Defense Türkiye - Defense Industry News
Which Countries Buy the Most Turkish Weapons? Three Answers
There is no single answer, and anyone who gives you one has picked a measuring...
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...
CLARIFICATION, 14 September 2026The US$11.2 billion figure is a rolling 12-month total, not a calendar-year...
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...
New investments that Baykar and the Mechanical and Chemical Industry Corporation (MKE) plan to establish...
Unmanned aerial vehicle manufacturer Baykar is reported to be planning an investment of around 250...
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...
A new electronic warfare system development contract has been signed between the Presidency of Defence...
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’s KAAN fifth-generation fighter is in flight test with a domestic production order behind it...
Most of Türkiye's defence electronics story is told through large names: ASELSAN, Turkish Aerospace, Roketsan....
Türkiye's Air Force has taken delivery of two more HÜRKUŞ basic trainers, bringing the type's...
Türkiye and France signed a defence cooperation roadmap in Paris on October 3, putting a...
The Bayraktar AKINCI is a high-altitude long-endurance armed UAV developed by Baykar Teknoloji of Turkiye...
Türkiye's defence relationship with Somalia is not an export relationship. Somalia has bought almost nothing...
Skydagger, the Baykar-backed drone maker that built its business exporting disposable FPV attack drones by...
MKE, Türkiye's state-owned Mechanical and Chemical Industry Corporation, has completed construction of a medium- and...
Most Turkish defense companies are known for hardware you can point a camera at. HAVELSAN...
Almost every radar in Turkish service is designed and built by one company — a...
Türkiye's Land Forces Command has taken delivery of another batch of TAYFUN Blok-2 ballistic missiles,...
No, Turkish defence equipment is not automatically ITAR-free. The International Traffic in Arms Regulations are...