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Does Türkiye Build Its Own Submarines? MİLDEN and Reis
Not yet — and the honest answer matters more than the slogan. Every submarine in...
Not yet — and the honest answer matters more than the slogan. Every submarine in...
Images circulating this week appear to show Baykar's SİVRİSİNEK loitering munition in service with Azerbaijan's...
Türkiye's Land Forces Command has taken delivery of another batch of TAYFUN Blok-2 ballistic missiles,...
Turkey's navy closed out its largest fleet exercise of the year with two firsts: an...
ASELSAN has signed a contract worth €1,234,210,000 to supply sub-components for air defence systems to...
Defense Exports & Cooperation
Does Türkiye Build Its Own Submarines? MİLDEN and Reis
Türkiye builds submarines under German licence at Gölcük but has never designed or exported one. Where MİLDEN, the Reis class...
Baykar
SİVRİSİNEK Drone Reportedly Spotted in Azerbaijani Service
Images suggest Baykar's SİVRİSİNEK loitering munition is in Azerbaijani service in Nakhchivan, though neither Ankara nor Baku has confirmed any...
Missiles & Air Defense
TAYFUN Blok-2 Missile: Land Forces Take Delivery of a Third Batch
Türkiye's Land Forces received a third batch of Roketsan's TAYFUN Blok-2 missile in 2026, MSB says, as HÜRKUŞ-II's acceptance ceremony...
Baykar
Bayraktar KALKAN Makes First Flight From TCG Anadolu as PİRANA Sinks Target
A VTOL drone launched from TCG Anadolu and MKE's PİRANA kamikaze boat destroyed a target as Türkiye's Denizkurdu-I/2026 naval exercise...
Air Defense Systems
ASELSAN, ROKETSAN Sign €1.23 Billion Air Defence Deal
ASELSAN will supply air defence sub-components worth €1.23 billion to ROKETSAN, a KAP filing shows, as Türkiye scales up its...
Defense Companies
Turkish Defence Factories Abroad: Where Türkiye Builds
Turkish firms own plants in Italy, Romania, the US and Egypt — but mostly minority stakes elsewhere. Who owns what...
Defense Companies
Altınay Defense Opens UK Subsidiary in Push for ‘Global 100’
Turkish supplier Altınay Defense has opened a UK subsidiary, Altınay Aerospace Technologies International, to expand exports and NATO industry ties.
Air Defense Systems
Turaç Unveils Drone Kalkanı, a Shotgun-Armed Anti-Drone Turret
Turkish ammunition maker Turaç has unveiled Drone Kalkanı, a twin-shotgun turret that shreds small drones at 150 metres, debuting at...
Land Systems
Roketsan’s KARAOK Anti-Tank Missile Scores First Hit on Aerial Target
Roketsan says its man-portable KARAOK anti-tank missile has hit an aerial target for the first time, adding a possible counter-drone...
Defense Exports & Cooperation
Turkish DUMRUL Mini Helicopter Debuts at NATO’s REPMUS 2026
TITRA Teknoloji's DUMRUL mini unmanned helicopter is flying mission scenarios at NATO-adjacent exercise REPMUS 2026 in Portugal, a first for...
A small, electrically powered helicopter with no pilot on board has spent the past week...
TCG Anadolu, the amphibious assault ship of the Turkish Naval Forces, stood out at the...
The first production-standard HÜRJET destined for the Turkish Air Force took to the air for...
The MILGEM I-class frigate is the second phase of Türkiye's national warship programme: a stretched,...
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan used a gala marking a century of Turkish-American diplomatic ties to...
Almost every large Turkish export package now arrives with an industrial offer attached — local...
An application in which the on-board medical infrastructure of TCG Anadolu is supported by high-speed...
A foreign government buying Turkish defence equipment has three routes. It can sign directly with...
Türkiye's KAAN fifth-generation fighter is in flight test with a domestic production order behind it...
Roketsan has test-fired its LEVENT naval point-defence missile from a standalone launcher configuration and struck...
Baykar's AKINCI combat drone hit a maritime target more than 250 kilometres away on September...
The U.S. Navy is examining Turkiye's Istanbul-class frigate as one of three foreign warship designs...