Abstract Today, the fact that countries have effective and powerful weapons isdirectly related with technological developments in the defense industry. Thenational technology of an individual country is primarily measured by thedevelopment of the defense industry. Various coatings have been made using PVD,CVD, JVD/DVD, Plasma and Thermal spraying techniques in order to improve thequality of the systems which are exposed to friction, and so do not work,mostly results in loss of productivity in the industry.The aim of this study is to describe the basic differences of the directvapor deposition (DVD) coating method, which is not yet implemented but isamong the critical technologies in our country. Application of thin ceramicfilm coatings made by physical vapor deposition (PVD) method is frequently usedin surface engineering applications where attention is paid on the superiortechnological features of the coating technologies. In this study, both coatingmethods were examined in terms of conceptual and system properties. Bydemonstrating the differences between the two methods, the applicability of theDVD method, which is shown as the coating technology of the future, has beeninvestigated in our country. As a result, with the direct vapor deposition (DVD) technique; thin filmcoatings with superior properties effective on planar or curvilinear surfacesof alloys and compounds can be made on machine parts operating at high speedand therefore are expected to resist friction, abrasion and heat effects.