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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...
A Bayraktar TB3 flew off the deck of TCG Anadolu on September 22 and dropped...
Türkiye exports air defence, but almost entirely from the bottom of the architecture. The confirmed...
Türkiye's defence and aerospace exports reached roughly $11 billion over the past twelve months, according...
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan used a gala marking a century of Turkish-American diplomatic ties to...
Almost every large Turkish export package now arrives with an industrial offer attached — local...
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...
ASELSAN, Turkey's leading defence electronics company, announced strong growth in its financial results for the...
Türkiye's government has written a plan to push technology developed for its defence industry into...
Turkish armoured vehicle manufacturer FNSS has reached a cooperation agreement with a European partner for...
The 2026 calendar of TEKNOFEST, one of the largest events in aviation, space and technology,...
STM is spending September on the road. Türkiye's state-linked defence engineering company will carry its...
An application in which the on-board medical infrastructure of TCG Anadolu is supported by high-speed...
That one of NATO's high-level summits will be held in Turkey has brought the country's...
Turkey's state-owned defence manufacturer MKE (Makina ve Kimya Endüstrisi) signed a memorandum of understanding with...
Roketsan has test-fired its LEVENT naval point-defence missile from a standalone launcher configuration and struck...
The Otokar ARMA II 8x8 is the newest member of the ARMA family of tactical...
No, Turkish defence equipment is not automatically ITAR-free. The International Traffic in Arms Regulations are...
New investments that Baykar and the Mechanical and Chemical Industry Corporation (MKE) plan to establish...