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As MilSOFT being a software development recurring costsWe expect the decision makers
and system integration company, I would like take these into consideration on such type
to emphasize on software development on of scenarios. Otherwise, it becomes difficult
defense sector; for the local firms to make investment and
develop product by their own shareholders
Turkey has put forth great incentives to support equity.
software companies, which will greatly help
the country achieve its 2023 goals in the Another important point is particularly, for
software sector. Turkey has an advantage in governmental/foundation companies to
terms of human resources in the software become able to initiate to develop the same
sector because for many years, electronics skills while there is already a developed skill
engineering and software engineering were present within nature of our defense industry.
preferred disciplines among high school We believe that if the country has resource
graduates. With regards to education, Turkey and time, it should use this to develop new
is strong in the engineering field, which will skills towards increasing the total power of
also support the country’s 2023 goals. defense industry. This would ensure, in the
same time, to use the resources assigned for
To achieve the country’s 2023 goals, we development of our defense industry more
have to focus on developing innovative and effectively and efficiently. This approach
new indigenous software solutions with would increase competitiveness of our
continuous support from the government. defense industry in the international markets.
The Turkish defense industry must become
competitive in the international arena based Production, investment and export works
on technologies, quality and price. The for 2017
government must ensure that the defense When the defense industry was established
companies in Turkey adapt to the goals and in Turkey, software became an important
are competitive in all the critical areas. To be factor when developing initial policies. The
competitive in international markets, sustain Turkish Armed Forces adopted a directive that
and further develop existing capabilities, the required gaining software capabilities of the
private sector also needs more support from defense systems that Turkey was acquiring.
the government. To contribute to the policy, MilSOFT was
established in 1998 with the aim to develop
Nationalization and Research and software in accordance with the highest
Development’s impacts on the sector... level of international standards applicable
We are observing that there are some various to defense companies. The goal was also to
international strategies being applied to develop our own indigenous technologies that
prevent the development of our indigenous would enable the company to be independent.
capabilities and skills which have been MilSOFT wanted to be competitive in global
developed nationally in Turkey by both, MilSOFT markets, which also required an effective
and other firms that started to compete in management infrastructure within the
the international markets, particularly, in company.
defense sector. Especially in software field,
there are some difficulties in making R&D MilSOFT worked towards obtaining
and meeting the R&D expenditures by sales certifications for international quality
of that product. Similar products of foreign standards and earned ISO 9001 certification
firms are products that come without non- in 1999.

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