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Interview with MSI Magazine
News August 26, 2020

Interview with MSI Magazine

Akana Engineering Chairman of the Board Köksal ÖZDEMİR: “In our 30th year, we trust in our experienced team, our strong production infrastructure and the references we have built to date, and we are moving strongly into the future.” Among the SMEs that form the backbone of the defence and aviation sector, some carry out their […]

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FORBES: “Every Design a First”
News August 10, 2020

FORBES: “Every Design a First”

Forbes Türkiye featured Akana Engineering in an article titled “Every Design a First”. The article describes how the company, founded in 1990 and based at the Technology Development Centre in Ostim Technopark, Ankara, designs and manufactures equipment to meet the needs of leading defence companies – many of which are the first domestically produced examples […]

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TÜBİTAK Success Stories Sharing Days
News August 10, 2020

TÜBİTAK Success Stories Sharing Days

Project Summary: The project is part of the infrastructure work of a larger project aimed at bringing airbag technology – used in automobiles and not previously manufactured in Türkiye – to our country. The short-term goal of the company using the equipment is to export the bagged propellant, which becomes the final product through this […]

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IDEF 2017
News August 10, 2020

IDEF 2017

15.05.2017 – Akana Engineering took part in IDEF 2017, the 13th International Defence Industry Fair, held in Istanbul on 9–12 May 2017.

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Special Award for Domestic Product Design from ASELSAN
News August 10, 2020

Special Award for Domestic Product Design from ASELSAN

The Special Award for Domestic Product Design, presented by ASELSAN, was handed to Akana Engineering R&D Director Köksal Özdemir by Murat Ertek, Electronic Design Manager of ASELSAN SST Power and Control Systems.

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“ŞİMŞEK” Flies with National Systems!
News August 10, 2020

“ŞİMŞEK” Flies with National Systems!

The system, whose avionics software was developed entirely by TAI, was launched from a launcher designed and manufactured by AKANA and TAI, and flown with the TJ90, Türkiye’s first indigenous jet engine developed by TEI. Tests were completed successfully using Karel’s original EGI as the inertial measurement unit and Tualcom’s national data link.

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500-Gallon Planetary Mixer for Explosives
News August 10, 2020

500-Gallon Planetary Mixer for Explosives

We have completed the delivery of the 500-Gallon Planetary Mixer for explosives, whose design, manufacturing and testing were all carried out in-house at Akana Engineering.

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Drinns 5-Axis CNC Machine Launch Ceremony
News June 9, 2020

Drinns 5-Axis CNC Machine Launch Ceremony

Dirinler Sanayi ve Makina A.Ş. introduced its new, 100% domestically produced Drinns-brand DCNC GF 653515-5 five-axis gantry-type CNC milling machine at a ceremony held at its factory in İzmir Atatürk Organized Industrial Zone. The machine, designed to move simultaneously on five axes over a 6.5 m × 3.5 m × 1.5 m working envelope, is […]

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ASO 54th Year Awards
News June 8, 2020

ASO 54th Year Awards

ASO 54th Year Awards – R&D Center of the Year At the ASO (Ankara Chamber of Industry) 54th Year Awards Ceremony held on 22 January 2018 at the Presidential Complex with the participation of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, 54 successful companies received awards, including ŞA-RA – one of Türkiye’s most successful industrial organisations – ASELSAN […]

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