Turkish Defence Industry Now Focuses on UUV projects
Turkish defense companies now appear to be actively working on unmanned underwater vehicles (UUV).
Turkish defense companies now appear to be actively working on unmanned underwater vehicles (UUV).
Naval drones are a hot topic in many navies, but Ukraine has become the first to form a specialist unit using explosive-armed ones.
The Japanese MoD on August 31 requested $52.9 billion (7.7 trillion yen) for fiscal year 2024, its largest ever defense budget request.
Japan’s MoD announced the selection of two contractors for the design and production of a new FFM variant to be delivered to the JMSDF.
The DSEI 2023 exhibition will host more naval ships, exhibitors from emerging defence industrial sectors, and discussions of core maritime and wider defence issues.
On August 23, 2023, several Ukrainian accounts on social media released a video showing Ukraine’s new underwater suicide drone named “Marichka”.
Turkish Defence Electronics company Aselsan unveiled many new naval systems during IDEF 2023 defence exhibition between July 25-28, 2023, in Istanbul.
On August 14, the Indonesian Navy (TNI AL) commissioned of two new Fani-class mine countermeasures vessels in Surabaya, East Java.
Meteksan was showcasing its entire ULAQ family of unmanned surface vessels (USV). The company, with its partner ARES Shipyard, also introduced the latest variant: ULAQ
Kraken has announced a partnership with Cosworth around the development of advanced battery solutions for its MANTA USV/UUV platform.