In this issue

05 EDITORIAL COMMENT
Decree Law Number 696 Brings Fundamental Changes to the Turkish Defence and Aerospace Industry
06 SPECIAL COVERAGE
HAVELSAN Strengthens Collaborations for a Stronger Turkey
16 SPECIAL COVERAGE
Moving Forwards as a Groundbreaking Company, ARES Shipyard’s Delivery of Coast Guard Boats to Qatar Continues Full Speed
n INTERVIEW: Kerim KALAFATOĞLU, Chairman and Executive Director of ARES Shipyard
28 SPECIAL COVERAGE
With ROBOİK Contest, SSM Turns Dreams into Reality
44 DEFENCE NEWS
n S-400 Procurement Continues as Planned
n Berkin Engineering Expands Cooperative Activities
n ASELSAN Prepares for Second Public Offering
n Signatures in Place for IDEF 2019
n SSI Board of Directors Holds Final Meeting of 2017
n Vestel Defence Receives R&D Centre Certificate
n Katmerciler Expands Product Family of Unmanned Land Vehicles
n BAYRAKTAR TB2 Performs Landing with Meteksan Defence Automatic Landing and Take-Off System
n MKEK Makes Largest MPT-76 Delivery to Date
n TÜBİTAK SAGE Begins Serial Construction of Newly-Developed Winged Guidance System
n TAI Continues Technology-Oriented Cooperative Activities with METU and Teknopark Istanbul
n STM Becomes Authority in Railed Systems
n SAHA Istanbul Companies Seek to Take Part in F-35 Maintenance
56 SPECIAL COVERAGE
TEI Begins to Shape Ecosystem for Turboshaft Engine Production
60 SPECIAL COVERAGE
SSM’s Industrialisation Efforts to Continue Full Speed in 2018
62 SPECIAL COVERAGE
Türksat Meets with Teknokent Companies
64 SPECIAL COVERAGE
ASPİLSAN Energy Sheds Light to the Future of Cell and Battery Systems
n INTERVIEW: Ferhat ÖZSOY, General Manager of ASPİLSAN Energy
72 SPECIAL COVERAGE
Meteksan Defence Makes Ambitious Entry into Radar Altimeter Market
74 SPECIAL COVERAGE
A Quarter Century at FNSS
76 AMAC EVENTS
n National Days of Romania, Kazakhstan Finland, Japan, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Ukraine
84 SPECIAL COVERAGE
3rd International Cyber Warfare & Security Conference

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.