“Front Runners of Military Operations”

by Arda MEVLÜTOĞLU

Though 100% owned by Thales Group, the entire YALTES staff is Turkish. In time, having evolved from a company structure which conducted the production of designed products as per the provided the production documents, YALTES has transformed into a company structure that makes fully indigenous designs, develops indigenous solutions for Combat Management Systems (CMS) and Integrated Platform Management System (IPMS) for naval platforms, manufactures, delivers and offers maintenance and repair services for these solutions. In the special interview we recently conducted with YALTES General Manager Bülent HAMZAOĞLU, we discuss the milestones of the aforementioned transformation, R&D activities, the company’s competitive power in domestic and global markets, their ongoing projects and export activities.