SAHA Istanbul Defense, Aerospace and Space Cluster, Turkey's largest and Europe's second largest industrial cluster SAHA Istanbul is closing the first half of 2022 as Europe's largest industrial cluster. The rise of the domestic defense industry has been registered in the international arena with SAHA Istanbul sitting at the top of Europe.
SAHA EXPO Fair, which will be held between 25 -28 October 2022, SAHA MBA training, which started its third term within SAHA Academy and prepared the sector for the growth process of management, branding and becoming a world brand, SAHA Initiative, which supports entrepreneurial companies that want to implement their new projects in the sector, and 816 members. Realizing many projects in order to contribute to the rise of the sector, SAHA Istanbul supports the rise of the Turkish Defense industry. Founded in 2015, SAHA Istanbul has grown 7 times in 35 years and continues to grow by becoming the largest industrial cluster in Europe.
SAHA Istanbul Industry cluster, which includes 816 companies and 22 universities in the Defense, Aerospace Technologies industry, is preparing to become the largest industrial cluster in Europe. SAHA Istanbul Secretary General İlhami Keleş said in a statement on the subject; “We were the second largest cluster after Airbus in the European Clusters Union. Our SAHA Istanbul Cluster, together with the companies accepted in our Board of Directors this month, has reached a size even greater than Airbus's “AerospaceValley” in Toulouse. We are now the largest cluster in Europe. The domestic defense industry is rapidly rising in the international arena and as SAHA Istanbul, we contribute greatly to this development. The fact that SAHA Istanbul is the largest industrial cluster in Europe will put Turkey in a stronger position in the field of Defense, Aviation and Space Technologies”.
Explaining that taking part in the world competition in the field of Defense, Aviation and Space has come to a very important position for Turkey, İlhami Keleş said; “ By combining the capabilities of companies to eliminate foreign dependency; we create this synergy with new talents, consortia and similar structures. The Russia-Ukraine war showed that the self-power and self-defense capabilities of the countries are ahead of everything.
HIGH TECHNOLOGY IS NO LONGER ENOUGH, IT NEEDS TO BE ABLE TO MANUFACTURE THEM WITH DOMESTIC RESOURCES. SAHA ISTANBUL STRIVES TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE SECTOR WITH THIS OBJECTIVE
Indicating that the defense industry for Turkey is a matter of existence and non-existence when the geographical conditions we are in are evaluated, SAHA Istanbul Secretary General İlhami Keleş said, “Our domestic defense industry can be used in Syria, Iraq, Libya, the Eastern Mediterranean, Karabakh and Ukraine. , on which articles are written, systems followed by the world right now. The success of our Unmanned Aerial Vehicles is indisputable, but as SAHA Istanbul, all of our members we support carry out successful projects at world standards. The Turkish Defense industry is developing very rapidly and developing very important projects in areas such as ammunition technologies, Electronic Warfare, Software Technologies and the reflection of similar industrial capabilities on land vehicles, and naval platforms.”
Ilhami Keleş underlined that the fact that SAHA Istanbul is the largest industrial cluster in Europe is a very important development for Turkey that will take the cyclical wind behind it and said, “We will be holding the SAHA EXPO Defense, Aviation and Space Technologies Fair on October 25-28. We'll see your talents showcased to the world. Both the world's most important defense industry representatives and Turkey's successful companies will meet at SAHA Expo. We will bring together the successful rise of Turkey in the world, especially in Europe, with very important events at SAHA Expo.”
SAHA ISTANBUL, WITH TECHNICAL COMMITTEES ON 10 DIFFERENT HEADS, CONDUCTS THE DEFENSE INDUSTRY, LIKE A PROJECT KITCHEN, IN COORDINATED WORKS
Ilhami Keleş also gave information about the important structures of SAHA Istanbul that contribute to the sector; “We are carrying out Technical committee studies under 10 different titles in order to develop projects in the areas needed by the defense industry, aviation and space sectors, to contribute to localization studies and to form opinions for the development of the sector. These technical committees work like project kitchens in coordination with other public institutions and organizations, R&D centers and universities. These committees;
- Materials and Material Forming Technical Committee
- Machinery and Other Manufacturing Equipment Technical Committee
- Electrical and Electronics Technical Committee
- Testing and Certification Technical Committee
- Software Automation and Digital Transformation Technical Committee
- MİHENK National Aviation Industry Committee
- In addition to the Subsystems Technical Committee, the following committees have recently been established, based on the need:
- Logistics and Supply Chain Technical Committee
- Space Technical Committee
- Education Technical Committee
National ERP system development, 5 Axis CNC Machine Production (MILTEKSAN), development of cabin air conditioning system for aircraft (TASECS), rare earth elements, magnet production, technical textiles, PCB card production, establishment of overseas joint service centers within the scope of Technical Committee studies, In logistics and supply chain management, projects have been implemented or continue to be developed on many different topics such as ensuring the digital transformation of companies, artificial intelligence applications, and the development of autonomous underwater vehicles.
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