Pakistan, June 24 -- Turkey's STM has signed an agreement with the state-owned defense contractor ASFAT for the supply of the main drive system of MILGEM Ada Class Corvettes being developed by Turkey for Pakistan.

Acc0rding t0 the agreement, STM will deliver and will be resp0nsible f0r the integrati0n 0f the main pr0pulsi0n systems 0f the MILGEM C0rvettes, an indispensable c0mp0nent that p0wers the m0vement 0f a vessel.

In July 2018, the Pakistan Navy had signed an agreement with ASFAT t0 acquire 4 MILGEM-class ships t0 further c0ns0lidate its defensive capabilities. The deal is Turkey's largest-ever single defense exp0rt deal with any c0untry.

Under the deal, it was decided that 2 MILGEM-class ships will be c0nstructed in Pakistan whi...