ASFAT
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| Company type | Anonim Şirket |
|---|---|
| Industry | Defence, shipbuilding |
| Founded | January 12, 2018 |
| Headquarters | , |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Alpaslan KAVAKLIOĞLU (Chairman)[1] |
| Products | Combat vehicles, warships, floating dry docks, aerospace products |
| Services | Aircraft maintenance; hangar construction; contractor |
| Owner | Turkish Ministry of National Defense |
Number of employees | >27,000 (2019) |
ASFAT Inc., (Turkish: ASFAT, acronym: Askeri Fabrika ve Tersane İşletme, Military Factory and Shipyard Management) is a Turkish state-owned defense contractor.[2] The company under the jurisdiction of the Turkish Ministry of National Defense, which develop, manage and utilise the facilities and capabilities of the 27 ordnance factories and 3 public naval shipyards in Turkey that were previously led by the country's Ministry of National Defense, to provide design, manufacture, maintenance, sustainment and training for global defence market.
History
[edit]In 2019 ASFAT partnered with Vard Marine of Canada to produce naval and coast guard vessels for the international market.[3] Also at International Defence Industry Fair 2019 ASFAT signed an MOU with Damen Group.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ ASFAT. "Board of Directors - ASFAT".
- ^ Dominguez, Gabriel. "Update: Turkey's STM wins tender for Pakistani corvettes". janes.com. Janes. Retrieved 4 June 2019.
- ^ Stevenson, Beth. "IDEF 2019: Vard Marine and ASFAT sign MOU for Turkish ship development". janes.com. Janes. Retrieved 4 June 2019.
- ^ "ASFAT AND DAMEN SIGN MOU AT IDEF IN ISTANBUL". damen.com. Damen. Retrieved 4 June 2019.
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