NewsSTM to Showcase Advanced Defence Technologies in Africa
STM, one of the leading companies in the Turkish defence industry, will exhibit its naval platforms and tactical mini UAV systems at the Africa Aerospace and Defence (AAD) 2024.
Having played an important role in Türkiye’s recent breakthrough in the defense industry, STM Savunma Teknolojileri Mühendislik ve Ticaret A.Ş. offers critical solutions in such areas as naval platforms, tactical mini UAV systems and cyber security. STM, a subsidiary of the Turkish Presidency of Secretariat of Defence Industries (SSB), brings its experience, which has been gained through the company’s efforts to meet Türkiye’s needs, to friendly and allied nations through cooperation and technology transfer.
STM will be displaying mock-ups of Türkiye's first national corvette project – the Ada Class MILGEM, Türkiye's first national frigate the İstif (I) Class Frigate, STM-MPAC Multi Purpose Attack Craft, Pakistan Navy Fleet Tanker (PNFT) and will be presenting its STM500, a small-sized submarine designed using national resources to the participants.
STM, which has achieved global success by developing pioneering projects in the field of unmanned and smart systems, will exhibit its tactical mini UAV systems, at South Africa.
From among STM’s tactical mini-UAV systems, KARGU (loitering munition), Türkiye's first national attack UAV that has been exported to nearly 10 countries on three different continents to date; Mini UAV BOYGA with Mortar Payload, which was added to the Turkish Armed Forces (TAF) inventory two years ago; and TOGAN, a national surveillance and reconnaissance UAV, will also be on display at the STM stand.
STM will showcase its future-shaping technologies at booth 3E22, hangar 3 at the AAD-2024, which will be held on 18–22 September in the City of Tshwane, South Africa.
STM Submarine Projects
As part of its design, construction and modernization activities, STM is producing indigenous and flexible engineering solutions for the surface and submarine platforms of the Turkish Navy, and for those of friendly and allied nations, aiming to address specific needs and ensure more effective mission performance.
Undertaking crucial tasks in the submarine modernization and construction projects of the Turkish Navy, STM successfully completed the modernization of two Ay-Class submarines (Type 209/1200) in its role as main contractor in 2015. Continuing its system procurement and platform integration activities as coordinator partner in the modernization of four Preveze-class and four Gür Class submarines (Type 209/1400), STM has also been serving as the main contractor in the modernization of the French-made Agosta 90B Khalid-class submarines owned by Pakistan since 2016. Deliveries of the first two submarines in the Agosta 90B Modernization project have been completed, and STM is continuing the modernisation works on the third submarine in Pakistan.
STM is also playing an important role in the construction of New-Type Submarines (Reis-Class-Type 214), which will be equipped with an air-independent propulsion (AIP) system. STM has successfully carried out design, engineering and system integration activities related to the Turkish Navy's latest modern submarine design – the Reis-Class submarine, and has completed the domestic production of "Section 50" of the bow, which houses the torpedo tubes (main weapons), becoming one of the few countries in the world that can carry out such a task, and has completed their delivery under the Project.
In other news, the pressure hull test production of the small-sized STM500 submarine designed by STM engineers using domestic resources started in June 2022, and STM’s R&D activities to develop an unmanned autonomous underwater vehicle are also underway.
