One of the most eye-catching innovations at the IDEF '25 Fair and even among the fair's surprises was the powerful entry onto the defence industry scene by the R&D Center of the Ministry of National Defence (MoND)—a unit that has been actively operational for 12 years—with a remarkably large booth, unlike anything we had seen or were accustomed to in previous fairs. Among the 44 patented products on exhibited at the MoND R&D Center booth for the first time, the ones that particularly caught my attention were: the 2,000 lb GAZAP (Wrath) and NEB-2 HAYALET (Penetrator Bomb-2 Ghost) Aircraft Bombs; the Kamikaze Unmanned Surface Vehicles (USV) capable of carrying 1 ton of explosives; the 155 mm Ramjet Artillery Ammunition with a 130 km range; the 533 mm Heavyweight Torpedo with a 60 km range; the Imaging Infrared (IIR)-guided Air-to-Air Missile with a 180 km range; the 122 mm MLRS (artillery rocket) with a 60 km range; the long-life, high-energy-density Silver Oxide Battery used in the displayed Heavyweight Torpedo; the Flexible Ammunition Chute made from stainless 304 and aluminum 6000 materials for 20 mm Gatling Guns; and the air-cooled, spark-ignition Wankel Engine developed for Kamikaze UAVs, with 38 HP capacity, operable at a maximum altitude of 4,500 m, consuming 45 cc of fuel at 1,000 RPM, and weighing 11.5 kg.

During the fair, I visited the MoND R&D Center booth twice on different days. On the first visit, I gathered information from the personnel about the products that had caught my eye. On the second visit, I had the opportunity for a short interview with Ms. Nilüfer KUZULU, the Head of the MoND R&D Center, regarding these products. Based on the insights I gained from my conversations with the personnel and Ms. KUZULU, it is possible to summarize the features of the products that caught my attention as follows: