Pardus version 2013 was first made available to the public, SME and private sector on March 25th.
TÜBİTAK has developed a Real-Time Operating System (RTOS), critically important for defense systems, entirely domestically. This technology, possessed by only 11 countries worldwide, ends dependence on foreign sources for national defense software.
PARDUS also became the operating system for the Ministry of National Education's "smart board" project.
With the support of TÜBİTAK, a prototype of Türkiye's first miniature artificial heart pump system that can be implanted in the body has been developed.
Türkiye has become one of the six NATO countries capable of producing encrypted mobile phones.
GÖKTÜRK 2 was launched into space from the Jiuquan Launch Base in China.
The pre-launch send-off ceremony for the Göktürk-2 satellite was held at the TUSAŞ facilities on November 6, 2012.
RASAT, Türkiye's first domestically produced Earth observation satellite, has successfully completed its first year in space.