VOLUME 13 ISSUE 94 YEAR 2019 ISSN 1306 5998 S-400 TRIUMPH AIR & MISSILE DEFENCE SYSTEM AND TURKEY’S AIR & MISSILE DEFENCE CAPABILITY NAVANTIA - AMBITIOUS PROJECTS WHERE EXPERIENCE MATTERS A LOOK AT THE TURKISH LAND PLATFORMS SECTOR AND ITS NATO STANDARD INDIGENOUS SOLUTIONS BEHIND THE CROSSHAIRS: ARMORING UP WITH REMOTE WEAPON SYSTEMS AS THE NEW GAME CHANGERS OF TODAY’S BATTLEFIELD SEEN AND HEARD AT THE INTERNATIONAL PARIS AIR SHOW 2019 ISSUE 94/2019 1 DEFENCE TURKEY VOLUME: 13 ISSUE: 94 YEAR: 2019 ISSN 1306 5998 Publisher Hatice Ayşe EVERS 6 Publisher & Editor in Chief Ayşe EVERS [email protected] Managing Editor Cem AKALIN [email protected] Editor İbrahim SÜNNETÇİ [email protected] Administrative Coordinator Yeşim BİLGİNOĞLU YÖRÜK [email protected] International Relations Director Şebnem AKALIN [email protected] 20 Correspondent Saffet UYANIK [email protected] Translation Tanyel AKMAN [email protected] Editing Mona Melleberg YÜKSELTÜRK Robert EVERS Graphics & Design Gülsemin BOLAT Görkem ELMAS [email protected] Photographer Sinan Niyazi KUTSAL 28 Advisory Board (R) Major General Fahir ALTAN (R) Navy Captain Zafer BETONER Prof Dr. Nafiz ALEMDAROĞLU Cem KOÇ Asst. 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No part of publication may be reproduced by any means without written permission. 62 ISSUE 94/2019 3 DEFENCE TURKEY 6 S-400 Triumph Air and Missile 83 Leonardo IFTS Media Defence System and Turkey’s Air and Missile Defence Capability Selected as Home Base for IFTS StepBriefing; 2 Decimomannu AFB 20 Navantia - Ambitious Projects Where Experience 88 Turkey on the Top 100 Matters List with Five Defence Industry Companies 28 A Look at the Turkish Land Platforms Sector and Its NATO- 89 HENSOLDT Will Deliver Standard Indigenous Solutions SERO 400 Series Search & Attack Periscopes for Preveze Class 54 An Intelligence-Driven Approach to Cyber Threats 90 Inauguration of the Aselsan Cyprus Advanced Technologies 56 “The Operating Environment Research Center Which Turkey Offers at the Moment is one Which British 92 STM Announces New Cyber Companies Find Attractive!” Threat Status Report 62 Behind the Crosshairs: 94 Turkish Defence Industry Armoring Up with Remote July-August News Weapon Systems as the New Game 102 Successful Launch of the Second SpaceDataHighway Satellite 70 ChangersLeonardo’s of Today’s World-Class Battlefield on Ariane 5 Technology and Industrial Collaboration Form the Heart of 103 Rheinmetall and MBDA to the Company’s Offering in Turkey Develop High-Energy Laser Effector System for the German Navy 72 Seen and Heard at the International Paris Air Show 103 2019 Mission Capabilities of C-130H ThroughCollins Modernization Aerospace ProgramRedefines 80 Cobham Mission Systems with the French Air Force Have Agreed on a Joint Market Approach with Rafael and Diehl 104 Expodefensa 2019: Center of Combining Their Launchers with innovation for Security and Defence the Latest Missiles in Latin America and the Caribbean DEFENCE TURKEY 4 ISSUE 94/2019 ISSUE 94/2019 5 DEFENCE TURKEY The Greatest Participation by Turkish Defence Industries at DSEI’19 Ayşe AKALIN EVERS Publisher & Editor in Chief Defence & Security Equipment International (DSEI) is the world’s largest land, sea and air defence and security exhibition, bringing together senior international trade and military experts from across the entire supply chain in an optimal business environment. DSEI is a biennial event held in London and will take place from 10-13 September 2019. With an area dedicated to manufacturing excellence, DSEI 2019 will provide an opportunity for suppliers to penetrate the defence sector and strengthen their relationships within industry, including with the prime contractors that rely on their skills and technology to deliver complex equipment programmes. The Hub will be sponsored by the Manufacturing Technology Centre, a UK organisation established to bridge the gap between university-based research and the development of innovative manufacturing solutions, in line with the Government’s manufacturing strategy. The MTC is part the High Value Manufacturing Catapult, supported by Innovate UK. A conference on Transforming Land Power to Deliver Competitive Advantage will take place at the event where the trends in threats at a strategic level, before exploring what capabilities are required for the British Army to best operate with its partners, allies, and industry will discuss at. It will conclude by setting out a vision for bi-lateral engagement with industry over the coming decade, with the British Army and industry working in coalition during the acquisition process, through to the lifetime of programs and beyond. Turkish defence industry with its annually growing production power and export