Defense Türkiye - Defense Industry News
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...
Work continues on developing joint mission scenarios between Baykar's high-altitude unmanned aerial vehicle AKINCI and...
TCG Anadolu, the amphibious assault ship of the Turkish Naval Forces, stood out at the...
Turkey's fifth-generation national combat aircraft KAAN has moved into the procurement phase following test flights,...
New digital design and simulation capabilities have been introduced at the dedicated technology facility built...
Export talks continue in Turkey's rotary-wing and trainer aircraft segment. The T129 ATAK attack helicopter,...
Defence industry sources report that the production tempo of the ALTAY main battle tank is...
CORRECTION — 27 OCTOBER 2026 This article originally carried the headline “a 600 Million Dollar...
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...
ARCA Defense (ARCA Savunma Sanayi ve Ticaret A.Ş.) is a privately held Turkish ammunition manufacturer,...
The export performance achieved by ROKETSAN in its national missile portfolio, led by the ATMACA...
A tailless, arrow-shaped jet that looks more like a stealth bomber model than a drone:...
ASELSAN, Turkey's leading defence electronics company, announced strong growth in its financial results for the...
ASELSAN has signed a $442.5 million export contract covering radar, counter-drone and command-and-control systems for...
Most coverage of Turkish defence exports goes to drones and missiles. It rarely mentions the...
Türkiye's government has written a plan to push technology developed for its defence industry into...
For most of its life, TEI made parts for engines that other companies designed. It...
ASELSAN flew two Bayraktar TB2 drones fitted with its ANTIDOT electronic-warfare pods and FULMAR 200...
Türkiye's state ordnance maker MKE has confirmed that its URAN vehicle-mounted 105mm howitzer is close...
ASELSAN put four of its precision-guided munitions through a live-fire gauntlet at the Konya Karapınar...
ASELSAN’s GÖKSUR 100-N, the point-defence missile system Türkiye is developing to protect its own warships...