4 DEFENCE NEWS
■ A400M Crashed in Test Flight
■ ARES Shipyard Continues Deliveries at Full Pace
■ Aviators of the Future Meet at the Ankara Aviation Museum
■ Meeting of NATO Tigers Concluded Successfully
■ Announcement by BMC Regarding VURAN
■ Tactical UAVs Make their Mark in the DENİZKURDU Exercise
■ STM Publishes its Cluster Report
■ The Second Act in DEHOS
■ Strategic Acquisition by HAVELSAN
■ OSSA Signs a First with NATO
■ EDA Seeks Answers to the Question: “When and Why do Countries Seek Cooperation?”
■ S-97 Raider Makes First Flight
■ Europe Signs for the MALE UAV
12 INTERVIEW / Ümit BAYRAKTAR, Vehbi TUNCA, M. Emre YAZICI
Dr. Tamer Saraçyakupoğlu, General Manager of THK Teknik:
“We want to Become a Reference for the General Directorate of Civil Aviation (SHGM), and an Exemplary Institution for the other Organizations in our Sector”
20 IDEF 2015 SPECIAL / / Şebnem ASİL, Naile BAYRAKTAR, Ümit BAYRAKTAR, K. Burak CODUR, Özgür Deniz KAYA, Birol TEKİNCE, Vehbi TUNCA, M. Emre YAZICI
■ IDEF 2015 Brought News of the Future
■ ASELSAN Emphasizes Product Range
■ Vestel Defence Presents KARAYEL, while AYESAŞ Highlights its Data Link Capabilities
■ BMC Returns to IDEF
■ FNSS Saves KAPLAN-20 and PARS 4×4 for IDEF
■ HAVELSAN Signature on Simulator Projects
■ All Kale Group Companies on the Same Stand
■ MKEK Joins Forces with Rheinmetall to Achieve 2023 Objectives
■ Nova Power Solutions Tested its Products Live
■ Nurol Makina Extends the EJDER Family with KUNTER
■ All-Purpose Vehicle from Otokar
■ OSSA, Together, Stronger
■ ROKETSAN Unveils SOM-J
■ Sarsılmaz’s SAR109 and SAR223 Ready for the Market
■ SDT to Become a Centre of Excellence in ACMI
■ Sedef Shipyard Initiated LPD Program at IDEF
■ Selah Shipyard Chooses Sitepltalia for Data Distribution
■ STM Joins Forces with TÜBİTAK
■ TAI Agenda: GÖKTÜRK-1 and ATAK
■ Strategic Partners for CN235 Aircraft: TurAF and Airbus D&S
■ Honeywell Monitoring Closely Developments in Turkey
■ EUROJET Explains the Advantages of EJ200 to its Customers
■ Vericor Comes to Empower Turkish-Type Assault Boat
■ Lockheed Martin Emphasizes F-35 and PAC-3
■ An Acoustic Solution for Security from SitepItalia
66 SPECIAL COVERAGE / Vehbi TUNCA
TAI Opens Turkey’s Doors to Space
70 SPECIAL COVERAGE / Naile BAYRAKTAR, Vehbi TUNCA
TOBB Turkish Defence Industry Council Convenes under the Slogan “Let’s Find Solutions to our Problems”
74 SPECIAL COVERAGE / Özgür Deniz KAYA
Turkey Makes its Choice for the Regional Aircraft Project
78 EVENTS / Birol TEKİNCE
■ Brigadier General Jozef Viktorin, Defence Attache of Slovakia to Turkey:
“Modernization of Our Armed Forces will be Open to the Cooperation of both Countries”
■ H.E. Alireza Bikdeli, the Islamic Republic of Iran’s Ambassador to Turkey:
Iran – Turkey Cooperation Should Developn through Defence Industries
■ Polish Constitution Day Celebrated in Ankara