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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...
Turkish Aerospace handed over the first T625 GÖKBEY general-purpose helicopter to Türkiye's General Directorate of...
The U.S. Navy is examining Turkiye's Istanbul-class frigate as one of three foreign warship designs...
The SUNGUR air defence missile system is ROKETSAN's answer to the lowest and most crowded...
The MILGEM I-class frigate is the second phase of Türkiye's national warship programme: a stretched,...
KORAL II is the designation under which ASELSAN first documented its next-generation land-based radar electronic...
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...
Turkish Aerospace subsidiary CTech signed a cooperation memorandum with Estonian battlefield-communications startup Wayren at MSPO...
Türkiye's Land Forces Command has taken delivery of another batch of TAYFUN Blok-2 ballistic missiles,...
ASELSAN signed a new contract with Polish vehicle manufacturer AMZ Kutno on September 8 to...
Turkish Aerospace (TUSAŞ) is Türkiye's state-owned aviation prime contractor and the company that designs and...
The Bayraktar AKINCI is a high-altitude long-endurance armed UAV developed by Baykar Teknoloji of Turkiye...
Türkiye's warships are built by three different kinds of organisation. Two state yards belonging to...
Turkish Aerospace Industries (TUSAS/TAI) General Manager Mehmet Demiroglu confirmed late last month that testing of...
The Bayraktar KIZILELMA is Türkiye's first indigenous unmanned combat aircraft, a jet-powered platform developed by...
A modernised version of KORAL, the ground-based electronic support and electronic attack system developed by...
Turkey's navy closed out its largest fleet exercise of the year with two firsts: an...
CTech, the Istanbul-based communications subsidiary of Turkish Aerospace, has unveiled a hybrid satellite and line-of-sight...
Türkiye's Naval Forces Command launched Denizkurdu-I/2026 on September 20, the first of its two major...