The first new Reis-class Type 214TN submarine for the Turkish Navy will be ready for outfitting by the end of the year.
Steelwork on the boat – named Pirireis – is ongoing and is being completed at Golcuk Naval Shipyard following the delivery of material packages from German company Thyssenkrupp Marine Systems, which designs the selected Type 214TN.
Meanwhile the combat system for the submarines has completed testing by Turkish systems house Havelsan and is ready for installation.
Ahmet Muhtar Erdogan, project manager at Havelsan for the Turkish Navy's NTSP (New Type Submarine Programme), told Shephard that the company has