ASELSAN Signs Follow-On ARSUS Deal with Poland’s AMZ Kutno

ASELSAN signed a new contract with Polish vehicle manufacturer AMZ Kutno on September 8 to supply additional ARSUS reconnaissance and surveillance systems, expanding a partnership that has already put Turkish sensor masts on Polish army reconnaissance vehicles. The agreement was signed at the MSPO 2026 defence exhibition in Kielce, where Poland’s President Karol Nawrocki visited the ASELSAN stand alongside Defence Industries Chairman Haluk Görgün.

ASELSAN confirmed the deal in a statement posted at the fair: “We signed a contract for a joint project regarding additional ARSUS reconnaissance and surveillance systems with Poland’s AMZ Kutno at MSPO 2026.” Neither company disclosed the contract’s value, the number of systems involved, or a delivery timeline. Türkiye’s Secretariat of Defence Industries (SSB) described the deal as further evidence that Turkish technology is meeting Polish military requirements, without adding financial detail.

Building on an Existing Programme

The new contract builds directly on work already underway. ASELSAN and AMZ Kutno signed their original cooperation agreement in November 2024, covering integration of the ARSUS 100 mast-mounted sensor system onto AMZ Kutno’s Bóbr-3-based 4×4 platform, fielded by the Polish Army as the Kleszcz light armoured reconnaissance vehicle. Poland took delivery of its first ARSUS 100 units in November 2025, and deliveries under that original contract are scheduled to continue through 2026 and 2027, according to The Defense Post.

ARSUS 100 combines a ground-surveillance radar with an electro-optical/infrared sensor turret on a single stabilised, extendable mast. The system is built to detect targets by radar at long range, then hand off to the EO/IR sensor for identification and continuous tracking — a sequence suited to border surveillance, reconnaissance and the protection of fixed infrastructure. ASELSAN markets the system as NATO-interoperable, a selling point that matters directly to a Polish Army rearming under NATO’s eastern-flank posture.

What is new in the September 8 contract is the word “ilave” — additional. Neither side has said whether it covers more ARSUS 100 units for further Kleszcz vehicles, a variant of the system, or a different platform altogether. That ambiguity is not unusual for exhibition-floor signings, where commercial terms are often finalised later; DefenceTürkiye will update this story if ASELSAN or AMZ Kutno release further specifics.

Why It Matters

A follow-on order from an existing customer is a stronger signal than a first sale. It indicates the original ARSUS 100 units have performed well enough in Polish service, or at least in acceptance testing, for AMZ Kutno and the Polish military procurement system to commit to more. For ASELSAN — Türkiye’s largest defence electronics company and, per the latest Defense News rankings, one of five Turkish firms in the global top 100 — it reinforces a foothold in a market that has become one of NATO’s largest defence spenders per capita and one of the alliance’s most active procurement environments following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

The deal also fits a broader pattern at this year’s MSPO. ASELSAN used the Kielce show to present its wider counter-drone and electronic warfare portfolio to European buyers, and the Turkish pavilion at MSPO 2026 has featured naval, land and unmanned systems from multiple Turkish companies. Poland has separately become a customer for Turkish uncrewed systems, having taken delivery of Bayraktar TB2s in earlier years — one thread in the broader story of why countries keep buying Turkish drones — so the ARSUS deal adds a sensor-and-surveillance track to an already broad defence-industrial relationship between the two NATO members.

Turkish defence and aerospace exports reached $511 million in August 2026 alone, part of a running total of $6.3 billion for the first eight months of the year — up sharply on the same period last year, with European NATO members increasingly among the buyers rather than only Gulf or African states. A repeat contract with a Polish state-linked vehicle maker is a small but concrete data point in that shift.

What to Watch

The key unanswered questions are the size of the new contract and whether it involves additional Kleszcz-based vehicles or a new integration. ASELSAN’s Polish local office, referenced in the company’s own statement on the signing, suggests the firm is positioning for a longer-term industrial presence in the country rather than a one-off export sale. DefenceTürkiye will follow up as further details on scope and value become available.