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ASFAT Inc.
Company typeAnonim Şirket
IndustryDefence, shipbuilding
FoundedJanuary 12, 2018; 6 years ago (2018-01-12)
Headquarters,
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Alpaslan KAVAKLIOĞLU (Chairman)[1]
ProductsCombat vehicles, warships, floating dry docks, aerospace products
ServicesAircraft maintenance; hangar construction; contractor
OwnerTurkish 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

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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

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  1. ^ ASFAT. "Board of Directors - ASFAT".
  2. ^ Dominguez, Gabriel. "Update: Turkey's STM wins tender for Pakistani corvettes". janes.com. Janes. Retrieved 4 June 2019.
  3. ^ Stevenson, Beth. "IDEF 2019: Vard Marine and ASFAT sign MOU for Turkish ship development". janes.com. Janes. Retrieved 4 June 2019.
  4. ^ "ASFAT AND DAMEN SIGN MOU AT IDEF IN ISTANBUL". damen.com. Damen. Retrieved 4 June 2019.