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Turkish defense company Aselsan to develop strategic naval radar BURAK BEKDÄ°L TurkeyÂ’s defense procurement agency has tasked the countryÂ’s leading defense electronics firm Aselsan to develop strategic naval radar, in which TurkeyÂ’s capabilities in the field will be tested TurkeyÂ’s biggest defense company, Aselsan, has won a contract to develop what defense analysts view as an ambitious venture for the design, development and production of a strategic radar. The contract for the multi-mission phased array radar, known by its Turkish acronym CAFRAD Faz-1, was signed in early August between Aselsan and the countryÂ’s defense procurement agency, the Undersecretariat for Defense...

The Turkish air force has received its first of 16 McDonnell Douglas F-4E Phantoms to be upgraded under a $24 million deal with local supplier Aselsan. Dubbed Simsek (Lightning), the project will equip the strike aircraft with new avionics, navigation and secure digital communications equipment, plus replacement flight software and improved mission planning equipment. Related structural renovation work is being conducted by the air force's 1st air supply and maintenance centre in Eskisehir. The effort follows an earlier project to modernise some of the air force's reconnaissance-configured RF-4Es, which delivered its first aircraft last year. "The F-4E has been operated...