TURKISH DEFENCE INDUSTRY PRODUCT CATALOGUE

7 within the framework of the 9th Development Plan. This plan emphasised international collaborations in R&D and joint production-design activities. Under the leadership of SSM, it was planned to develop an infrastructure for a defence industry that can create efficient solutions and meet national defence and security requirements internally and has international competitiveness. The process of adopting a vision accelerated with the Defence IndustrySelectCommissionReport(2007-2013).Itwas plannedtotakemeasuresatapoliticallevel,notablypre- paring for EU membership, and activate the procurement system. Indigenous Technologies During the 2010s, indigenous design programmes were emphasised under the responsibility of the domestic main contractors in order to ensure that critical technologies and design capabilities are met domestically to the maximum extent. 2012- 2016 SSM Strategic Plan was published to manage the industrialisation, technology and procurement programmes that would continuously improve the defence and security capabilities of the country. Today, the Turkish defence industry continues to present a steady growth thanks to its strong infrastructure. Indigenous designs and technological capabilities together have formed original products. Primarily landvehicles, butalsonaval andairplatforms, have been developed and are being exported. The industry has also made breakthroughs in innovation and current weapon systems, as well as unmanned platforms and turrets. The 10th Development Plan (2014-2019) emphasises supporting network and clustering structures in specific areas of the defence industry. A competitive structure of the defence industry and meeting logistics needs in an integrated and sustainable way by the country’s industry based on indigenous designs were aimed. Civil use of appropriate technologies and increasing the domestic ratio and the share allocated for R&D were also prioritised.