MSI Turkish Defence Review Magazine - April 2015

In this issue

4 Message from General Necdet Özel, Commander of the Turkish Armed Forces, on the Occasion of the Centenary of the Battle of Çanakkale
6 Message from Colonel James Burns, Australian Defence Attaché to Turkey: Forging Nations and Friendships
8 Message from Colonel Peter Wood, New Zealand’s Defence Attaché to Turkey: From the Uttermost Ends of the Earth
10 DEFENCE NEWS
■ ASELSAN’s Turnover Again Exceeds $1 Billion
■ With the ATDM, Turkey Attains Ammunition Testing Capabilities
■ ROKETSAN Maintains Warm Relations with Australia
■ Request for Information Issued for TF-X
■ SSM Publishes Its 2014 Activity Report
■ First TAI-Produced F-35 Centre Fuselage Takes to the Skies
18 INTERVIEW / Serdar Demirel, Deputy Undersecretary (Platform Projects) at the SSM:
28 From SSI / We Must Develop a Planned and Programmed Export Strategy
30 INTERVIEW / TAI Making Steady Progress in the HÜRKUŞ Project
34 IDEX 2015 SPECIAL COVERAGE
■ ASELSAN’s Active IDEX Schedule ■ BMC Returns ■ FNSS Maintains Warm Relations and Seeks New Business Opportunities ■ Otokar’s Modular Solutions Appeals to a Broad Range of Customers ■ Öztiryakiler Becomes an Indispensable Brand in the Region ■ ROKETSAN Makes a Difference ■ T-Kalıp in Pursuit of Long-Term Partnerships ■ Eurojet Displayed its Strength at IDEX before IDEF ■ Kelvin Hughes Seeks Deeper Ties with Turkey
52 SPECIAL COVERAGE / A Look at IDEX 2015 from Land Systems’ Perspective
58 SPECIAL COVERAGE / New Objectives for ASELSAN Following Completion of DAKA
60 SPECIAL COVERAGE / Turkish Air Forces Command Answers Questions on F-4 and RF-4 Aircraft
64 SPECIAL COVERAGE / ASELSAN Marks 40 Years in Business
70 SPECIAL COVERAGE / SASAD Expands Cooperative Activities with Italy
78 ANALYSIS / Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Systems Past, Present and Future
80 EVENTS / Interview: Chief of the Defence Staff of the Armed Forces of the Slovak Republic: ■ Bulgarian, Bangladesh’s, Chilean and Pakistan’s National Days.