In the scope of this project, the Fifth Ship of the MİLGEM is being designed and built as the first national Frigate and the first ship of the “ISTIF” Class Frigates.

Around 80 subcontractors work for more than 150 systems in the project. In total, the number of contracted companies reached to 220. It is aimed to increase the rate of local content of the “ISTANBUL” Frigate above 75 percent.

Onboard this ship, there are critical weapon and sensor systems that will be developed indigenously and included in the inventory for the first time.

The first ship “ISTANBUL” is aimed to be delivered to Turkish Navy in 2023. The necessary operations for the follow-up platforms, which are the 6th, 7th and 8th Frigates of our MİLGEM “ISTIF” Class Frigates are being conducted.