In this issue

05 EDITORIAL COMMENT
Turkish Defence and Aerospace Industry Keeps Improving, and Hosts New Events in Support of this Progress
06 SSI
Latif Aral ALİŞ, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Defence and Aerospace Industry Exporters’ Association
08 INTERVIEW
Tunç BATUM, President of Meteksan Defence
22 SPECIAL COVERAGE
Fourteen New R&D Projects by SSM
30 INTERVIEW
The SEDEC event will boost synergy and give momentum to projects and collaborative efforts in the security industry.
32 INTERVIEW
Furkan KATMERCİ, Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors of Katmerciler
46 DEFENCE NEWS
n TEI Becomes an EASA-Approved Maintenance Organisation
n HAVELSAN and GTU to Cooperate in Augmented and Virtual Reality Fields
n Defence Industry Executive Committee Meets with a New Structure
n ASELSAN Signs for Barrelled Anti Air Defence
n HIZIR Proves Itself in Blast Tests
n Mehmet Çimşir Appointed CEO of RBSS
n BITES and HAVELSAN Deepen Cooperation
n MKEK Targets $1 Billion Turnover for 2020
n SEDEC Establishes a New Approach to Business Development and Promotional Activities in the Industry
n Sarsılmaz Ranked First in Indigenous Pistol Development Project
n Turaç Participates at Shot Show, Increasing its Popularity in the US
n ONUR A.Ş. Completes Final Acceptance Phase of DHMI’s VCS/VRS Project
n TÜMOSAN Preparing for New Vehicle Projects
n DDC and TARGET Group to Offer Solutions for the Specific Needs of the Industry at the DDC Workshop
n STM Awarded by ASO and TESİD
n TEKNOFEST ISTANBUL to Contribute to the Future of the Industry with Its Competitions
n Industry Represented by ASELSAN and STM at the TESİD Innovation Creativity Awards
n HÜRKUŞ-B in the Skies
62 INTERVIEW
Noyan DEDE, General Manager of ONUR A.Ş.
66 AMAC EVENTS
n Republic Day of India
68 INTERVIEW
Staff Brigadier (Sea) Abdulbaqi AL-ANSARI, Chairman of the Organising Committee of DIMDEX, Sent a Message to Turkish Companies.
72 SPECIAL COVERAGE
TSSK’s 5th Project Market Witnesses METU-KOSGEB Collaboration

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