MSI Turkish Defence Review Magazine - June 2015 / 07 . ISSUE: 12

In this issue

4 DEFENCE NEWS ■ 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 / 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 / ■ IDEF 2015 Brought News of the Future ■ ASELSAN ■ Vestel Defence ■ BMC ■ FNSS ■ HAVELSAN ■ Kale Group ■ MKEK Joins Forces with Rheinmetall to Achieve 2023 Objectives ■ Nova Power Solutions ■ Nurol Makina ■ Otokar ■ OSSA ■ ROKETSAN Unveils SOM-J ■ Sarsılmaz ■ SDT ■ Sedef Shipyard ■ Selah Shipyard Chooses Sitepltalia for Data Distribution ■ STM ■ TAI ■ Strategic Partners for CN235 Aircraft: TurAF and Airbus D&S ■ Honeywell ■ EUROJET ■ Vericor ■ Lockheed Martin Emphasizes F-35 and PAC-3 ■ An Acoustic Solution for Security from SitepItalia 66 SPECIAL COVERAGE / TAI Opens Turkey’s Doors to Space 70 SPECIAL COVERAGE / TOBB Turkish Defence Industry Council Convenes under the Slogan “Let’s Find Solutions to our Problems” 74 SPECIAL COVERAGE / Turkey Makes its Choice for the Regional Aircraft Project 78 EVENTS / ■ Brigadier General Jozef Viktorin, Defence Attache of Slovakia to Turkey ■ H.E. Alireza Bikdeli, the Islamic Republic of Iran’s Ambassador to Turkey: Iran - Turkey Cooperation Should Develop through Defence Industries ■ Polish Constitution Day