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CONTENTS 4 Message from General Necdet Özel, 28 From SSI / Latif Aral ALİŞ 60 SPECIAL COVERAGE / Birol TEKİNCE, Vehbi TUNCA Commander of the Turkish Armed Forces, We Must Develop a Planned and Programmed Turkish Air Forces Command Answers on the Occasion of the Centenary of the Export Strategy Questions on F-4 and RF-4 Aircraft Battle of Çanakkale 30 INTERVIEW / Ümit BAYRAKTAR 64 SPECIAL COVERAGE / Ümit BAYRAKTAR 6 Message from Colonel James Burns, TAI Making Steady Progress in the ASELSAN Marks 40 Years in Business with Australian Defence Attaché to Turkey: HÜRKUŞ Project Radar and Electronic Warfare Technology Centre Forging Nations and Friendships 34 IDEX 2015 SPECIAL COVERAGE 68 SPECIAL COVERAGE / K. Burak CODUR, 8 Message from Colonel Peter Wood, Şebnem ASİL, Ümit BAYRAKTAR, Vehbi TUNCA New Zealand’s Defence Attaché to Turkey: Birol TEKİNCE, Vehbi TUNCA With the Powerpack Development Project, From the Uttermost Ends of the Earth ■ Turkish Defence Sector Passes IDEX with Success Sector Gains a New Player 10 DEFENCE NEWS ■ ASELSAN’s Active IDEX Schedule 70 SPECIAL COVERAGE / Şebnem ASİL, Vehbi TUNCA ■ ASELSAN’s Turnover Again Exceeds ■ BMC Returns SASAD Expands Cooperative Activities with Italy $1 Billion ■ ERATAŞ Shields Draw Attention 74 SPECIAL COVERAGE / Şebnem ASİL ■ TDA Flies the Flag in Germany ■ FNSS Maintains Warm Relations and Seeks FNSS MILDESIGN ■ With the ATDM, Turkey Attains New Business Opportunities Supports Designers of the Future Ammunition Testing Capabilities ■ Otokar’s Modular Solutions Appeals to a 78 ANALYSIS / M. Emre YAZICI ■ ROKETSAN Maintains Warm Relations Broad Range of Customers Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Systems Past, with Australia ■ Öztiryakiler Becomes an Indispensable Brand Present and Future ■ Request for Information Issued for TF-X in the Region Dr. Ahmet KULE, Pilot, Chief Superintendent ■ SSM Publishes Its 2014 Activity Report ■ Sur International Concludes Exhibition 2nd Degree ■ SASAD Workshops Now Addressing with Orders 80 EVENTS / Birol TEKİNCE Intellectual Property Rights ■ STM Aims to Expand Depth and Breadth ■ Interview: Lieutenant General Ing. Milan ■ First TAI-Produced F-35 Centre Fuselage ■ ROKETSAN Makes a Difference Maxim, Chief of the Defence Staff of the Takes to the Skies ■ Yonca-Onuk Provides Excellent Regional Solutions Armed Forces of the Slovak Republic: ■ TÜBİTAK Initiates Stage II of Passive Emission ■ T-Kalıp in Pursuit of Long-Term Partnerships “We will Find the Common Ground in Extending Detection System ■ Eurojet Displayed its Strength at IDEX before IDEF Our Mutual Cooperation” 18 INTERVIEW / Ümit BAYRAKTAR, ■ Kelvin Hughes Seeks Deeper Ties with Turkey ■ Bulgarian National Day Celebrated in Ankara K. Burak CODUR 52 SPECIAL COVERAGE / Oykun EREN ■ Celebrating Bangladesh’s National and Serdar Demirel, Deputy Undersecretary A Look at IDEX 2015 from Land Systems’ Independence Day (Platform Projects) at the SSM: Perspective ■ The Anniversary of the Chilean Air Forces “The Path to High Export Turnover Lies 58 SPECIAL COVERAGE / K. Burak CODUR was Celebrated for the First Time in Turkey in the Production of High-Quality and New Objectives for ASELSAN Following ■ Pakistan’s National Day Celebrated; Competitive Products” Completion of DAKA Mutual Trade of “$1 Billion” Indicated 60 18 74 34 Military Science & Publisher & Managing Editor Editor, Strategy & Development Editor-In-Chief Intelligence / MSI Ümit BAYRAKTAR M. Emre YAZICI Ferda BAYRAKTAR [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] MSI Turkish Defence Review General Coordinator ADVISORY BOARD Yerel Süreli Yayın Editor Naile BAYRAKTAR Dr. K. 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Tepe Prime A Blok / A-26 Eskişehir Yolu 9. km Cankaya, Ankara Telephone: +90 312 428 04 84 Cover Photograph: Mutlukent Mah. Angora Cad. For subscription E-mail: [email protected] TurAF No: 184/27 Beysukent Çankaya Please contact: +90 312 225 4173 Web: www.nova.com.tr/en/ Ankara TURKEY or [email protected] MSI Turkish Defence Review - April 2015 www.milscint.com ADVERTISERS Page TurAF’s Initiative should be Carried Further ■ TAI ........................................Cover Wrap ■ FNSS......................................Back Cover he unfortunate F-4 accidents at the end of February and quency of