UK Defence Secretary on the use of drones

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The Rt Hon Ben Wallace

Ben Wallace was Secretary of State for Defence from 24 July 2019 to 31 August 2023. Education Ben attended the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst and Millfield School in Somerset. Political career Ben first entered politics as a Member of the Scottish Parliament in 1999. Following a move to...

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SOM Air-to-Surface Cruise Missile - Airforce Technology

Stand-Off Missile (SOM) is Turkey’s first indigenous long-range, autonomous, high-precision air-to-surface cruise missile. It was designed and developed jointly by…

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SOM equipped on Akinci drone

 

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The Azerbaijan-Armenia conflict hints at the future of war

A fleet of cheap Turkish drones is slicing through Armenian defences

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Turkey’s Drones Are Coming In All Sizes These Days

Turkey is developing an increasing variety of lethal armed drones that range from large, high-flying, bomb-laden ones to very small, low-flying UAVs that can form deadly swarms.

www.forbes.com

 

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UK Air Chief Marshal's visit to TAI's engineering building for the TF-X project.
The UK (BAE Systems) will assist Turkey in engineering its own combat aircraft.




Mockup of BAE-TAI combat aircraft displayed infronof TAI TF-X engineering building in Ankara

 

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UK / Turkey: Framework Agreement on Military Cooperation [TS No.5/2019]

UK/Turkey: Framework Agreement on Military Cooperation [TS No.5/2019]

This treaty was presented to Parliament in August 2019.

www.gov.uk

ARTICLE III
Fields of Military Cooperation

1. Military exercises, training and education;
2. Military and defence institutions and contact visits;
3. Sending observers to military exercises;
4. Defence industry, procurement of equipment and associated support
5. Organizational structure, personnel management and equipment of their armed forces;
6. Defence/military intelligence;
7. Logistics and logistical systems;
8. Military medicine and health services;
9. Military museums and military history;
10. Communications, electronics and information systems;
11. Peacekeeping and humanitarian aid operations;
12. Exchange of information on military legal systems;
13. Cartography, hydrography and military geography;
14. Exchange of personnel for social and professional development;
15. Military scientific and technological research;
16. Search and rescue;
17. Social, sporting and cultural activities;
18. Such other areas or activities as may be agreed upon or noted by the Parties

 

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Rolls-Royce and Turkey’s EUAS International ICC agree study for compact nuclear power stations

Rolls-Royce and Turkey’s EUAS International ICC agree study for compact nuclear power stations

www.rolls-royce.com

Rolls-Royce and Turkey’s EUAS International ICC have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to carry out a study to evaluate both the technical, economical and legal applicability; and also the possibility of joint production of compact nuclear power stations (aka SMR) to underpin clean economic growth.

This announcement will help the provision of low carbon energy systems and marks an exciting new chapter in the strong relationship between the United Kingdom and the Republic of Turkey.

 

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UK / Turkey = Allies in the Eastern Mediteranean

 

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UK Ankara ambassador has been named new Chief of UK Intelligence

New MI6 boss named as former ambassador to Turkey Richard Moore

New MI6 boss named as former ambassador to Turkey Richard Moore

Moore will take over as director general of Secret Intelligence Service from Sir Alex Younger

www.theguardian.com

 

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UK-Turkey sign free-trade agreement
The first after Brexit

 

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The Guardian: UK wants new drones in wake of Azerbaijan military success

Turkish drones cost 20 times less than US drones the UK posseses

Earlier this month Ben Wallace, the UK defence secretary, said that Turkish TB2 drones were an example of how other countries were now “leading the way”. (...)
Manufactured by Baykar Makina, the TB2 drones cost as little as $1m to $2m each according to analyst estimates, far less than the near $20m per drone paid by the British military for a fleet of 16 high-end, next-generation Protector drones manufactured by US specialist General Atomics.

UK wants new drones in wake of Azerbaijan military success

MoD wants to procure cheaper armed drones for UK as it studies lessons from recent conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh

www.theguardian.com