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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...
Turkish Aerospace (TUSAŞ) is Türkiye's state-owned aviation prime contractor and the company that designs and...
Roketsan General Manager Murat İkinci gave the clearest public timeline yet for two of the...
STM put its newest family of small unmanned systems through a round of field trials...
Most coverage of Turkish defence exports goes to drones and missiles. It rarely mentions the...
The first steel block of Türkiye's future TF-2000 air-defense destroyer went onto the building slip...
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...
No — and the Turkish procurement agency's own project list is the clearest proof. Türkiye...
The partnership FNSS has established with a European company for its PARS ALPHA armoured vehicle...
CTech, the communications-systems subsidiary of Turkish Aerospace, used MSPO 2026 in Kielce to pitch NATO...
The first steel block of Türkiye's future TF-2000 air-defense destroyer went onto the building slip...
Turkey's state-owned defence manufacturer MKE (Mechanical and Chemical Industry Corporation) signed a memorandum of understanding...
The Turkish Navy's third İstif-class frigate, TCG İzmit (F-517), began sea acceptance trials on September...
The U.S. Navy is examining Turkiye's Istanbul-class frigate as one of three foreign warship designs...
Türkiye’s government has penciled in a 229 percent increase in defence spending over the next...
Nigeria and Türkiye agreed to steer their defence relationship away from Nigeria simply buying finished...
Turkish armoured vehicle manufacturer FNSS has reached a cooperation agreement with a European partner for...
Almost every radar in Turkish service is designed and built by one company — a...
Türkiye exports air defence, but almost entirely from the bottom of the architecture. The confirmed...