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STM Completes Turkish Defence Industry Agency’s KERKES Project

Turkey-based defense company Savunma Teknolojileri ve Mühendislik (STM) has announced the successful completion of Turkish Defence Industry Agency’s (SSB) KERKES project. Launched in 2019, the project involved upgrading the capability of uncrewed aerial vehicles (UAV) to operate in a global positioning system (GPS)-denied environment. The KERKES project supports both rotary-wing, including STM’s Kargu drone, and fixed-wing UAVs. Following the conclusion of KERKES Project, the UAVs will now use artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms and computer vision techniques to undertake missions during day and at night. The capability will allow UAVs to operate without being affected by electronic warfare (EW) adversaries, including GPS jammers.