MSI Turkish Defence Review Magazine - February 2017 / 02 . Issue: 35

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