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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...
CTech, the Istanbul-based communications subsidiary of Turkish Aerospace, has unveiled a hybrid satellite and line-of-sight...
Roketsan fired its SUNGUR short-range air defense missile from the mobile BÜRÇ platform for the...
No, Turkish defence equipment is not automatically ITAR-free. The International Traffic in Arms Regulations are...
Nigeria and Türkiye agreed to steer their defence relationship away from Nigeria simply buying finished...
Türkiye's government has written a plan to push technology developed for its defence industry into...
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...
The State Department's approval of a $24.3 billion F-35 sale to Saudi Arabia on September...
STM put its newest family of small unmanned systems through a round of field trials...
Türkiye's warships are built by three different kinds of organisation. Two state yards belonging to...
The partnership FNSS has established with a European company for its PARS ALPHA armoured vehicle...
Figures relating to Turkey have become clear in NATO's announced defence spending data for 2026....
KORAL II is the designation under which ASELSAN first documented its next-generation land-based radar electronic...
Nigeria and Türkiye agreed to steer their defence relationship away from Nigeria simply buying finished...
The FNSS ZAHA, known in export markets as the Marine Assault Vehicle or MAV, is...
The ALTAY is in serial production and in service, but in very small numbers. The...
ASELSAN has put a new naval gun through its first public firing trials, unveiling the...
SAHA EXPO 2026, one of the major gatherings of the defence, aerospace and space industry,...
Türkiye's KAAN fifth-generation fighter is in flight test with a domestic production order behind it...