Aselsan offers 35-mm anti-aircraft gun Korkut to Ukraine
Turkish Aselsan offers Ukraine its 35-mm self-propelled anti-aircraft gun Korkut air defence system, according to Ukraine based Defence Express magazine.
Turkiye News
Weapon / Missile
Navy / Maritime
Air
Unmanned Systems
TB2 Hit Pınar 6 at Denizkurdu Drill
Ares Shipyard and Meteksan Defence’s joint project, Armed Unmanned Surface Vessel Ulaq, fired two Cirit missiles for the first time.
Land
Modernisation
Roketsan Begun Delivering Armour Systems
President of Defence Industries (SSB) Professor Ismail Demir announced that the Leopard 2A4 Main Battle Tank armour upgrade is now in serial production.
Ammunition
Weapon / Missile
SAGE’s Togan and Bozok Ready for Serial Production
TÜBİTAK Defence Industry Research and Development Institute (SAGE) has made the Laser Guided Miniature Munition Bozok and Togan ready for serial production.
Navy / Maritime
Air
Unmanned Systems
Aksungur Begins its first mission
Turkish Aerospace (TUSAŞ) UAV AKSUNGUR started its first mission by flying from Ankara TUSAŞ facilities to Adana Şakirpaşa Airport.
Land
Engine and Transmission
First heartbeat of FIRTINA
President of Defence Industries Profesor İsmail Demir announced that the 1,000-horsepower UTKU engine was ignited for the first time.
Space
CTech begins exporting space products
Turkish firm CTech has exported its first satellite product to Thales Alenia Space, the joint venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%).
Space
Turkey to Establish a Company for Satelite
The 1st Space Economics, Space Law and Space Sciences Symposium is organised at Istanbul University Faculty of Economics.
Air
“HÜRKUŞ HYEU” unveiled at Konya
Turkish Aerospace (TUSAŞ) unveiled the new version of HÜRKUŞ at the International Anatolian Anka-2021 exercise.
Air
Weapon / Missile
Unmanned Systems
Western Media Targets STM’s Kargu-2
The Western media have started an anti-campaign for STM’s Kargu-2 drone. Human Rights Watch initiated the campaign three weeks ago.
Land
Communication
KAREL’s IP Switchboard in Service
Karel electronics reconfigured the IP-based DS200T Telephone switchboard according to the technical requirements of the Turkish Land Forces.
Logistics
NATO Demonstrates hot water is possible in the field: Ozti
NATO held an exercise in Romania to show its readiness for quick response. Turkey is the leading country at the exercise.
Land
Modernisation
ACV Modernization Project Firing Tests Completed
The preliminary prototype ACV conducted Armoured Combat Vehicle road driving and firing tests. Turkish Land Forces have ACV-15 in the inventory.
Navy / Maritime
Weapon / Missile
Unmanned Systems
ULAQ had Salvo Cirit Fire
Ares Shipyard and Meteksan Defence’s joint Project Armed Unmanned Surface Vehicle (AUSV/ ULAQ) was tested at DenizKurdu 21 (Sea Wolf) Naval Exercise.
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...
