Ex-chief summarizes Turkish defence industry's nine-year results VIDEO

Ismail Demir, who was appointed as deputy defence industry minister in April 2014, has summed up the results of nine years of the Turkish defence industry.

He made the results public in a farewell message he posted on the occasion of his resignation, Caliber.Az reports, citing the Twitter page of SavunmaSanayiST.com.

Prof. Dr. İsmail Demir'den veda mesajı: 9 yılın özetihttps://t.co/0B4sq9RkAS

— SavunmaSanayiST.com (@SavunmaSanayiST) June 6, 2023

For more than nine years, the defence industry has experienced great progress and development. If you look at the indicators of the defence industry during Demir's leadership, the export of defence and aerospace products, which amounted to $1.5 billion in 2014, reached $4.4 billion in 2022.

The turnover of the defence and aerospace industries, which amounted to $5.1 billion in 2004, reached $12.2 billion by the end of 2022.

If 361 projects were implemented in 2014, then in 2023 their number will exceed 810.

Important achievements in the defence industry over the past nine years:

The first national KAAN fighter taxied to the runway in 2023.

The first national unmanned fighter Bayraktar KIZILELMA made its first flight in 2022.

HÜRJET, the first national jet aircraft, made its first flight in 2023.

The first national attack helicopter T129 ATAK entered service in 2014.

The first domestic helicopter T625 GÖKBEY made its first flight - 2018.

The first national reconnaissance ship TCG UFUK entered service in 2022.

The TCG Anadolu multi-purpose UDC is put into service - 2023.

The first national frigate ISTANBUL launched in 2021.

The first KORKUT national air defence system entered service in 2016.

The BAYRAKTAR TB2 UAV entered service in 2014.

Serial production of the first national assault rifle MPT-76 - 2016 has been started.

The first national anti-ship missile ATMACA entered service in 2021.

The first national engine for the PD170 - 2018 UAV has been delivered.

The first AKINCI national heavy UAV entered service in 2021.

Launch of the first Turkish carrier for space flight SONDA ROCKET - 2020

Serial production of the first national armed unmanned surface vehicle ULAQ - 2021 has been started.

The first national heavy-class torpedo AKYA - 2021 was delivered.

The first national medium-range air defence system HISAR entered service in 2022.

The first national turbojet rocket engine KTJ3200 - 2022 has been delivered.

The project of the first national helicopter engine TS1400 - 2017 has begun.

Achievements of 2023:

Launch of the IMECE Earth remote sensing satellite into space.

Launch of the KILIÇSAT CubeSat satellite into space.

The GÖKDENIZ short-range air defence system has begun to be installed on ships.

An electronic warfare system of the MERTER Ridge type has been delivered.

The Bayraktar KIZILELMA unmanned fighter made a joint flight in autonomous mode.

ALTAY tanks have been handed over to the Defence Ministry to complete the tests.

The ANKA-3 unmanned stealth bomber took off on the runway for the first time after taxiing.

The domestic GÖKBEY helicopter with a domestic engine made its first flight.

The ATAK-2 heavy-class attack helicopter made its first flight.

For the first time in the world, the ÇAKIR cruise missile was launched from an AKINCI UAV.

For the first time, a torpedo was launched from an unmanned surface vehicle SIDA (MIR-SIDA).

Successful tests of the national SIPER long-range air defence system have been carried out.

The ULAK 4.5G base station was integrated into the Anka UAV and the first audio and video communication was carried out.

Investments in the amount of TL 8 billion and an employment program for 2,500 people have been launched in the earthquake-affected region.

The first F-16s were delivered, the avionics modernization of which was completed within the framework of the ÖZGÜR project.

The ZAHA amphibious armoured vehicle has entered service.