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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...
KARA ATMACA is ROKETSAN's land-attack cruise missile, a road-mobile derivative of the ATMACA anti-ship missile...
The T625 GÖKBEY, the general purpose helicopter developed by Turkish Aerospace, received a civil type...
TCG ANADOLU (L-400) is the largest warship ever operated by the Turkish Naval Forces and...
The SIPER air defence system is the long-range upper layer of Türkiye's national air and...
The Bayraktar AKINCI is a high-altitude long-endurance armed UAV developed by Baykar Teknoloji of Turkiye...
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 Bayraktar TB2 is still in production, still being exported and still the aircraft most...
The Bayraktar KIZILELMA is Türkiye's first indigenous unmanned combat aircraft, a jet-powered platform developed by...
A small, electrically powered helicopter with no pilot on board has spent the past week...
Türkiye's Land Forces Command has taken delivery of another batch of TAYFUN Blok-2 ballistic missiles,...
CTech, the communications-systems subsidiary of Turkish Aerospace, used MSPO 2026 in Kielce to pitch NATO...
Altınay Defense Technologies, an Istanbul-area engineering house that supplies components into some of Türkiye's biggest...
Turkish Aerospace (TUSAŞ) is Türkiye's state-owned aviation prime contractor and the company that designs and...
Turkish Aerospace Industries (TUSAS/TAI) General Manager Mehmet Demiroglu confirmed late last month that testing of...
Most coverage of Turkish defence exports goes to drones and missiles. It rarely mentions the...
Turkish ammunition maker Turaç has unveiled a remote-controlled turret that fights drones with shotguns rather...
The ALTAY is in serial production and in service, but in very small numbers. The...
Work continues on developing joint mission scenarios between Baykar's high-altitude unmanned aerial vehicle AKINCI and...