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MKE Unveils TOLGA Dual 20mm Naval Gun After Sea Trials
Turkish state manufacturer MKE has unveiled a naval version of its TOLGA short-range air defence...
MKE Unveils TOLGA Dual 20mm Naval Gun After Sea Trials
Turkish state manufacturer MKE has unveiled a naval version of its TOLGA short-range air defence...
Türkiye sent its largest-ever delegation to Euronaval 2026, the biennial naval defence exhibition running November...
Turkish state defence manufacturer MKE (Makina ve Kimya Endüstrisi) has unveiled a new, larger member...
Partly — and the dividing line is the subsystem, not the flag on the airframe....
ASELSAN is showing container-mounted versions of two of its most widely fielded naval air-defence systems...
Türkiye’s defence and aerospace exports jumped 61 percent year-on-year in October, reaching $1.14 billion and...
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan traveled to Seoul on November 3 for his first state visit...
Naval trade publication Baird Maritime published a detailed vessel review this week of TUFAN, a...
ASELSAN told Turkey's Public Disclosure Platform (KAP) on Tuesday that it has signed a $1.1...
Aselsan
ASELSAN: The Company Behind Türkiye’s Defence Electronics
ASELSAN is Türkiye's largest defence company and now a global top-40 contractor. Ownership, revenue, backlog, exports and what it actually...
Air Platforms
KAAN Fighter Programme: Status, Orders and Engine Timeline
Where Türkiye's KAAN fighter programme stands in 2026: flight-test status, the 20-aircraft Turkish order, Indonesia's 48 jets and the engine...
Defense Companies
Baykar Plans a 250 Million Dollar Investment in Africa
Unmanned aerial vehicle manufacturer Baykar is reported to be planning an investment of around 250 million dollars on the African...
Defense Electronics & Cyber
New Electronic Warfare Contract Between ASELSAN and the SSB
A new electronic warfare system development contract has been signed between the Presidency of Defence Industries and ASELSAN. Under the...
Unmanned Systems
Armed Unmanned Surface Vessel ULAQ Enters Service
ULAQ, Turkey’s first armed unmanned surface vessel (USV), has entered service with the Naval Forces. Developed through cooperation between Meteksan...
Land Systems
FNSS’s European Partnership: What Is Confirmed, and What Is Not
FNSS's European partnership is with CSG and centres on the tracked CFL-120 Karpat, not the PARS ALPHA. No value was...
Defense Exports & Cooperation
Türkiye, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan Give the Mecca Defence Pact an Institutional Backbone
Türkiye hosted the first Mecca Defence Alliance meeting with Saudi Arabia and Pakistan, agreeing a Riyadh secretariat and defence-industrial cooperation.
Baykar
Why Do Countries Buy Turkish Drones? The Real Reasons
Turkish drones sell on export rules, price and delivery speed more than performance. The real reasons countries buy them, and...
Baykar
Baykar: The Company Behind Türkiye’s Combat Drones
Who owns Baykar, what it earns, where it exports — and why the maker of the Bayraktar TB2 and KIZILELMA...
Baykar
Bayraktar TB2: Programme Status, Operators and Exports
Where the Bayraktar TB2 programme stands in 2026: operators and export contracts, the Canadian sensor ban and what changed, prices...
Türkiye is fielding one of only three full maritime strike groups in NATO's Neptune Strike...
Türkiye builds its own drones, radars, missiles and warships. Its combat aircraft still breathe foreign...
Türkiye builds one of only four launcher families in the world that can fire an...
Türkiye exports air defence, but almost entirely from the bottom of the architecture. The confirmed...
Turkish artillery used to mean one thing: a licence-built self-propelled gun and a large stock...
Türkiye has told the United States it wants to see "concrete action" on the 40...
The U.S. Navy is examining Turkiye's Istanbul-class frigate as one of three foreign warship designs...
The Bayraktar AKINCI is a high-altitude long-endurance armed UAV developed by Baykar Teknoloji of Turkiye...
ROKETSAN's anti-ship ballistic missile, TAYFUN BLOK-3, is entering serial production this year, with deliveries to...
Three Turkish companies build laser weapons, and a fourth programme uses microwaves instead of light....
Put an AKINCI next to an MQ-9 and the first instinct is to ask which...
Russia has, for the first time, laid out in public the conditions under which it...