Defense Türkiye - Defense Industry News
MKE Unveils TOLGA Dual 20mm Naval Gun After Sea Trials
Turkish state manufacturer MKE has unveiled a naval version of its TOLGA short-range air defence...
MKE Unveils TOLGA Dual 20mm Naval Gun After Sea Trials
Turkish state manufacturer MKE has unveiled a naval version of its TOLGA short-range air defence...
Some Turkish weapons are genuinely combat-proven, and a smaller number are proven in ways an...
Türkiye's defence industry has started work on unmanned aircraft that can drop water directly onto...
Türkiye does not publish a list of countries it refuses to sell weapons to. Asked...
Türkiye's parliament ratified the Mecca Joint Defence Agreement on November 6, voting 279 to 119...
Türkiye's Air Force has taken delivery of two more HÜRKUŞ basic trainers, bringing the type's...
BAE Systems has started building the first Eurofighter Typhoon destined for the Turkish Air Force,...
Baykar flew a Bayraktar TB2 carrying 16 Skydagger FPV kamikaze drones out of the Keşan...
No public evidence shows that Turkish weapons carry a remote kill switch, and no Turkish...
Aselsan
ASELSAN: The Company Behind Türkiye’s Defence Electronics
ASELSAN is Türkiye's largest defence company and now a global top-40 contractor. Ownership, revenue, backlog, exports and what it actually...
Air Platforms
KAAN Fighter Programme: Status, Orders and Engine Timeline
Where Türkiye's KAAN fighter programme stands in 2026: flight-test status, the 20-aircraft Turkish order, Indonesia's 48 jets and the engine...
Defense Companies
Baykar Plans a 250 Million Dollar Investment in Africa
Unmanned aerial vehicle manufacturer Baykar is reported to be planning an investment of around 250 million dollars on the African...
Defense Electronics & Cyber
New Electronic Warfare Contract Between ASELSAN and the SSB
A new electronic warfare system development contract has been signed between the Presidency of Defence Industries and ASELSAN. Under the...
Unmanned Systems
Armed Unmanned Surface Vessel ULAQ Enters Service
ULAQ, Turkey’s first armed unmanned surface vessel (USV), has entered service with the Naval Forces. Developed through cooperation between Meteksan...
Land Systems
FNSS’s European Partnership: What Is Confirmed, and What Is Not
FNSS's European partnership is with CSG and centres on the tracked CFL-120 Karpat, not the PARS ALPHA. No value was...
Defense Exports & Cooperation
Türkiye, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan Give the Mecca Defence Pact an Institutional Backbone
Türkiye hosted the first Mecca Defence Alliance meeting with Saudi Arabia and Pakistan, agreeing a Riyadh secretariat and defence-industrial cooperation.
Baykar
Why Do Countries Buy Turkish Drones? The Real Reasons
Turkish drones sell on export rules, price and delivery speed more than performance. The real reasons countries buy them, and...
Baykar
Baykar: The Company Behind Türkiye’s Combat Drones
Who owns Baykar, what it earns, where it exports — and why the maker of the Bayraktar TB2 and KIZILELMA...
Baykar
Bayraktar TB2: Programme Status, Operators and Exports
Where the Bayraktar TB2 programme stands in 2026: operators and export contracts, the Canadian sensor ban and what changed, prices...
Few defence relationships in the Gulf are as visible as the one between Doha and...
Look closely at a Turkish MRAP on parade or in an export brochure and the...
The export performance achieved by ROKETSAN in its national missile portfolio, led by the ATMACA...
For decades, the heaviest weapon a Turkish submarine could fire was a foreign one. The...
No. Türkiye is not a participant in SAFE, the European Union's €150 billion defence loan...
Türkiye's defence industry has started work on unmanned aircraft that can drop water directly onto...
Altınay Defense Technologies, an Istanbul-area engineering house that supplies components into some of Türkiye's biggest...
Türkiye has signed a new multilateral defence-industrial framework with Qatar, Pakistan and Indonesia, extending Ankara's...
Skydagger, the Baykar-backed drone maker that built its business exporting disposable FPV attack drones by...
Not on its own, and not yet. Türkiye can shoot down aircraft, drones and cruise...
Satellite navigation signals reach the ground at extremely low power. That is why a modest...
Most coverage of Turkish defence exports goes to drones and missiles. It rarely mentions the...