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CONTENTS SHOOT & SCOOT

The ongoing war in Ukraine has reinforced
the importance of self-propelled artillery

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DEFENCE DELIGHT A CHANGED
Türkiye’s defence sector, which is
developing virtually on a daily basis, LANDSCAPE
has become one of the most important Major defence contractors still hold sway,
brands in the world’s arms industry but an increasing number of defence
contracts are going the way of big tech
INTERVIEW 09 companies and disruptive startups
Ahmet Akyol, CEO, Aselsan
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INTERVIEW 11 A BROTHER INDEED!

Dr Mehmet Demiroğlu, Integration of Turkish and Azerbaijani
General Manager, Turkish Aerospace armed forces is advanced in all areas

INTERVIEW 13 32 COLUMN
Hamad Al Marar, IT’S ALL CHANGE IN
Managing Director & CEO, Edge Group THE DEFENCE SECTOR!
Successful digital transformation is
15 essential for defence manufacturers to
ON THE ASCENT overcome internal challenges and unlock
high-performance manufacturing to
Defence ties between the U.S. and capitalise on growing demand
Türkiye are on the upswing again
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17 HOW SWARM

UNDERSEA QUEST TACTICS AND MODERN
A new generation of highly sophisticated TECHNOLOGY ARE
conventional submarines will change the RESHAPING THE
balance of undersea power BATTLEFIELD

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INVESTING IN SAFETY

Recent and ongoing conflicts, and the INDONESIA’S STRATEGIC
emergence of complex threats, have taught SHIFT IN MILITARY
navies the importance of improving their MODERNISATION AND
shipborne air-defence capabilities REGIONAL ROLE