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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...
STM is using this week's MSPO exhibition in Kielce to put a model of Portugal's...
Türkiye's KAAN fifth-generation fighter is in flight test with a domestic production order behind it...
Türkiye’s government has penciled in a 229 percent increase in defence spending over the next...
ASELSAN will bring its full counter-drone and electronic warfare lineup to MSPO 2026, the Kielce...
Türkiye's aircraft engines are built almost entirely by one company: TEI, TUSAŞ Engine Industries, at...
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 HÜRJET advanced jet trainer took a step toward becoming a genuine light combat aircraft...
ASELSAN will bring its full counter-drone and electronic warfare lineup to MSPO 2026, the Kielce...
KORAL II is the designation under which ASELSAN first documented its next-generation land-based radar electronic...
ASELSAN has brought a new $56 million guided-weapons production facility online in Türkiye, the company...
HAVELSAN and Egypt’s Arab Organization for Industrialization (AOI) signed a sales agreement on 10 September...
CANiK, the Samsun-based manufacturer best known for putting compact pistols into the hands of American...
The first production-standard HÜRJET destined for the Turkish Air Force took to the air for...
Roketsan has test-fired its LEVENT naval point-defence missile from a standalone launcher configuration and struck...
A new battery of SİPER, Turkey's long-range air and missile defence system, has been delivered...
Not yet — and the honest answer matters more than the slogan. Every submarine in...
STM is spending September on the road. Türkiye's state-linked defence engineering company will carry its...
The Otokar COBRA II is a 4×4 mine-resistant ambush protected tactical wheeled armoured vehicle built...