Meteksan Defense and Saudi Arabia relations are deepening

In his statement to Defensehere.com, Meteksan Defense Deputy General Manager Burak Akbaş drew attention to the increasing defense industry cooperation between Saudi Arabia and Türkiye in recent years. Akbaş said that they introduced product groups such as radar systems, electronic warfare systems, sonar systems and training simulators for Saudi Arabia. Referring to the visibility of Turkish defense industry companies in international fairs, Akbaş emphasized that both Saudi Arabian officials and delegations from different countries of the world showed great interest in Turkish companies.

Akbaş used the following statements: “The increasing relations between Turkey and Saudi Arabia in recent years have also been significantly reflected in the defense industry sector. As you can see here, we have many Turkish defense industry companies. In particular, both Saudi Arabian officials and delegations from other countries of the world have a very serious interest in Turkish defense industry companies.” We can observe this closely here.” Important projects were explained to Saudi Arabian officials.

Providing information about the activities they carried out within the scope of the fair, Akbaş said: “As Meteksan Defense, we had the opportunity to introduce our radar systems, electronic warfare systems, sonar systems, the subsystems we develop for platforms such as unmanned aerial vehicles or missile platforms, and the projects we carry out in the field of training simulators at this fair. “We had the opportunity to hold many meetings with delegations from Saudi Arabia and other countries.” “There are significant demands for localization” Referring to the negotiations they conducted in line with Saudi Arabia’s localization goals, Akbaş concluded his words as follows: “We observe that there is significant interest from both companies and delegations from different parts of the world, especially in recent years.

We also had many meetings. Within the scope of our work in Saudi Arabia, this country has important demands and initiatives towards localization. In this context, we have held various meetings with Saudi Arabian companies located here to discuss cooperation opportunities and to produce Meteksan Defense’s products here with local means and offer them to the end user.”