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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...
Türkiye's Naval Forces Command launched Denizkurdu-I/2026 on September 20, the first of its two major...
ASELSAN has put a new naval gun through its first public firing trials, unveiling the...
Türkiye's defence industry has spent the past two years signing export contracts, opening production lines...
Six countries outside Türkiye have been publicly linked to the TUSAŞ ANKA, and four of...
The State Department's approval of a $24.3 billion F-35 sale to Saudi Arabia on September...
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...
Roketsan said on September 23 that its KARAOK short-range anti-tank guided missile has hit an...
Türkiye's aircraft engines are built almost entirely by one company: TEI, TUSAŞ Engine Industries, at...
At the SAHA EXPO 2026 fair held in İstanbul, contracts worth a total of 8...
CTech, the Istanbul-based communications subsidiary of Turkish Aerospace, has unveiled a hybrid satellite and line-of-sight...
The ALTAY is in serial production and in service, but in very small numbers. The...
Six countries outside Türkiye have been publicly linked to the TUSAŞ ANKA, and four of...
Work continues on developing joint mission scenarios between Baykar's high-altitude unmanned aerial vehicle AKINCI and...
The 2026 calendar of TEKNOFEST, one of the largest events in aviation, space and technology,...
Turkish Aerospace (TUSAŞ) is Türkiye's state-owned aviation prime contractor and the company that designs and...
Foreign ministers, defence ministers and armed forces chiefs from Türkiye, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan met...
New investments that Baykar and the Mechanical and Chemical Industry Corporation (MKE) plan to establish...
STM put its newest family of small unmanned systems through a round of field trials...