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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...
The Bayraktar TB2 is still in production, still being exported and still the aircraft most...
Turkish Aerospace subsidiary CTech signed a cooperation memorandum with Estonian battlefield-communications startup Wayren at MSPO...
Baykar's AKINCI combat drone hit a maritime target more than 250 kilometres away on September...
Turkey's state-owned defence manufacturer MKE (Makina ve Kimya Endüstrisi) signed a memorandum of understanding with...
Almost every radar in Turkish service is designed and built by one company — a...
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...
The team and roadmap that will carry the Turkish Space Agency's strategy through the coming...
A foreign government buying Turkish defence equipment has three routes. It can sign directly with...
Türkiye’s Steel Dome — Çelik Kubbe in Turkish — is not a weapon. It is...
At the SAHA EXPO 2026 fair held in İstanbul, contracts worth a total of 8...
ASELSAN signed a new contract with Polish vehicle manufacturer AMZ Kutno on September 8 to...
No, Turkish defence equipment is not automatically ITAR-free. The International Traffic in Arms Regulations are...
ASELSAN has brought a new $56 million guided-weapons production facility online in Türkiye, the company...
Türkiye's defence and aerospace exports reached roughly $11 billion over the past twelve months, according...
Six countries outside Türkiye have been publicly linked to the TUSAŞ ANKA, and four of...
CTech, the Istanbul-based communications subsidiary of Turkish Aerospace, has unveiled a hybrid satellite and line-of-sight...
KARA ATMACA is ROKETSAN's land-attack cruise missile, a road-mobile derivative of the ATMACA anti-ship missile...
Almost every radar in Turkish service is designed and built by one company — a...