In this issue

05 EDITORIAL COMMENT
The Road to the Summit Passes Through Exports
06 DEFENCE NEWS
n The Extraordinary Story of MİLGEM Continues with ‘İ’ Class Frigates
n BAE Systems Restores Trust under the TF-X Programme
n Nineteenth T129 ATAK Helicopter Enters the Inventory
n Special 30th Anniversary Book by TAFF
n Expanding Cyber Security Collaborations
n STM Continues to Raise Awareness on Cyber Threats
n HAVELSAN Takes Open Innovation to Serious Game Contest
n SSM Adds R&D Panel to Its Portfolio of R&D Activities
n ASELSAN Unveils First Indigenous Base Station Antenna
n BAYRAKTAR TB2 Gets Ready to Meet with Modellers
n Increasing Number of COBRA II Vehicles in Inventory
n A New Road Map for the National Powerpack Development Project
n Rolls-Royce to Supply Main Engines for Coast Guard Boats
20 SSI
Latif Aral ALİŞ, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Defence and Aerospace Industry Exporters’ Association
Chairman of the Turkish Defence Alliance Harvest Season for Defence and Aerospace
22 INTERVIEW
Furkan KATMERCİ, Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors at Katmerciler
34 SPECIAL COVERAGE
MPT-76 Era Starts for TAF
40 SPECIAL COVERAGE
MEADS Getting Ready to Break the Routine
44 INTERVIEW
Kemal SİDAR, Managing Partner of Etkin Proje
48 ANALYSIS
Turkey’s First Single Crystal Piezoceramic Hydrophone by Meteksan Defence
50 SPECIAL COVERAGE
With New Management, OSSA Continues to Be Voice of SMEs
56 SPECIAL COVERAGE
METU TSSK Expands Collaborations
62 SPECIAL COVERAGE
ARES Shipyard: Fastest Growing Company in Turkey
68 SPECIAL COVERAGE
STM Explains its Approach to Cyber Security and Cyber Defence at SETA Panel
70 SPECIAL COVERAGE
TCG ALEMDAR Makes the Sea Depths Safer
78 BOOK
The Story of MİLGEM: “They Told Us We Would Fail, But We Made It”
82 EVENTS
n Farewell to Colonel Bernuy, the Defence Attaché of Peru
n Australia National Day
n Republic Day of India

MSI Turkish Defence Review Magazine Description:

MSI (Military, Science & Intelligence) Turkish Defence Review (TDR) is one of the defence reviews sold in newsstands with the total circulation of about 5.500 copies and is the only periodical issued monthly in Turkish and English about defence (land, air, navy), aerospace (aviation & space), and security (including homeland security, cyber security & law enforcement) in Turkey.
MSI TDR has been working continuously with approximately 300 different sizes of Turkish defence companies in different subjects.
MSI TDR follows up all steps from emerging of an initial requirement to procurement, from production to test, from delivery to after sale service among the triangle of end users (Turkish Armed Forces, National Police, Gendarmerie General Command, Coast Guard), procurement body (the Undersecretaries for Defence Industries (SSM), Ministry of Defence (MSB)) and the defence industry (all prime and sub-contractor companies), makes news and releases to its subscribers.