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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 first production-standard HÜRJET destined for the Turkish Air Force took to the air for...
Turkey's state-owned defence manufacturer MKE (Mechanical and Chemical Industry Corporation) signed a memorandum of understanding...
Countries buy Turkish drones mainly because they can. For most of the last decade, the...
Turkiye's defense and aerospace industry exported $511.4 million worth of goods and services in August...
Turkish Aerospace Industries (TUSAS/TAI) General Manager Mehmet Demiroglu confirmed late last month that testing of...
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 Katmerciler EREN 4x4 is a compact armoured urban response vehicle developed as a private...
Türkiye's HÜRJET advanced jet trainer took a step toward becoming a genuine light combat aircraft...
ASELSAN put four of its precision-guided munitions through a live-fire gauntlet at the Konya Karapınar...
SAHA EXPO 2026, one of the major gatherings of the defence, aerospace and space industry,...
The SIPER air defence system is the long-range upper layer of Türkiye's national air and...
STM put its newest family of small unmanned systems through a round of field trials...
ASELSAN flew two Bayraktar TB2 drones fitted with its ANTIDOT electronic-warfare pods and FULMAR 200...
ROKETSAN presented four new systems to the public for the first time at the SAHA...
ASELSAN will bring its full counter-drone and electronic warfare lineup to MSPO 2026, the Kielce...
ASELSAN has put a new naval gun through its first public firing trials, unveiling the...
A foreign government buying Turkish defence equipment has three routes. It can sign directly with...
Romania's vessel came through an intergovernmental agreement rather than a commercial contract, one of three...