capacity ,participates to DSEI 2019 with 40 companies covering Artron, Aselsan, Aselsan Sivas, Asfat, Ata Silah, AYESAŞ, Desan Shipyard, Femsan, FNSS, Garanti Giyim, GES Engineering, Gökser, Havelsan, Kolt, Menatek, MKEK, Norm Technologies, Nurol Makina, Nurol Technology, Ortem, Otokar, Öztek, Papilon, Profen, Repkon, Roketsan, SAHA Istanbul, Samsun Yurt Savunma, SSB, SSI, STM, Stroeger, Suprobox, TAIS, Tekcan (Aksa Runflat), TİMSAN, TİSAŞ, Transvaro, TTAF, TÜBİTAK Bilgem,Turaç, Turmaks, Vestel Savunma, Volt Defence, Yakupoğlu and ZED. B2B meetings between Turkish and British companies will be organised by SaSaD and ADS will also take in the event. Enjoy this issue… DEFENCE TURKEY 6 ISSUE 94/2019 S-400 Triumph Air and Missile Defence System and Turkey’s Air and Missile Defence Capability On July 12, 2019 the An-124/100 and IL-76TD EMERCOM transport aircraft carrying the first batch of equipment for the Turkish Air Force (TurAF)’s First S-400 System (Squadron) finally landed, one after another, on the Mürted Airfield Command in Ankara. How many batteries is the S-400 System composed of? What are the components of the System? Will they be able to be integrated to the national air defence network? Many other questions were examined for our readers, by our Editor İbrahim SÜNNETÇİ ISSUE 94/2019 7 DEFENCE TURKEY DEFENCE TURKEY 8 ISSUE 94/2019 The main air and missile defence capabilities of the Turkish Air Force (TurAF) are currently composed of over 30 fixed and transportable 3D air surveillance radar sensors that provide a real-time air picture of Turkey’s Airspace. They are deployed under the Air Control Group Command, 7 Control Warning Centers/Posts (KIM/KIP), 4 E-7T Airborne Early Warning and Control (AEW&C) aircraft serving under Airborne Warning Control Group © MoND Command and accepted as force multiplier, ground based air defence capability is expected to be gained April 2017 and the accomplishment missile systems (MIM-14 Nike during the second stage. The first of the advance payment in Hercules Missile Systems operating delivery as part of the Project is September 2017. The US$2,5 Billion under four active Nike Hercules aimed to be conducted at the deal covers the purchase of two Squadron Commands and four end of 2021. Within the scope of S-400 Triumph Systems with four HAWK XXI System Batteries) under the Long-Range Air and Missile Batteries. Instead of U.S. Dollars, the 15th Missile Base Command Defence System Project, being Turkey borrowed the loan in the and Tactical Data Link Systems that executed by Aselsan-Roketsan- Russian currency (Rubles). Turkey provide the command and control EuroSam in parallel with the finalized a credit deal with Russia between such systems. Currently, SİPER/GUMS Project, the Contract to purchase the S-400 Triumph Air the TurAF - which does not have a on the ‘Concept Identification’ and Missile Defence Systems. The new generation long-range air and Project with a schedule of 18 credit deal was signed by Ankara missile defence system capable of months was signed on January 5, on December 29, 2017. According intercepting ballistic missiles, is one 2018. In line with the contract, the to President ERDOĞAN, with of the few countries in the world and related ongoing system concept purchasing on ruble, Turkey will the only member of NATO meeting identification study is planned to be save up to 3% of the total debt. In its air defence requirements with the completed by October/November April 2018 following the ERDOĞAN F-16 Fighting Falcon fighters. 2019. In the press bulletin published and PUTIN meeting in Ankara, As part of the announcement on July 19, 2017 by the EuroSam Turkey, the delivery of the S-400 dated November 17, 2015 made Consortium, it was stressed that the Batteries had been brought forward by the Turkish Ministry of National Long Range Air and Missile Defence from the first quarter of 2020 to July Defence (MoND) on the cancellation System would be built based on the 2019. of the T-LoRAMiDS Project, it was technologies and expertise acquired by EuroSam’s ASTER Missile Family underlined that activities for fulfilling TurAF’s First S-400 the related demands with national in land and naval systems in a period resources would be continued. To of 25 years and with an investment Triumph Squadron ZAFER this end, in 2016, the Presidency of of EUR 11 Billion. Based on the (Triumph) Will Be Fully Defence Industries (SSB) launched aforementioned statement, it could Operational by April 2020! be assessed that a naval version (for the Indigenous Long-Range Air The Republic of Turkey’s Ministry TF-2000 AWDs) of the Long-Range Defence System (GUMS/HİSAR-U) of National Defence announced via Air and Missile Defence System will Project later named as SİPER.