Defence and Aerospace Industry Exports increase in July 2021
Turkish Defence and Aerospace Industry exports in July 2021 amounted to 231 million 166 thousand USD.
Turkiye News
Country
Navy / Maritime
Modernisation
Sensors
Turkish Straits to be controlled with HAVELSAN’s System
The Turkish Straits will be managed via HAVELSAN’s new system developed with national resources.
Navy / Maritime
Unmanned Systems
Sensors
SSB to Supply Unmanned Surface Vehicle
Presidency of Defence Industry Presidency has published a request for proposal (TÇD) to supply two different types of unmanned surface vehicles.
Land
MKE Visits IDEF with Yavuz
Mechanical and Chemical Industry Incorporated Company (MKE A.Ş.) will present Yavuz Howitzer at IDEF.
Air
Investment
General Directorate of Forestry to Procure New Helicopters
The General Directorate of Forestry, which has partially exited Turkey’s T70 Utility Helicopter Program will supply brand new helicopters.
Navy / Maritime
Air
Unmanned Systems
First Technical Details of MIUS And TB3 are Disclosed
Baykar Technical Manager (CTO) Selçuk Bayraktar gave information about Baykar's UAV projects at the "Aviation and Space Summit 2" online event.
Weapon / Missile
Investment
Electromagnetic Rail Gun: the U.S. Gives Up, Turkey Hopes
U.S. Navy preferred the budget cut on the Electromagnetic Rail Gun project even though the system sent projectiles at supersonic speed. Turkiye continues.
Air
KHK’s Canadair Fleet: Ageing between 32 to 51
Turkish Aviation Institute has nine Canadair CL-215 (Scooper) firefighter aircraft in the inventory.
Air
Unmanned Systems
Sensors
TUSAŞ Delivers Anka with ASELSAN’s CATS Payload
Turkish Aerospace (TUSAŞ) has delivered two new ANKA UAV to the Turkish Air Force.
Unmanned Systems
Sensors
Aksungur Saved Lives
President of Defence Industries Professor Ismail Demir stated that Aksungur UAV had saved lives.
Investment
Engine and Transmission
İşbir Elektrik Prepares for New Facility
İşbir Elektrik will move to its new facility. The facility was established in 1978 as the Power Generation Machinery Factory.
Land
Otokar Achieves a Turnover of 1.9 billion TL in Six Months
Otokar announced the financial results for the first six months of 2021. Otokar’s exports increased its turnover by 64 per cent despite the Pandemic.
Navy / Maritime
TCG Anadolu: in 2022 but not before March
TCG Anadolu is under construction. The pandemic caused a major delay in construction, but the Turkish industry is working hard to deliver it early.
Navy / Maritime
Sensors
TF-2000 Destroyer is Close To Starting the Programme
Part of the National Ship (MILGEM) project Anti-Air Warfare (AAW) destroyer TF-2000 is close to starting the programme but is waiting for the correct formula.
Global Defence Trend Brief
- 15:00 NATO prioritises rapid expansion of integrated air defence - Alliance planning is increasingly focused on expanding integrated air and missile defence capacity a...
- 15:00 US Army accelerates software-defined battlefield networking - The US Army is expanding efforts to connect sensors, launchers and command systems through software-...
- 15:00 Europe increases investment in defence industrial resilience - European governments are directing additional funding toward ammunition production, missile manufact...
- 15:00 China advances integrated maritime reconnaissance network - China continues linking satellites, unmanned aircraft, maritime patrol assets and coastal sensors in...
- 15:00 Japan expands dispersed logistics for island defence - Japan is investing in distributed logistics hubs, hardened storage facilities and rapid reinforcemen...
- 15:00 Counter-drone strategies shift toward affordable layered protection - Military planners are increasingly combining electronic warfare, interceptor drones, guns and low-co...
- 15:00 Autonomous underwater systems expand critical infrastructure missions - Navies are broadening the use of autonomous underwater vehicles to monitor undersea cables, energy i...
- 15:00 Hypersonic threats drive persistent tracking investment - Defence agencies continue expanding radar and satellite-based tracking networks designed to maintain...
- 15:00 Distributed satellite constellations become military standard - Armed forces are increasingly deploying larger constellations of smaller satellites to improve resil...
- 15:00 Production scalability shapes future defence procurement - Governments are placing greater emphasis on manufacturing capacity, delivery speed and industrial su...
- 12:00 Leonardo and Baykar complete first K-SWARM teaming trials - Breaking Defense reported that Leonardo's M-346FA and Baykar's KIZILELMA completed their first auton...
- 12:00 Janes details M-346FA–KIZILELMA integration tests - Janes reported that Baykar and Leonardo demonstrated real-time control and cooperative operations be...
- 12:00 Reuters: Türkiye seeks to double defence exports - Reuters reported that Türkiye aims to double defence exports within two years after reaching $10 bil...
- 12:00 Reuters: ASELSAN increases Steel Dome production - Reuters reported that ASELSAN plans to deliver more than 150 different components for Türkiye's Stee...
- 12:00 Le Monde examines Türkiye's expanding defence role in Mali - Le Monde reported that Türkiye has quietly become one of Mali's principal defence partners through d...
- 12:00 SAHA 2026 showcases Türkiye's integrated defence vision - International coverage of SAHA 2026 highlighted ASELSAN's emphasis on integrated air defence, electr...
- 12:00 Baykar highlights next-generation loitering munitions - Baykar presented its new MIZRAK intelligent loitering munition together with the K2 Kamikaze UAV and...
- 12:00 Foreign analysts track KAAN engine development - International defence reporting highlighted the unveiling of the indigenous Güçhan fighter engine fo...
- 12:00 International attention grows around Turkish unmanned naval systems - Foreign defence publications continued covering ASELSAN's TUFAN unmanned surface vessel and KILIÇ au...
- 12:00 C4Defence reviews Türkiye's 2026 industrial roadmap - C4Defence's English edition reviewed 2025 achievements and outlined 2026 priorities, including KAAN,...
- 09:00 NATO presses allies to replace US aircraft and naval contributions - Washington is pressing European allies and Canada to provide more manned and unmanned aircraft plus...
- 09:00 Alliance air defence expansion becomes a top NATO capability priority - NATO is pushing members to expand air and missile defence inventories, command networks and industri...
- 09:00 Baltic and Romanian drone incursions drive low-altitude defence demand - Recent drone incidents on NATO’s eastern flank are accelerating demand for low-altitude surveillance...
- 09:00 NATO counter-drone experimentation is shifting toward integrated fielding - Alliance work on Layered Counter-UAS initiatives is moving beyond testing individual technologies to...
- 09:00 Europe’s defence debate is shifting from spending levels to deliverable readiness - NATO and EU discussions increasingly emphasise turning higher defence budgets into combat-ready forc...
- 09:00 Counter-drone procurement is moving toward affordable layered defence - Military organisations are increasingly prioritising combinations of jamming, interceptor drones, gu...
- 09:00 Autonomous border and infrastructure surveillance is gaining traction in Europe - Drone incursions and hybrid-threat concerns are pushing European governments and industry toward rob...
- 09:00 Hypersonic tracking remains a major driver of Western sensor investment - The spread of manoeuvring high-speed missile threats continues to push Western defence planners towa...
- 09:00 Military space resilience is shifting toward proliferated constellations - Armed forces are increasingly favouring larger constellations of smaller satellites rather than a fe...
- 09:00 Industrial surge capacity is becoming a decisive defence metric - Across missiles, drones and air defence, governments are placing greater weight on production scalab...
