VOLUME 14 . ISSUE 98 . YEAR 2020 METU & ODTÜ TEKNOKENT TURKEY’S PIONEER IN UNIVERSITY-INDUSTRY THE STATE OF QATAR AND COOPERATION QATAR ARMED FORCES F-4 PHANTOM-II FLIGHT ROUTE IN TURKEY & WORLD T70 GETTING READY FOR ITS MAIDEN FLIGHT! ISSN 1306 5998 INTERNATIONAL FUTURE SOLDIER CONFERENCE 29-30 SEPTEMBER 2020 Sheraton-Ankara Within the scope of the planned conference program, panels, presentations, and discussions will be held in the following related technology fields: • Combat Clothing, Individual Equipment & Balistic Protection • Weapons, Sensors, Non Lethal Weapons, Ammunition • Power Solutions • Soft Target Protection • Soldier Physical, Mental and Cognitive Performance INTERNATIONAL • Robotics and Autonomous Systems SOLDIECONFERENCE R • Medical FUTURE • C4ISTAR Systems ifscturkey.com • Exoskeleton Technology • CBRN • Logistics Capability organised by supported by supported by supported by in cooperation with Publisher 6 34 Hatice Ayşe EVERS Editor in Chief Ayşe AKALIN [email protected] Managing Editor Cem AKALIN [email protected] International Relations Director Şebnem AKALIN [email protected] Turkey & Qatar Foul-Weather Friends! Editor İbrahim SÜNNETÇİ [email protected] Administrative Coordinator Yeşim BİLGİNOĞLU YÖRÜK [email protected] 48 Correspondent Saffet UYANIK [email protected] A Message from the President F-4 Phantom II Flight Translation of Defense Industries Prof. Route in Turkey & Tanyel AKMAN İsmail DEMİR on the Measures [email protected] Taken Against COVID-19 in World Turkey Editing Mona Melleberg YÜKSELTÜRK Graphics & Design Gülsemin BOLAT Görkem ELMAS [email protected] 12 Photographer Sinan Niyazi KUTSAL Advisory Board (R) Major General Fahir ALTAN (R) Navy Captain Zafer BETONER Prof Dr. Nafiz ALEMDAROĞLU Cem KOÇ Asst. 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Forces Cooperation Summit Held in Ankara NOKENT 74 82 98 Otokar Concluded 2019 with Record Type 214TN REIS Growth Class & Submarine Capabilities in the Eastern Mediterranean FNSS Ramp-up Serial Production of KAPLAN ATV 100 78 Qualification Tests of HGK-83 Dynamic Manta 2020 (DYMA20) - NATO’s Advanced Anti-Submarine Warfare Exercise Ammunition 90 Completed Successfully! T70 Getting Ready for its Maiden Flight! 81 Nurol Makina Exports Koç Bilgi Sistem ve Savunma Teknolojileri A.Ş Ejder TOMA Riot Strategic Supplier of REİS Class Type 214TN Submarines Control Vehicles to 104 Chile The Sky's No 94 Longer the Limit for Start-Ups Qualification Tests of HGK-83 Ammunition Completed Successfully! ISSN 1306 5998 VOLUME: 14 ISSUE: 98 YEAR: 2020 How COVID-19 will Impact the Defense Industry? Ayşe AKALIN Publisher & Editor in Chief The impact of the • How will companies in the supply thinking and pondering life COVID-19 pandemic manufacturing chain are financially from the balcony of their facilities and the has brought forth an supply chain be vulnerable and it may home, perhaps taking that unprecedented state affected? impact the procurement much needed breath of of uncertainty for all of the material and fresh air. What did human • What new challenges business circles as will marketing and equipment. beings miss out on while well as the defense business development they were focused on industry. Executives and face? While it is too early to corporate goals, contracts, predict whether the officials are struggling • What are the new new markets, competition, to understand the new market scenarios that industry will be stable, of if ambition of success, and situation with new we need to be aware of it will take a major or minor making more money? Now, in order to implement dip, it is significant that challenges to tackle. realistic changes in our it is as if an environment strategies? defense companies define was created for everyone Most global and Turkish what the major impact to slow down, a time for defense companies are • What approaches points are and to assess can be considered to introspection, to think taking some actions to effectively reposition their potential to reposition about... who I am, what protect staff from the businesses for stability and adjust future plans. and growth? do I want from life, what COVID-19 outbreak. I do I love and what is Moreover, I personally believe that the most • What are the really important to me? government’s policies believe that the whole comprehensive scenario- The only thing we cannot and the steps taken world is facing many based analyses on how earn more of, to gain, no to help local defense of the same problems to survive and achieve companies to matter how hard we try, is mitigate the effects during this calamitous stability should be time. During this unusual of the unprecedented time. It is as if the pause conducted by defense time I too hope to quiet my challenges caused by button of the whole world organizations and defense the outbreak? mind. Our personal lives was pressed in an instant. authorities to protect extend to our business lives Overall, when compared to Events, fairs, the visits of local industries with a with the full of energy of consumer-based sectors, official delegations, and re-evaluation of business our intent and we can all the defense industry will meetings have come to a strategies. use this important time to most likely see less of an full stop. Business travelers calmly reflect, learn new The major concerns that impact thanks to its long- who once could not catch skills and to look at life with have arisen in the defense term program protected their breath between daily, a different perspective… industry with the spread of by budgeted government weekly and monthly travel COVID-19, are as follows: expenses. However, many for meetings, are now Enjoy this issue... A Message from the President of Defense Industries Prof. İsmail DEMİR on the Measures Taken Against COVID-19 in Turkey As the Turkish defense under the leadership of our industry sector, we continue President Recep Tayyip to perform our activities ERDOĞAN and strain to while complying with the continue critical defense measures taken against industry production as Coronavirus (Covid-19) well as R&D and technology nationwide. While the development activities activities in critical projects without any interruption. continue, work-from- home practices are also Defense is a holistic being implemented. In concept; therefore, the and we think that they can especially our Ministry of such cases, there may be a defense of a country cannot be easily applied to other Health, to this end. certain slowdown in every be accomplished only fields. The awareness raised As the Presidency, we sector, but in the defense through military and armed will be an opportunity believe in the dynamism industry, we continue our elements. In addition to the to trigger a national and enthusiasm of the activities without affecting armed forces, areas such as technology movement in private sector, and we our critical projects. While intelligence, transportation, the healthcare industry. encourage them through doing this, we take our health, communication, For the hot topic of various endeavors. We precautions believing that information technology, ventilation devices for support companies human health comes first. cyber security, energy example, defense industry demonstrating diligence, The knowhow in the sector and agriculture are also companies have opened dynamism and a and the competence of crucial in the defense their doors and are offering certain technological personnel are important to vision. For the security of all their capabilities to meet infrastructure in times us. In order to protect their a country and society, the the sub-components of when they need extra health and ensure their defense concept needs the devices or specific backing or long-term maximum efficiency, we be tackled with a holistic technology needs, and planning. When needed, carry on our activities with perspective. Our Turkish the use of their existing we issue projects and measures to guarantee defense industry is ready to infrastructure, test orders in furtherance their maximum compliance provide all kinds of support infrastructure and facilities. of a future-focused with health guidelines. including the knowhow and achievements to the Indigenous and national vision. In some cases, we In certain projects where healthcare field. We can health technologies perform activities aiming force majeure cases arise, make use of our existing are one of the most at developing multi- we examine the related knowhow and experience important elements of utilization technologies. We applications, and if we on electronic devices, the move toward national will have full support here really consider them as circuits, imaging and technology in the long as well, with an approach