Defense Companies

Profiles and latest news from Turkish defense companies including Aselsan, Baykar, TUSAS, Roketsan, STM, Havelsan, MKE, Otokar, FNSS and BMC.

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Roketsan’s BURÇ Fires SUNGUR Missile for the First Time

Roketsan fired its SUNGUR short-range air defense missile from the mobile BÜRÇ platform for the first time on September 14, 2026, destroying a moving aerial...

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Turkish Aerospace (TUSAŞ): Maker of KAAN, Supplier to Airbus

Turkish Aerospace (TUSAŞ) is Türkiye's state-owned aviation prime contractor and the company that designs and builds the KAAN fighter, the HÜRJET jet trainer, the ANKA...

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Roketsan: TAYFUN Blok-4 Nears Service, GEZGİN Ready for Serial Output

Roketsan General Manager Murat İkinci gave the clearest public timeline yet for two of the company's most closely watched strategic-strike programmes on September 12, telling...

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STM’s TUNGA-X Interceptor Drone and TOGAN Family Pass Field Tests

STM put its newest family of small unmanned systems through a round of field trials this week, the Ankara-based company said, running its TUNGA-X interceptor...

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Sarsılmaz: The Turkish Gunmaker Arming 80 Countries

Most coverage of Turkish defence exports goes to drones and missiles. It rarely mentions the company that has, by its own count, put firearms into...

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Bayraktar TB2: Programme Status, Operators and Exports

The Bayraktar TB2 is still in production, still being exported and still the aircraft most of Baykar's customers actually fly — but it is not...

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Baykar’s AKINCI Strikes 250 km Away With Roketsan’s New İHA-300 Missile

Baykar's AKINCI combat drone hit a maritime target more than 250 kilometres away on September 11 using a new supersonic missile from Roketsan, the İHA-300,...

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Who Builds Türkiye’s Radars? ASELSAN, Meteksan, HTR

Almost every radar in Turkish service is designed and built by one company. ASELSAN produces the ground-based air defence radars, the naval search and fire-control...