ASFAT

ASFAT Inc.
Type	Anonim Şirket
Industry	Defence, shipbuilding
Founded	January 12, 2018
Headquarters	Ankara, Ankara, Turkey
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	Muhsin Dere (Chairman)[1]
Products	Combat vehicles, warships, floating dry docks
Owner	Turkish Ministry of National Defense
Number of employees	>27,000 (2019)

ASFAT Inc., (Turkish: ASFAT, acronym: Askeri Fabrika ve Tersane İşletme, Military Factory and Shipyard Management) is a Turkish state-owned defense contractor.[2] The company under the jurisdiction of the Turkish Ministry of National Defense, which develop, manage and utilise the facilities and capabilities of the 27 ordnance factories and 3 public naval shipyards in Turkey that were previously led by the country's Ministry of National Defense, to provide design, manufacture, maintenance, sustainment and training for global defence market.

History

In 2019 ASFAT partnered with Vard Marine of Canada to produce naval and coast guard vessels for the international market.[3] Also at International Defence Industry Fair 2019 ASFAT signed an MOU with Damen Group.[4]

References

ASFAT. "Board of Directors - ASFAT".
Dominguez, Gabriel. "Update: Turkey's STM wins tender for Pakistani corvettes". janes.com. Janes. Retrieved 4 June 2019.
Stevenson, Beth. "IDEF 2019: Vard Marine and ASFAT sign MOU for Turkish ship development". janes.com. Janes. Retrieved 4 June 2019.
"ASFAT AND DAMEN SIGN MOU AT IDEF IN ISTANBUL". damen.com. Damen. Retrieved 4 June 2019.

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[1] ASFAT. "Board of Directors - ASFAT".

[2] Dominguez, Gabriel. "Update: Turkey's STM wins tender for Pakistani corvettes". janes.com. Janes. Retrieved 4 June 2019.

[3] Stevenson, Beth. "IDEF 2019: Vard Marine and ASFAT sign MOU for Turkish ship development". janes.com. Janes. Retrieved 4 June 2019.

[4] "ASFAT AND DAMEN SIGN MOU AT IDEF IN ISTANBUL". damen.com. Damen. Retrieved 4 June 2019.