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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...
An application in which the on-board medical infrastructure of TCG Anadolu is supported by high-speed...
The process of adding another İstanbul-class frigate, developed under the MİLGEM project, to the Naval...
A new battery of SİPER, Turkey's long-range air and missile defence system, has been delivered...
ULAQ, Turkey's first armed unmanned surface vessel (USV), has entered service with the Naval Forces....
Work continues on developing joint mission scenarios between Baykar's high-altitude unmanned aerial vehicle AKINCI and...
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...
Countries buy Turkish drones mainly because they can. For most of the last decade, the...
Türkiye's warships are built by three different kinds of organisation. Two state yards belonging to...
Türkiye's Ministry of National Defence has confirmed a new round of firing trials in which...
Türkiye's defence industry cooperation agreement with Brazil, first signed in 2022 and long stuck in...
Türkiye's HÜRJET advanced jet trainer took a step toward becoming a genuine light combat aircraft...
The Turkish Navy's third İstif-class frigate, TCG İzmit (F-517), began sea acceptance trials on September...
ROKETSAN is Türkiye’s missile house — a state-controlled company founded in 1988 that builds almost...
ASELSAN has brought a new $56 million guided-weapons production facility online in Türkiye, the company...
Nigeria and Türkiye agreed to steer their defence relationship away from Nigeria simply buying finished...
Türkiye's state ordnance maker MKE has confirmed that its URAN vehicle-mounted 105mm howitzer is close...
Altınay Defense Technologies, an Istanbul-area engineering house that supplies components into some of Türkiye's biggest...
Türkiye's government has written a plan to push technology developed for its defence industry into...