4 Message from General Necdet Özel, Commander of the Turkish Armed Forces, on the Occasion of the Centenary of the Battle of Çanakkale
6 Message from Colonel James Burns, Australian Defence Attaché to Turkey: Forging Nations and Friendships
8 Message from Colonel Peter Wood, New Zealand’s Defence Attaché to Turkey: From the Uttermost Ends of the Earth
10 DEFENCE NEWS
■ ASELSAN’s Turnover Again Exceeds $1 Billion
■ TDA Flies the Flag in Germany
■ With the ATDM, Turkey Attains Ammunition Testing Capabilities
■ ROKETSAN Maintains Warm Relations with Australia
■ Request for Information Issued for TF-X
■ SSM Publishes Its 2014 Activity Report
■ SASAD Workshops Now Addressing Intellectual Property Rights
■ First TAI-Produced F-35 Centre Fuselage Takes to the Skies
■ TÜBİTAK Initiates Stage II of Passive Emission Detection System
18 INTERVIEW / Ümit BAYRAKTAR, K. Burak CODUR
Serdar Demirel, Deputy Undersecretary (Platform Projects) at the SSM:
“The Path to High Export Turnover Lies in the Production of High-Quality and Competitive Products”
28 From SSI / Latif Aral ALİŞ
We Must Develop a Planned and Programmed Export Strategy
30 INTERVIEW / Ümit BAYRAKTAR
TAI Making Steady Progress in the HÜRKUŞ Project
34 IDEX 2015 SPECIAL COVERAGE Şebnem ASİL, Ümit BAYRAKTAR, Birol TEKİNCE, Vehbi TUNCA
■ Turkish Defence Sector Passes IDEX with Success
■ ASELSAN’s Active IDEX Schedule
■ BMC Returns
■ ERATAŞ Shields Draw Attention
■ FNSS Maintains Warm Relations and Seeks New Business Opportunities
■ Otokar’s Modular Solutions Appeals to a Broad Range of Customers
■ Öztiryakiler Becomes an Indispensable Brand in the Region
■ Sur International Concludes Exhibition with Orders
■ STM Aims to Expand Depth and Breadth
■ ROKETSAN Makes a Difference
■ Yonca-Onuk Provides Excellent Regional Solutions
■ T-Kalıp in Pursuit of Long-Term Partnerships
■ Eurojet Displayed its Strength at IDEX before IDEF
■ Kelvin Hughes Seeks Deeper Ties with Turkey
52 SPECIAL COVERAGE / Oykun EREN
A Look at IDEX 2015 from Land Systems’ Perspective
58 SPECIAL COVERAGE / K. Burak CODUR
New Objectives for ASELSAN Following Completion of DAKA
60 SPECIAL COVERAGE / Birol TEKİNCE, Vehbi TUNCA
Turkish Air Forces Command Answers Questions on F-4 and RF-4 Aircraft
64 SPECIAL COVERAGE / Ümit BAYRAKTAR
ASELSAN Marks 40 Years in Business with
Radar and Electronic Warfare Technology Centre
68 SPECIAL COVERAGE / K. Burak CODUR, Vehbi TUNCA
With the Powerpack Development Project,
Sector Gains a New Player
70 SPECIAL COVERAGE / Şebnem ASİL, Vehbi TUNCA
SASAD Expands Cooperative Activities with Italy
74 SPECIAL COVERAGE / Şebnem ASİL
FNSS MILDESIGN Supports Designers of the Future
78 ANALYSIS / M. Emre YAZICI
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Systems Past, Present and Future Dr. Ahmet KULE, Pilot, Chief Superintendent 2nd Degree
80 EVENTS / Birol TEKİNCE
■ Interview: Lieutenant General Ing. Milan Maxim, Chief of the Defence Staff of the Armed Forces of the Slovak Republic: “We will Find the Common Ground in Extending Our Mutual Cooperation”
■ Bulgarian National Day Celebrated in Ankara
■ Celebrating Bangladesh’s National and Independence Day
■ The Anniversary of the Chilean Air Forces was Celebrated for the First Time in Turkey
■ Pakistan’s National Day Celebrated; Mutual Trade of “$1 Billion” Indicated