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Turkish Shipyard Lays Keel of Ukraine’s 2nd MILGEM Corvette
A keel laying ceremony took place today for Ukraine’s 2nd MILGEM corvette at the RMK Marine Shipyard in Istanbul, Turkey.
18 August 2023
A keel laying ceremony took place today for Ukraine’s 2nd MILGEM corvette at the RMK Marine Shipyard in Istanbul, Turkey.
Naval News coverage of the IDEF 2023 defense exhibition held in Istanbul, Turkey. In this “day 1” video, our local correspondent and former Turkish Navy officer Tayfun Ozberk, join us as we focus on the latest naval defense technology by Roketsan (leading Turkish missile producer) and STM (Turkish naval engineering company).
STM, one of Turkiye’s leading defense firms, is working on an unmanned submarine project.
On January 25, 2022, the Turkish engineering company STM announced the delivery of the second upgraded Agosta 90B-class submarine, PNS/M KHALID (S-137), to the Pakistan Navy in Karachi.
Turkish defence company STM announced on June 26, 2022 that it has begun construction of the 500-tonne “STM500” submarine.
At IDEF 2021, Turkish company STM unveiled the STM500 and TS17000 submarine designs while Dearsan unveiled a “light submarine” design.
Aselsan will provide its Zargana torpedo countermeasures system for the Pakistan Navy’s Agosta 90B submarine mid-life upgrade program, the Turkish company stated on May 29.
The Turkish Navy (Türk Deniz Kuvvetleri) Preveze-class submarine Mid-Life Upgrade (MLU) contract was signed between Turkey’s Defence Industry Directorate (SSB) and a joint venture formed by STM-ASELSAN-HAVELSAN-ASFAT on 8 Ferbuary 2019.
