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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 Ministry of National Defence has confirmed a new round of firing trials in which...
Türkiye's HÜRJET advanced jet trainer took a step toward becoming a genuine light combat aircraft...
The Turkish Navy's third İstif-class frigate, TCG İzmit (F-517), began sea acceptance trials on September...
ROKETSAN is Türkiye’s missile house — a state-controlled company founded in 1988 that builds almost...
Türkiye's state ordnance maker MKE has confirmed that its URAN vehicle-mounted 105mm howitzer is close...
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...
Foreign ministers, defence ministers and armed forces chiefs from Türkiye, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan met...
Baykar's Bayraktar AKINCI unmanned combat aerial vehicle destroyed a high-speed target drone in flight on...
Turkey's state-owned defence manufacturer MKE (Mechanical and Chemical Industry Corporation) signed a memorandum of understanding...
Roketsan has brought a wide slice of its guided-weapons catalogue to MSPO 2026, the International...
The Turkish Navy's third İstif-class frigate, TCG İzmit (F-517), began sea acceptance trials on September...
Export talks continue in Turkey's rotary-wing and trainer aircraft segment. The T129 ATAK attack helicopter,...
CTech, the Istanbul-based communications subsidiary of Turkish Aerospace, has unveiled a hybrid satellite and line-of-sight...
The Bayraktar TB2 is still in production, still being exported and still the aircraft most...
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan used a gala marking a century of Turkish-American diplomatic ties to...
Türkiye’s government has penciled in a 229 percent increase in defence spending over the next...
Altınay Defense Technologies, an Istanbul-area engineering house that supplies components into some of Türkiye's biggest...
Türkiye's Naval Forces Command launched Denizkurdu-I/2026 on September 20, the first of its two major...