Türkiye's Teknofest Blue Homeland hosts range of diverse events

Teknofest is the world's largest technology event, with 10 million attendees and five million competitors to date. Various events have been organised on Friday under the auspices of Türkiye’s Teknofest Blue Homeland, the world’s largest aerospace and technology festival’s maritime edition, being held at Istanbul Naval Shipyard. The festival features forums and competitions on cutting-edge naval and underwater technologies. T he festival began on Thursday, the public will be able to attend on August 30–31. Under the event’s umbrella, the “Naval Defence Industry Artificial Intelligence Forum” was held, where Turkish Navy officers highlighted AI applications in threat detection, electronic warfare, and decision-support systems.” Officials stressed AI’s role in early threat recognition, asymmetric warfare response, and reducing operator workload, with projects focusing on augmented intelligence and anomaly detection to enhance maritime situational awareness. Moreover, the Unmanned Underwater Systems Competition was also organised under Aselsan’s coordination for the eighth time this year.