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...
ROKETSAN presented four new systems to the public for the first time at the SAHA...
The export performance achieved by ROKETSAN in its national missile portfolio, led by the ATMACA...
With Türksat 6A, Turkey's first domestically designed and produced communications satellite, entering service, the country's...
İMECE, Turkey's first domestically designed and produced high-resolution observation satellite, continues its mission in space,...
A new battery of SİPER, Turkey's long-range air and missile defence system, has been delivered...
An application in which the on-board medical infrastructure of TCG Anadolu is supported by high-speed...
The process of adding another İstanbul-class frigate, developed under the MİLGEM project, to the Naval...
Baykar has announced an increase in the production tempo of its unmanned combat aircraft KIZILELMA....
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...
A foreign government buying Turkish defence equipment has three routes. It can sign directly with...
Türkiye and Pakistan run the deepest technology-transfer relationship in the Turkish defence industry's export record....
For more than three decades, the anti-ship missile on most Turkish surface combatants has been...
Turkey's fifth-generation national combat aircraft KAAN has moved into the procurement phase following test flights,...
ROKETSAN has signed its first export contract for the BARBAROS coastal defence system, agreeing to...
Türkiye does not have an aircraft carrier today. It is building one. The ship is...
Countries buy Turkish drones mainly because they can. For most of the last decade, the...
In 2035 the Turkish Air Force will still fly mostly F-16s. Every new combat aircraft...
Türkiye still imports major weapons, and the three countries that supply most of them are...
Most people who follow Türkiye's defence industry know the names that appear on the hulls,...
Turkish Air Force pilots move into live flight training on the Eurofighter Typhoon in the...
Short answer: Bayraktar drones are built in Türkiye, by Baykar, a privately held company headquartered...