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Zitat:Turkish Navy’s Future FAC Breaks Cover at IDEF 2025
Published on 25/07/2025
By Tayfun Ozberk
In IDEF 2025
National FAC
National FAC scale model on STM stand at IDEF 2025.
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Turkish naval solutions provider STM unveiled the final design of the National Fast Attack Craft (FAC) during the IDEF 2025 defense industry exhibition, held in Istanbul from July 22 to 27, 2025.
The National FAC project aims to build modern FACs to replace the aging Dogan- and Ruzgar-class FACs that have been in service with the Turkish Navy for decades. The contract for the design phase of the FACs was signed between SSB and STM on August 31, 2020. After an extensive conceptual and detailed design work in collaboration with the Turkish Navy, STM unveiled the mockup of the final design at IDEF 2025 defence industry fair.
At first glance, the design appears to be an enhanced evolution of the KILIÇ II-class Fast Attack Craft (FAC), a proven platform that has served the Turkish Navy for over two decades. However, the new National FAC stands out with its significantly larger size and displacement, positioning it between traditional FACs and light corvettes. With a displacement exceeding 700 tons and a length approximately 10 meters longer than the current FACs in service, the vessel represents a new generation of high-endurance, high-performance attack craft tailored for littoral warfare.
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