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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...
Work continues on developing joint mission scenarios between Baykar's high-altitude unmanned aerial vehicle AKINCI and...
TCG Anadolu, the amphibious assault ship of the Turkish Naval Forces, stood out at the...
Turkey's fifth-generation national combat aircraft KAAN has moved into the procurement phase following test flights,...
New digital design and simulation capabilities have been introduced at the dedicated technology facility built...
Export talks continue in Turkey's rotary-wing and trainer aircraft segment. The T129 ATAK attack helicopter,...
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...
A new battery of SİPER, Turkey's long-range air and missile defence system, has been delivered...
The Otokar ARMA II 8x8 is the newest member of the ARMA family of tactical...
Roketsan General Manager Murat İkinci gave the clearest public timeline yet for two of the...
The Bayraktar TB2 is still in production, still being exported and still the aircraft most...
HAVELSAN's order book for Airbus A320-family full-flight simulators has grown to six additional units, the...
Türkiye's KAAN fifth-generation fighter is in flight test with a domestic production order behind it...
Roketsan said on September 23 that its KARAOK short-range anti-tank guided missile has hit an...
A small, electrically powered helicopter with no pilot on board has spent the past week...
ASELSAN is Türkiye's largest defence company and its national defence-electronics house. It is majority-owned by...
The export performance achieved by ROKETSAN in its national missile portfolio, led by the ATMACA...
Turkish ammunition maker Turaç has unveiled a remote-controlled turret that fights drones with shotguns rather...