In this issue

05 EDITORIAL COMMENT
TEKNOFEST Istanbul Takes Thoughts and Imagination to the Skies
06 INTERVIEW
Haluk BAYRAKTAR, General Manager of Baykar
12 SPECIAL COVERAGE
Industry Demonstrates its Will to Develop Indigenous Products and Solutions at SAHA EXPO
34 INTERVIEW
Ekin ERSAN, General Manager of NUMESYS
40 SPECIAL COVERAGE
TEKNOFEST Istanbul Achieves its Goal
52 SPECIAL COVERAGE
ALTAY
56 SPECIAL COVERAGE
Brilliant Start for MATLAB EXPO in Turkey n Dr. Tarık ÖĞÜT, Chairman of the Board of Directors of FİGES
n Turgut AKBULUT, Deputy General Manager at FİGES
62 SPECIAL COVERAGE
Femsan
64 SPECIAL COVERAGE
FNSS Plastic Battle Armour Modelling Show
70 DEFENCE NEWS
n ARES Shipyard and Thyssenkrupp Consolidate Cooperation with New Agreement
n ANKA-S will now See with CATS
n Young People’s Dream: To Join ASELSAN
n HAVELSAN Gaining Momentum in Civil Aviation
n Frans van Deursen Named President of Honeywell Turkey and Central Asia
n ASPİLSAN Energy takes Major Step for Exports to Portugal
n ASELSAN Unveils New Weapon at Export: ASELSAN Magazine to be Published Bilingually
n Murat İkinci Named STM’s New General Manager
n TEI and Gebze Technical University Agree to Educate Engineers of the Future
n Meteksan Defence Becomes Gateway to Hope through Books
n Airbus and Turkish Aerospace Shake Hands for the Movable Parts of Civil Aircraft
n FNSS’ Human Resources Policies Awarded Gold Medal in the International Arena
n T625, Turkish Aerospace’s Indigenous Helicopter, Takes to the Air
n High-Tech Port by MÜSİAD to Host Eurasian Decision Makers on Land Systems
n Bilal Topçu Appointed General Manager of Teknopark Istanbul
n First Leg of Fourth STM Capture the Flag Competition Concludes
82 AMAC EVENTS
n Armed Forces Day of Pakistan, Poland
n Independence Day of Afghanistan, Brazil, China, Macedonia, Mexica, Saudi Arabia, Ukraine
n Independence and the Glories of the Army Day of Chile, Czech Republic, Slovakia

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.