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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...
Unmanned aerial vehicle manufacturer Baykar is reported to be planning an investment of around 250...
ASELSAN is reported to be continuing work on next-generation sensor and command and control systems...
ASELSAN, Turkey's leading defence electronics company, announced strong growth in its financial results for the...
The team and roadmap that will carry the Turkish Space Agency's strategy through the coming...
A modernised version of KORAL, the ground-based electronic support and electronic attack system developed by...
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 first steel block of Türkiye's future TF-2000 air-defense destroyer went onto the building slip...
Türkiye's HÜRJET advanced jet trainer took a step toward becoming a genuine light combat aircraft...
ASELSAN’s GÖKSUR 100-N, the point-defence missile system Türkiye is developing to protect its own warships...
STM is using this week's MSPO exhibition in Kielce to put a model of Portugal's...
ASELSAN will bring its full counter-drone and electronic warfare lineup to MSPO 2026, the Kielce...
The U.S. Navy is examining Turkiye's Istanbul-class frigate as one of three foreign warship designs...
KORAL II is the designation under which ASELSAN first documented its next-generation land-based radar electronic...
Turkish Aerospace subsidiary CTech signed a cooperation memorandum with Estonian battlefield-communications startup Wayren at MSPO...
The Katmerciler HIZIR II is the new-generation member of the mine-resistant tactical wheeled armoured vehicle...
Baykar's Bayraktar AKINCI unmanned combat aerial vehicle destroyed a high-speed target drone in flight on...
Roketsan has fired its Çakır cruise missile from a mobile ground launcher for the first...
ASELSAN has put a new naval gun through its first public firing trials, unveiling the...