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Army

Turkey’s Potential $500 Million First Main Battle Tank Project Under Way

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Friday, August 29th, 2008

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Turkey's first national main battle tank, The ALTAY Project, is under way under prime contractor Koc Group's Otokar. The estimated budget for design, prototype production, tests and qualification of the ALTAY Tank, which will provide new technologies and skills to the Turkish defense industry, amounts to $500 million, Murad Bayar, undersecretary for the Defence Industries of Turkey (SSM), said at the Aug. 1 contract signing ceremony. Design studies for ALTAY tank will be done under Otokar, and the project aims…

Congress

Key Defense Committee Members Face Tight Midterm Races, Including HASC GOP’ers In Virginia

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‘Theoretical Potential’ to Achieve 1,509 Combat-Coded Fighters by 2035, USAF Says

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Budget

Hegseth Pushes For Reconciliation With At Least $350 Billion For Defense ‘Regardless’ Of Midterms Outcome

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Wednesday the Trump administration plans to continue its push for at least $350 billion in defense funds via the reconciliation process “regardless of what happens […]

Congress

Bipartisan Push in Senate to Hasten Export of 155 mm, GMLRS, HIMARS for Ukraine

A small, bipartisan group of senators is backing the Fast Tracking European Investment in Ukraine’s Defense Act, S. 5175, to hasten the export of allied buys of U.S. munitions for […]