Hosted by BUPAT, 2025 Tech Day brought together approximately 80 engineers from the defense and aerospace sectors in Ankara on May 7. The event turned into an inspiring day of knowledge sharing and experience with Curtiss-Wright’s state-of-the-art solutions.
The opening speeches of the day were delivered with video messages by Serdar Erkoca, founder of BUPAT, Eriş Erkoca, General Manager, and Arif Erkoca, Business Development Manager. Then, Curtiss-Wright experts took the stage with technical presentations.
High Technology Met with Live Experience
The first technical presentation of the event was made by Curtiss-Wright Application Engineer Pat Quinn. Focusing particularly on two products, Quinn shared the latest innovations in Axon systems:
AXN/VID/401 video module: It attracted attention with its advanced features such as HD-SDI support, multi-camera input, 4-channel H.264 video encoding, and real-time low-latency broadcasting. This module, which can be easily integrated into telemetry systems and has flight certifications, was presented to the participants with a live demo.
Axon PICO ADC: This compact device, which is Curtiss-Wright’s next-generation analog data acquisition solution, was also one of the important topics of the presentation. Thanks to Power over Ethernet (PoE) support, both power and data transmission can be done over a single cable. The miniature size and daisy-chain topology of PICO make it easy to work with a large number of sensors in hard-to-reach areas such as the fuselage. Reducing installation time and significantly lowering system weight makes it ideal for flight test engineering.
In this demonstration performed by Rocco Docimo from Curtiss-Wright, the nTTU-2600 device, which offers tactical time-space data integrated with IMU, GNSS, GPS, and magnetometer, was introduced. The simple system established over Ethernet provided real-time visualization with IADS software.
Curtiss-Wright representative Steve Leaper gave a detailed technical presentation on the company’s avionics product range.
Participants came together at the lunch hosted by Bupat to share their experiences and had the opportunity to establish new connections.
Axon PICO Launch – Closing Demo
At the finale of the event, the miniature-sized, PoE-supported ADC solution Axon PICO was introduced. The device, which provides flexible sensor placement inside the aircraft fuselage with its daisy-chain connection feature, was successfully presented with real-time data.
Fatih Hacıömeroğlu (TUSAŞ), one of the special guests of the event, made a presentation on stage about the long-term cooperation with BUPAT and Curtiss-Wright and the ease of use of the products. Knowledge sharing deepened through networking breaks, coffee breaks, and one-on-one technical dialogues.
At the end of the event, plaques were presented to Fatih Hacıömeroğlu, Steve Leaper, Pat Quinn, Rocco Docimo, and Curtiss-Wright Turkey Sales Manager David Madec, who contributed with their presentations.
Tech Day from the Eyes of Participants
“I would like to thank Bupat again for your efforts. I can imagine the effort behind such an event, it was very professional and fluent.”
— Fatih Hacıömeroğlu, TUSAŞ
“There were very good presentations technically. If it continues next year, we would like to participate again.”
— Ahmet Sertaç Sunay, ASELSAN
“Live demos were very helpful for us to get to know the products. It was also a good opportunity to meet different users.”
— Muhammed Peker, TUSAŞ
Tech Day is not just a product launch event, it is a reflection of our engineering and innovation-oriented vision on the field.
