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Our defence industry will

become stronger

The defence industry sector continues achieving great successes.
Now, another step is ascended and the concept design of our
national tank ‘Altay’ is completed.

Our unmanned aerial vehicle ‘Anka’ which can stay
at 10 thousands of meters of altitude for 24 hours National tank production is beginning
has begun its test flights. With the development We have completed the design of the first Turkish
and success of ‘Anka’, we will be the 3rd country Combat Tank ‘Altay’ as one of the biggest objectives
which can produce an unmanned aerial vehicle with of the Turkish Defence Industry. The serial-
strategic abilities after the USA and Israel. Almost production of ‘Altay’ tanks will begin in 2017.
150 mini unmanned aerial vehicles which have been
manufactured domestically have still been used by Strong domestic defence industry
the Turkish Armed forces. The domestic defence industry will be strengthened
in any phase from design to production in order to
The first corvette warship MILGEM has been reduce foreign-source dependency in the defence
completely designed and constructed by our industry field. Domestic research and development
country and begun its test runs. Our first combat projects and technology management will be
helicopter ATAK is now in prototype production attached great importance in development of the
phase. The jet engine has been produced and flown defence industry.
for the first time. The mission computer as the most
important control instrument of planes, helicopters Turkey will become a data center
and tanks has been produced. The production Our country will become the call center and data
activities of the training plane called as HURKUS center base of Europe and our region.
have been initiated. The plane will be flying in the
next year. It will be ensured that Turkey will have at least one
national company, at least one national brand and
These projects which develops our national defence at least one national product which we will hold
industry will continue in the new term without the design and standards of it which will have a
slowing down. say in the Global Information and Communication
Technologies market.
The first step for domestic seismic ship
We go on attack in petroleum search in seas. We The production of domestic cell phones will be
have begun construction of our seismic search ship supported and expanded and domestic product use
for finding our own petroleum. It will become the will be increased.
first domestic seismic ship of Turkey.
Cyber threats will be prevented
The landing platform dock is coming Until 2015, it will be ensured that the critical
The domestic Landing Platform Dock (LPD) has information infrastructures of our country are
been constructed in order to increase the high level protected from cyber threats. Continuous and
combat capacity of Turkish Naval Forces. In 5 years, regular improvements will be performed in the field
LPDs will join the Turkish Navy. Only 7-8 navies of the of cyber security and it will be provided that the
world have Landing Platform Docks (LPD). domestic products and systems are developed.

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