MKE aims to integrate the Close Air Defense System TOLGA into commercial ships.

The International Naval Defense Exhibition EURONAVAL opened on November 3 at the Paris-Nord Villepinte Exhibition Center in Villepinte, France. The fair, attended by defense companies operating in the maritime field from around the world, will end on November 6.

MKE exhibits TOLGA Close Air Defense System, PİRANA kamikaze unmanned marine vehicle (KİDA), MALAMAN Smart Bottom Mine, MKE BALKIN ammunition and different naval solutions at its stand at the fair.

Şafak made evaluations to the AA reporter about MKE's prominent products at the fair.

Stating that they participated in EURONAVAL for the first time as MKE, Şafak said, "Here, we present the newly developed seafood products and offer them to our customers." he said.

Şafak stated that TOLGA, developed by MKE, has the feature of a 20 mm double-barreled revolver weapon system and said, "This weapon system has a capacity of 3 thousand 200 shots per minute and has an effective range of 1000 meters with the particle ammunition we developed." he said.

Explaining that TOLGA was integrated into the ship and tested in the National Unmanned Naval Systems Exercise (TURNAs-2026) in recent weeks, Şafak continued as follows:

"(With TOLGA) We have successfully destroyed our air and surface targets. This weapon system is an important system in terms of being easy to use, lightweight and cost-effective. It is a system that is easy to use and integrate with many existing systems. Our approach in all the systems we have already developed is to be effective, simple and cheap. This approach has become very important in changing war conditions recently."

"We will continue our activities to protect commercial ships."

Stating that they aim to integrate TOLGA into commercial ships, Şafak reminded that MKE General Manager İlhami Keleş announced this goal of their company within the scope of TEKNOFEST Blue Homeland in the past weeks.

Şafak said that they have initiated initiatives for legislative changes with the relevant units in line with this goal and said, "When these processes are completed, we will continue our activities to protect commercial ships. This product is a proven product in military terms. These activities will continue on commercial ships as well." he said.

Pointing out that they hope to increase the potential for cooperation in the naval systems developed by MKE, Şafak said, "Due to the changing needs and concepts after the recent wars, we had to produce solutions for these naval systems." he said.

Şafak stated that PİRANA, which they exhibited at the fair, is an unmanned marine vehicle that can operate in a swarm and can be controlled from satellite, air and ground, and said, "We controlled this marine vehicle with Bayraktar TB2 UCAV in the past weeks and carried out the blast tests. This shows that we can offer products in coordination with both unmanned aerial vehicles and marine vehicles." made his assessment.

Noting that the National Naval Cannon DENİZHAN-76 and MALAMAN attracted great attention at the fair, Şafak stated that they produced both the launcher and ammunition of BALKIN, which they exhibited here.

Şafak emphasized that most of the participants in this fair held in France were European marine systems manufacturers and said, "With our developing capabilities, many European companies showed great interest in our products. We evaluated our collaborations and potential collaborations with these companies, as well as evaluated our potential business with the delegations and end-user authorities participating in the fair." he said.