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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...
CTech, the communications-systems subsidiary of Turkish Aerospace, used MSPO 2026 in Kielce to pitch NATO...
CANiK, the Samsun-based manufacturer best known for putting compact pistols into the hands of American...
ASELSAN's GÜRZ hybrid air defence system carried out its first live-fire field activity on September...
ASELSAN signed a new contract with Polish vehicle manufacturer AMZ Kutno on September 8 to...
FNSS has built an unmanned version of the vehicle it hopes will one day lead...
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...
Türkiye's defence industry cooperation agreement with Brazil, first signed in 2022 and long stuck in...
Türkiye’s government has penciled in a 229 percent increase in defence spending over the next...
Foreign ministers, defence ministers and armed forces chiefs from Türkiye, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan met...
Romania's vessel came through an intergovernmental agreement rather than a commercial contract, one of three...
Foreign policy analysts are reassessing Turkey's position within the NATO alliance in the light of...
Roketsan has fired its Çakır cruise missile from a mobile ground launcher for the first...
Roketsan fired its SUNGUR short-range air defense missile from the mobile BÜRÇ platform for the...
ASELSAN is reported to be continuing work on next-generation sensor and command and control systems...
Türkiye's Naval Forces Command launched Denizkurdu-I/2026 on September 20, the first of its two major...
ROKETSAN is Türkiye’s missile house — a state-controlled company founded in 1988 that builds almost...
Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said on September 19 that Ankara "would have no issues"...
HAVELSAN and Egypt’s Arab Organization for Industrialization (AOI) signed a sales agreement on 10 September...