reading "Turkish F-16 Fighters Deploy To Romania For The First Time For NATO Air Policing Mission"
Last week, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan shared a photo of himself in front of the Bayraktar Kızılelma Unmanned Combat Aircraft developed by Baykar at the Özdemir Bayraktar National Technology… Continue reading "Baykar Releases The First Images Of The Bayraktar TB3 With Foldable Wings"
The Turkish Defense Industry Agency has announced the start of taxi tests of prototypes of its indigenous TF-X stealth fighter and Hurjet advanced jet trainer. Turkey’s procurement agency head Ismail… Continue reading "Turkish TF-X Fighter and Hurjet Trainer Prototypes Begin Taxi Tests"