05 EDITORIAL COMMENT
Remarks of Prof. Dr. İsmail Demir, President of Defence Industries, Ease Concerns of the Sector for the Future
06 SPECIAL COVERAGE
Answers from the Highest Authority
What Kind of a Path will the Sector Follow in the Post-COVID-19 Period?
14 INTERVIEW
Alican ÖKÇÜN, Chairman of the Board of Nero Industries:
“With our investment in semiconductor sensors, we will not only meet the needs of Turkey in this field, but will also become a global player based on our new business model.”
20 ADVERTORIAL
Meet all the Right People in Just 3 Days at ICDDA
22 COVER FILE
The United States’ FVL Programmes Preparing to Close the Era of Conventional Helicopters / PART 1
New Armed Reconnaissance Platforms to be Faster
32 SPECIAL COVERAGE
The Sector Reveals its Positive Future Expectations at the First Event of SEDEC Talks
36 ANALYSIS
Last Year of Global Warship Procurement (2019-2020) / PART 1
Mutual Moves by the United States, China and Russia
42 HIGHLIGHTS
- MKEK’s New Production Line Opens, Ending a Foreign Dependency
- BAE Systems’ Unmanned Underwater Vehicles Programme Continues at Full Pace
- Future of the Sector in the Post COVID-19 Period Discussed at STM Thinktech Panel
- Indigenous 4×4 Armoured Pickup TULGA Renewed
- ASPİLSAN Energy Achieves New Successes in the Field of Batteries
- M-345 Ready to Raise Fighter Pilots
- A400M Opens the Door to Special Operations with its Low Level Flight Capability
- Oman’s ARES 85 HERCULES Launched in Antalya
- New Appointments at MKEK and the Directorate General of Shipyards
- HAVELSAN’s Thermal Cameras to Detect COVID-19 in the Normalisation Process
- US Continues Critical Investments into its Communication Infrastructure
- Record Number of Applications to Türksat Model Satellite Competition
- Second Prototype of AKINCI Ready
- SEMPRO Continues Operations at Full Speed, Despite COVID-19
- Crisis in Aviation Affects Manufacturers in Eskişehir
- SELMAN REİS’ Submarine Information Distribution System in Test Phase
- DİGİTEST’s Factory Receives National Secret Certificate
- DSA, One of Southeast Asia’s Largest Sectoral Gatherings, Cancelled for 2020
- Fotoniks Continues to Deliver Holographic Sight Devices and TAG 3D 3x Zoom Optics
- ARES Shipyard Shows its Support to Education by Donating a Ship
- Satisfactory Results of Indigenous Fingerprint Recognition System
- Approximately 10,000 New Orders for GES Engineering’s PCB Retainers
- IFF Systems of German Fighter Aircraft being Upgraded to Mode-5
- Gendarmerie Tactical UAV Unit Command in Cizre Opens with BAYRAKTAR TB2s
- First Foreign User of BMC 8×8 Tank Carrier Vehicle to Become a NATO Member European Country
- Having Closed 2019 with Satisfactory Results, Leonardo Enters Post COVID-19 Period with a New Board of Directors
- HAVELSAN Gets Involved in the National Combat Aircraft Project
- Nero Industries Grants Over 100 VIRUSSAFE Products to Critical Institutions
- HENSOLDT Xpeller Provided Defence against Drones on Remembrance Day in the Netherlands
- DEICO’s New Robot Eases the Tasks of Vehicle Manufacturers
- New Missile Capability for UK’s AW159 Wildcats
- Strategic Acquisition in Brazil by thyssenkrupp
- Young Entrepreneurs Invited to Teknopark İstanbul to Fulfil Their Dreams
- TRTEST Certificated Cyber Security Products
- HAVELSAN’s Subsidiary Quantum3D to Supply New Generation Fighter Jet Training Simulator to Republic of Korea
- New Product by TUALCOM and TÜBİTAK SAGE: “The World’s Smallest Anti-Jam GPS/GNSS System”
- MAY 2020 IN BRIEF…