the press tours it organizes at its air bases. As we ■ Otokar.........................Inside Front Cover the beginning of March resulted in the martyrdom of all know, such activities have the effect of increasing interest ■ SSI...............................Inside Back Cover six of our servicemen, and sparked a series of debates in aviation, especially among the young. ■ Meteksan Defence Ind. ............First Page T ■ NEP Office................................Last Page centring on the F-4s and their pilots. In just a few days after It should not be forgotten that similar press activities were the second accident, , Turkish Air Forces (TurAF) Command initiated in the past by the Undersecretariat for Defence In- ■ AYESAŞ................................................17 held a press conference on March 11, along with a press tour dustries (SSM) with the goal of promoting the Turkish de- ■ FNSS...................................................57 of the Combatant Air Force and Air Missile Defence Com- fence and aerospace sector, and although these activities ■ Holoarc................................................73 mand, as well as 1st Air Supply and Maintenance Centre were later discontinued, they were actually quite popular. ■ IDEF.....................................................79 Command in Eskişehir. ■ Naval Systems Seminar 2015...............85 It is particularly important that such press activities are During the press tour, members of the press were given ■ Nurol Makina ......................................25 planned and carried out not only by TurAF, but all units within clear and tangible information on the F-4E and RF-4E aircraft ■ ROKETSAN...........................................29 TAF. It has been observed recently that the Air Forces and ■ involved in the accidents, and about the resignation of pilots Saab....................................................13 Naval Forces are becoming more active in such communi- ■ Samsun Yurt Savunma.........................11 at the TurAF in recent years. When considered independent cation-oriented activities. ■ Sarsılmaz ............................................27 of its timing, this press conference can be hailed as a suc- ■ Sheraton .............................................83 cessful public relations event in terms of the level of infor- There is another important point that needs to be empha- ■ TEI.......................................................15 mation shared with the general public. However, to ensure sized. Even when the two parties –TAF and the press – man- ■ Yonca-Onuk Shipyard...........................67 appropriate and effective public communication in the future, age to come together, it is not uncommon that the focus is diverted towards other subjects, or certain important mes- ■ Anova..................................................39 we believe that additional measures are needed. We will sages be overlooked. For example, in an event involving high- ■ Ayyazılım.............................................43 consider these measures from two different standpoints. level participation (such as the President of the Republic, the ■ BİTES...................................................16 First, we would like to examine how the information shared Prime Minister, Commander of TAF or the Force Command- ■ NOVA Power ........................................54 during the TurAF press conference was perceived by the for- ■ ers), the press will naturally focus on these attendants, while ONUK-BG.............................................49 eign press. Unfortunately, the news published in the foreign ■ TDI News.............................................72 the messages given during these events generally pass un- press following the press tour continued to describe the flaws ■ TTAF....................................................76 noticed. For this reason, it is necessary to organize events ■ Üçgen Yazılım......................................33 and shortcomings in the training provided by TurAF. How- ever, we should not interpret this as a product of “malicious and activities focusing on specific subjects, such as “The Air- intent” or “an inability to understand the actual situation, no Air Combat Capabilities of the Turkish Armed Forces”. Such 52 matter how clearly it is explained”. It would instead be more