05.12.2025, 23:00
Zitat:ASFAT Delivers Akhisar to Romania in Landmark NATO Sale
03 Dec 2025, 22:35 2 mins
Romania Turkiye
Navy / Maritime
ASFAT Delivers Akhisar to Romania in Landmark NATO Sale TurDef
Türkiye’s ASFAT completes its first-ever warship export to a NATO–EU member as Romania commissions the Akhisar, classified as a light corvette due to its modular upgrade potential.
ASFAT has completed Türkiye’s first sale of a warship to a NATO and European Union member state, delivering the Akhisar to the Romanian Navy. The vessel, constructed at Istanbul Naval Shipyard Command, marks a significant milestone in Türkiye’s defence-export record and adds a new dimension to military cooperation between the two countries.
https://turdef.com/article/asfat-deliver...-nato-sale
Zitat:Romania’s Light Corvette deal: Turkiye’s Hisar Class ex-OPV
04 Dec 2025, 11:17 14 mins
Romania Turkiye
Analysis Navy / Maritime
Romania’s Light Corvette deal: Turkiye’s Hisar Class ex-OPV TurDef
Romania receives a brand-new vessel that was originally built at ITK for the Turkish Navy but transferred to a new user without serving even a single day in Türkiye. This agreement brings more than a ship into the area of cooperation. Following Russia’s invasion of Crimea in 2014, Romania felt the need to strengthen its Black Sea fleet.
Turkish company STM, offering an Ada-class solution, came very close to signing an agreement, but political considerations overrode military requirements. EU projects and EU-funded procurement mechanisms altered the process. As a result, Romania lost almost a decade with France and eventually returned to Türkiye once again.
As a result, Romania’s programme for four new corvettes and the modernisation of two Type 22 frigates progressed only this far once the EU intervened. What the EU and France were unable to deliver, Türkiye ultimately did. Romania, in turn, has reached this point not with four corvettes and two upgraded ships, but with a single light corvette.
This new vessel carries Türkiye’s expertise, shaped across three seas—the Black Sea, the Aegean and the Mediterranean. It also offers significant growth potential thanks to its modular design. Romania describes the platform as a “light corvette,” emphasising its modularity and its own classification approach, while Türkiye defines it as an Offshore Patrol Vessel (OPV) due to its role within the Turkish Navy’s mission structure.
This article refers to the ship as an OPV, as this reflects the Turkish configuration at the moment. Since the Romanian Navy has not yet disclosed the armament it plans to integrate, the narrative assumes that the platform remains unmodified.
https://turdef.com/article/romania-s-lig...ass-ex-opv