MSI Turkish Defence Review Magazine - August 2015 / 09. ISSUE: 14

In this issue

4 DEFENCE NEWS ■ Pakistan Selects ASELSAN for its Fleet Tanker Systems ■ ASELSAN Makes a Difference with its Activity Report ■ SAYP Continues to Expand ■ LPD’s Systems Entrusted to the ASELSAN-HAVELSAN Partnership ■ ASELSAN and TAI Continue their Climb in the Top 100 ■ Serial Production of MPT-76 Begins ■ New Project RfP from TÜBİTAK SAVTAG ■ Two Successful Firings by ROKETSAN ■ GKN Aerospace Acquires Fokker Technologies ■ Lockheed Martin Returns to the Helicopter Manufacturing with Sikorsky ■ KMW and Nexter Sign Agreement Creating Leading European Land-Systems Prime Contractor ■ Saab Closes July with New Signings ■ SunExpress Selects Honeywell for its Boeing 737-800s 14 FROM SSI / The Most Important Step for Sectoral Growth: Promotion 16 INTERVIEW / Davut Yılmaz, General Manager of STM: “STM is undergoing a process of change.” 28 SPECIAL COVERAGE / Certification Activities to Continue under SSM-SHGM Cooperation 30 INTERVIEW / K. Nail Kurt, Chairman of the Board at SASAD: “It is imperative that we significantly increase our exports on a yearly basis.” 38 INTERVIEW / TF50B can be the Start of a Long Cooperation 42 ADVERTORIAL Optimization Technologies and the modeFRONTIER Platform in Advanced Engineering 44 INTERVIEW / Success through Synergy: Unidef 50 ANALYSIS / Improving Project Performance through Configuration Management 54 ANALYSIS / Increasing Importance of Command and Control Systems in Armoured Vehicle Performance 58 ADVERTORIAL / Nova Power Solutions: Power Protection Selection for Military or Other Critical Applications 64 EVENTS / ■ High Level Participation from Turkish Ministry of National Defence and Turkish Armed Forces at Azerbaijani Armed Forces Day ■ Emphasis on Cooperation on US Independence Day ■ Japanese Self-Defence Forces Day Celebrated in Ankara ■ Period of Recession between France and Turkey Leaves behind