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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...
ASELSAN flew two Bayraktar TB2 drones fitted with its ANTIDOT electronic-warfare pods and FULMAR 200...
Otokar and Leonardo have completed integration and live-firing trials of the Otokar TULPAR medium tank...
ASELSAN has brought a new $56 million guided-weapons production facility online in Türkiye, the company...
Türkiye's defence industry cooperation agreement with Brazil, first signed in 2022 and long stuck in...
Türkiye's warships are built by three different kinds of organisation. Two state yards belonging to...
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...
That one of NATO's high-level summits will be held in Turkey has brought the country's...
Türkiye's state ordnance maker MKE has confirmed that its URAN vehicle-mounted 105mm howitzer is close...
The Katmerciler HIZIR II is the new-generation member of the mine-resistant tactical wheeled armoured vehicle...
The Otokar COBRA II is a 4×4 mine-resistant ambush protected tactical wheeled armoured vehicle built...
KARA ATMACA is ROKETSAN's land-attack cruise missile, a road-mobile derivative of the ATMACA anti-ship missile...
HAVELSAN's order book for Airbus A320-family full-flight simulators has grown to six additional units, the...
Türkiye exports air defence, but almost entirely from the bottom of the architecture. The confirmed...
The team and roadmap that will carry the Turkish Space Agency's strategy through the coming...
Turkiye's defense and aerospace industry exported $511.4 million worth of goods and services in August...
The Bayraktar KIZILELMA is Türkiye's first indigenous unmanned combat aircraft, a jet-powered platform developed by...
ASELSAN's GÜRZ hybrid air defence system carried out its first live-fire field activity on September...
Turkey's navy closed out its largest fleet exercise of the year with two firsts: an...