Turkish MoD Orders Final 3 I-class Frigates from Private Shipyards
The Turkish Navy’s remaining three I-class (Istanbul-class) frigates will be built by STM and TAIS shipyards.
The Turkish Navy’s remaining three I-class (Istanbul-class) frigates will be built by STM and TAIS shipyards.
On December 27, 2022, the Turkish Defence Agency (SSB) signed contract with ARES Shipyard and Meteksan for the procurement of ULAQ unmanned surface vessels.
On December 20, 2022, the Turkish Government’s Defense Industry Executive Committee, a presidential-led body that makes key decisions for Turkey’s defense industry, approved the construction of three I-class frigates for the Turkish Navy.
Turkish missile manufacturer Roketsan conducted the first test launch of the indigenous vertical launch system (VLS) called MIDLAS.
On Nov. 25, 2022, the PN MILGEM-class corvette PNS Khaibar (282) was ceremonially launched for the Pakistan Navy at Turkiye’s Istanbul Naval Shipyard.

The 41st system HAVELSAN developed has been accepted to be deployed in 2 MİLGEM class Corvettes of the Pakistan Navy.
Turkish shipyard RMK Marine launched Ukraine’s first MILGEM-class corvette, Hetman Ivan Mazepa (F-211), in Istanbul on October 2, 2022.
Turkish Dearsan Shipyard laid the keel of the first of two high-endurance offshore patrol vessels, the HE OPV 76, for the Nigerian Navy during a ceremony held at Dearsan’s facilities in Istanbul on September 16, 2022.

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