TURKISH DEFENCE & AEROSPACE
UPDATE

September 2004



Contents

ATAK RfP delayed further

New Command Structure of the Turkish Armed Forces

Future of Naval Shipbuilding: Can Turkey Go it Alone!

NATO's JCSE Deactivated, While CC Air HQ Activated

THY Fleet Renewal: 51 New Aircraft Ordered

TuAF F-16s to be Modernized Under a CCIP Approach

Pakistan Navy Takes Delivery of the MRTP-15 VBSS Boats

TLFC Continues its Search for a Modern MBT

TAFICS Continues to Grow

Georgia Assumes BlackSeaFor Command

NATO Air Meet '04