At DSEI 2019 in London, STM has introduced its mini-UAV systems with advanced features to the leading players of the global defense sector. STM takes a leading role in the defense industry with solutions developed in engineering, technology, and consultancy.
MINI-UAV System (Picture source: STM)
STM Savunma Teknolojileri Mühendislikve Ticaret, which takes a leading role in the defense industry with solutions developed in engineering, technology, and consultancy under the leadership of the Turkish Presidency of Defense Industries (SSB), exhibits its distinctive and innovative products at Defense Systems & Equipment International (DSEI). STM is taking part in the fair with mini-UAV systems that have broken new ground in Turkey, military naval platforms that have reached national and international success, and radar technologies.
Omer Korkut, STM Chief Technology Officer, underlines that STM is an engineering company producing technology, indicating, “Technologies we develop and produce with local and national capabilities undertake important tasks for the security of Turkey while we continue to strengthen our position in the international defense market with foreign demands for our products and services. We have export and business development activities in more than 20 countries from the Far East to South America. On the international stage provided by DSEI 2019, we aim to develop new business partnerships, especially for our target markets while taking our existing partnerships to the next level. We are confidently moving towards becoming a global player by continuing our investments with the goal of export-oriented growth.
STM's drone family consists of ALPAGU (Fixed Wing, Portable Smart Munition System), KARGU (Rotary Wing, Portable Smart Munition System), and TOGAN (Multi-Rotor Surveillance UAS) platforms. These platforms consisting of systems with a superior tactical capability can provide critical solutions for asymmetric warfare, counter-terrorism and security operations. TOGAN and ALPAGU are expected to be included in the inventory of security forces in the near future after the KARGU, which has been already in the inventory of the Turkish Armed Forces and operates successfully. Working hard to apply swarm technologies supported by artificial intelligence to the platforms it has developed, STM has provided the KARGU platform with the capability of swarm operations. This system – the first swarm attack drone project in Turkey - can perform multi-drone missions with more than 20 platforms without user interaction.
STM focuses on military naval platforms, autonomous systems, cybersecurity, satellite and radar technologies, command and control systems, certification and consultancy. STM successfully carried its projects and products that lead the domestic industry to the international market, which rose to 85th place in 2019 in the Defense News Top 100 list, where it entered in the 97th place in 2018. The company achieved significant success by 53% growth in one year and continues its activities with the aim of being in the top 50for the coming years.
STM has been serving the defense industry for more than a quarter-century in engineering, technology, and consultancy. The company uses its core capabilities and technologies in strategically niche areas ranging from military naval platforms to satellite operations, cybersecurity, big data analytics, and artificial intelligence applications and carries out projects in critical areas needed by Turkey and friendly countries.
