The Electronic Warfare Competition, organized under ASELSAN’s leadership, is being held for the first time at the Diyarbakir leg of Southeastern TEKNOFEST. The event, led by the Ministry of Industry and Technology and the Türkiye Technology Team Foundation, is taking place from September 18 to 20 at the Mesopotamia International Fair and Congress Center.
Competition held in 8 categories in Diyarbakir
Finalist teams are competing in eight categories as part of Southeastern TEKNOFEST. These categories include the Artificial Intelligence in Aviation Competition and the Electronic Warfare Competition, which is being held for the first time this year.
A total of 365 teams comprising more than 1,000 contestants applied to the Electronic Warfare Competition. Twenty-one finalist teams from 12 different cities in Türkiye are competing to develop solutions for the effective use and control of the electromagnetic spectrum.
Nearly 3,000 teams applied for artificial intelligence in aviation competition
Nearly 3,000 teams comprising more than 7,000 young people applied to the Artificial Intelligence in Aviation Competition, organized under the leadership of TÜBİTAK BİLGEM, ASELSAN and CEZERİ. Thirty-five finalist teams from 12 cities in Türkiye and the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus are developing innovative solutions to potential problems in the aviation sector.
A total of 4,679 teams applied to the competitions held as part of Southeastern TEKNOFEST. At the Mardin leg of the event, 30 finalist teams comprising 410 students competed on a challenging track from September 9 to 12 with the unmanned ground vehicles they developed.
Ahmet Akyol: Electronic warfare competition is being held for the first time
ASELSAN CEO Ahmet Akyol said the company has been among TEKNOFEST’s stakeholders since the festival was founded. Akyol said the Southeastern TEKNOFEST stages would be held in Diyarbakir after Mardin and in Şanlıurfa on September 30.
Akyol said ASELSAN had organized a significant part of the competitions in Diyarbakir and that the Electronic Warfare Competition was being held for the first time as part of Southeastern TEKNOFEST under ASELSAN’s sponsorship. He added that the Artificial Intelligence in Aviation Competition was also taking place in the Southeastern leg for the first time in its renewed format.
Akyol said the participation of nearly 1,000 contestants and more than 300 teams in the field of electronic warfare showed that an environment had emerged in which young people could develop themselves in this area. Describing the organization of a technology festival with young people in southeastern Türkiye as an important development, Akyol said the competitions offered opportunities to work on the technologies of the future.
“Our main goal is to bring their achievements to ASELSAN”
Akyol said that qualified human resources formed the foundation of the work and that they aimed to raise young people not only as users of technology but also as individuals who develop and produce it.
Akyol said they wanted to bring the achievements of the young people taking part in the competitions to ASELSAN and develop, together with them, systems aimed at Türkiye’s future.
