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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...
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev toured a joint Turkish-Azerbaijani naval drone production line in Baku on...
Türkiye’s Steel Dome — Çelik Kubbe in Turkish — is not a weapon. It is...
Five Turkish defence companies have placed among the world's 100 largest defence contractors in Defense...
HÜRJET competes in the supersonic-capable advanced jet trainer and light attack class, alongside Leonardo's M-346,...
ASELSAN put four of its precision-guided munitions through a live-fire gauntlet at the Konya Karapınar...
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...
Romania's vessel came through an intergovernmental agreement rather than a commercial contract, one of three...
Roketsan has brought a wide slice of its guided-weapons catalogue to MSPO 2026, the International...
ASELSAN put four of its precision-guided munitions through a live-fire gauntlet at the Konya Karapınar...
Türkiye's government has written a plan to push technology developed for its defence industry into...
Baykar's Bayraktar AKINCI unmanned combat aerial vehicle destroyed a high-speed target drone in flight on...
Foreign policy analysts are reassessing Turkey's position within the NATO alliance in the light of...
Türkiye's warships are built by three different kinds of organisation. Two state yards belonging to...
HÜRJET competes in the supersonic-capable advanced jet trainer and light attack class, alongside Leonardo's M-346,...
Türkiye’s Steel Dome — Çelik Kubbe in Turkish — is not a weapon. It is...
Turkey's state-owned ordnance maker MKE (Mechanical and Chemical Industry Corporation) has registered a wholly owned...
Türkiye's Black Hawk programme was never cancelled — it ran out of export licences. The...
Turkish ammunition maker Turaç has unveiled a remote-controlled turret that fights drones with shotguns rather...