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MBM Technology, owned by EDO (UK) Limited, which in turn is owned by L3Harris Technologies of the US (also the parent company of L3Harris WESCAM of Canada—the drones use a Canadian-made surveillance and targeting system supplied by L3Harris WESCAM)
• The GNC 255 navigation radio (Nav/Comm) made by Garmin, legally registered in Switzerland but with American roots.
• GPS receiver by the American company Trimble.
• An airborne modem/transceiver by California’s Viasat.
• FPGA chips (Zynq brand) produced by the American firm Xilnix.
• Navigation antenna by the US’ Comant Industries Inc.
• MilesTek 5-stub compact couplers by US Infinite Electronics International. • Engine by Austrian company BRP-Rotax.
• Fuel pumps from British Andair.
• Radio transmitter and amplifier by Canada’s Microhard Systems Inc.
• Drone brake fluid canisters (tanks) by France’s BERINGER AERO.
• Thermal batteries from France’s ASB.
• German radar altimeter from s.m.s.
• Smart microwave sensors and a German fuel filter from Hengst.
2.4 Virus: so-called 4th peak in 1st wave
Delta variants hit even countries such as Israel that showed a strong vaccination performance and pushed them for reinstalling measures.
As of August 19, 35mn people have been fully vaccinated while over 45mn people have been given their first shot, the officials added. Moreover, close to 7.5mn people are recorded as having received a third vaccine dose.
As of August 10, Turkey has fully vaccinated 30mn people, or 36% of its 83.6mn citizens, against coronavirus, according to its health ministry. The rates stood at 51.5% in the European Union and 58.1% in the UK.
Airlines are flying to Turkey from 45 airports in Russia. The UK and US keep Turkey on the so-called “red list”. Germany also included Turkey as an alarm zone.
Official daily coronavirus cases surpassed 25,000. Official daily deaths due to virus surpassed 100.
Turkey launched its coronavirus vaccination programme on January 14, 2021 with China’s Sinovac. In May, Pfizer/BioNTech came.
Hurriyet Daily News reported on August 10 that the Turkish government was discussing tightening coronavirus restrictions in September.
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