STM Defense Technologies Engineering and Trade Inc. continues to contribute to the operational capabilities of the Turkish Armed Forces with its national technologies that have proven effective in the battlefield. STM’s national warships and unmanned systems will undertake active duty in the EFES-2026 Exercise, conducted by the Turkish Armed Forces in Izmir Seferihisar with the participation of 45 countries. KARGU Swarm Goes to the Field at EFES-2026 This year, within the scope of EFES-2026, STM’s national strike UAV KARGUs will be on the field with their autonomous swarm capabilities.
KARGUs, which attract attention with their artificial intelligence and image processing supported mission capabilities, can carry out coordinated missions within the scope of the swarm concept and launch simultaneous attacks against the target. STM proved its capabilities in the field of swarm UAVs in the field test conducted in Ankara Polatlı in January 2026. A flock of 20 KARGU; It hit its targets accurately with real ammunition, autonomously under the control of a single operator, with completely national algorithms, and broke new ground in the world in the field of swarm operation with live ammunition.
National Soldiers of the Blue Homeland. Various ships of the MİLGEM Ada Class, Turkey’s first national corvette project, of which STM served as the main subcontractor at EFES and four of which have been delivered to the Turkish Navy to date, are successfully fulfilling their duties in the actual firing field phase of the exercise. In addition to STM’s submarine construction projects, submarines that have been modernized with national and modern systems and extended their lives are also taking part in the exercise.
STM’s Latest Technologies Will Be Exhibited at EFES At the Defense Industry Exhibition to be held within the scope of the exercise, sea and unmanned solutions reflecting STM’s national engineering capabilities will be presented to local and foreign delegations. Turkey’s first national frigate TCG İSTANBUL (F-515), of which STM is the main contractor, Turkey’s first national assault boat, logistics support ship and unmanned autonomous underwater vehicle STM NETA 300 will take its place at the STM stand.
In the field of unmanned aerial vehicles; The products that were showcased for the first time at the SAHA-2026 Fair will be exhibited at EFES. The 1000 km range Kamikaze UAV System KUZGUN, whose test flights are ongoing, the Drone Hunter TUNGA-X, which can reach a speed of 300 km per hour to neutralize enemy kamikaze UAVs, the mini reconnaissance and surveillance UAV system TOGAN-Mini, the KarguFPV kamikaze, the national spotter UAV system TOGAN and the national striker UAV KARGU, which operates in 15 countries on 4 different continents, were selected by the delegations in the exercise by STM.
will be examined closely at the stand. Güleryüz: We are at EFES with our National Systems from Sea to Sky. STM General Manager Özgür Güleryüz used the following statements in his evaluation of the EFES-2026 Exercise: “The EFES Exercise continues to be one of the most important areas where the high operational capabilities of our Turkish Armed Forces and the technological level reached by our defense industry are demonstrated to the world.
As STM, we stand by our heroic security forces with the national solutions we have developed in a wide range of areas, from naval platforms to unmanned systems.” We are proud to take part in this year’s EFES-2026. It is of great importance that our KARGUs, which have autonomous herding capabilities, take part in the field and show the technological level we have reached. “In line with Turkey’s goal of a fully independent defense industry, we will continue to develop field-proven, game-changing national technologies and add strength to our security forces in the field.”
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