Turkiye’s Share in Arms Exports Double in 2020-2024 Term
According to SIPRI’s 2024 Yearbook, Turkiye’s share in global arms exports has increased by 103 per cent in the 2020-2024 term compared to the 2015-2019 term.
Turkiye News
Country
Investment
Sensors
ASELSAN and SSB Sign Radar Systems Procurement Contract
ASELSAN stated that it signed an agreement with the Secretariat of Defence Industries (SSB) valuing $ 107.480.950 to procure new-generation Radar Systems.
Unmanned Systems
TİTRA Shows Dumrul Armed Rotary-Wing UAV With FPV Control
TİTRA unveiled its new rotary-wing UAV Dumrul at VERTICON 2025. It can be armed with various light weaponry and controlled in first-person view (FPV).
Weapon / Missile
ASELSAN’s GÖKBERK Laser Weapon Downs Various UAV Types
GÖKBERK laser weapon successfully downed a rotary-wing UAV, fixed-wing UAV, and a ducted rotor FPV at ranges beyond one kilometre in the recent firing tests.
Simulator / AI / Drill/ Software
Ynet: Turkiye Blocks Israel From Joining NATO Exercise
According to Ynet, Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs sources claimed that Turkiye vetoed Israel and blocked its participation in an annual NATO exercise.
Investment
Turkish FlyBVLOS Secures ICT Technology Transfer from Taiwan
Turkiye secures an ICT technology transfer agreement with Taiwanese Accton, boosting national security, local defence production, and technological autonomy.
Navy / Maritime
Thailand Partners with ASFAT for New Frigate Acquisition
Thailand’s UDT partners with ASFAT to acquire four new frigates. The deal, which involves technology transfer, is part of RTN’s fleet modernisation plan.
Simulator / AI / Drill/ Software
Unmanned Systems
Bayraktar TB2T-AI Armed UAV Reaches 25500 ft Altitude
Baykar Bayraktar TB2’s UAVs enhanced variant, Bayraktar TB2T-AI, using a turbocharged engine, reached an altitude of 25500 ft in its third flight test.
Country
ASFAT General Manager Mustafa İlbaş Appoints His Deputies
ASFAT General Manager Mustafa İlbaş has appointed Serdar Ümit Tezeren and Esat Mahmut Yılmaz as new Deputy General Managers after assuming leadership.
Air
Simulator / AI / Drill/ Software
Bilateral Relations
Turkish Air Force Returns to Red Flag Exercise in the US
The Red Flag Exercise symbolises the development of Turkish-US relations as TurAF returns to the multinational exercise at Nellis after 9 years of intervals.
Unmanned Systems
Sensors
TİTRA’s FPV Kamikaze ‘MERKÜT’ Gains Night Vision Capability
Pasifik Teknoloji company TİTRA Teknoloji’s subsidiary SAVX Teknoloji’s FPV kamikaze drone MERKÜT gained a high-resolution, wide-angle thermal imaging system.
Navy / Maritime
ARES Shipyard’s TYPE 55 SAT Boats Enter Service in Iraq
The three TYPE 55 SAT Boats, built by ENM KOREA in partnership with ARES Shipyard for the Iraqi Ministry of Defence, have officially entered service.
Regional / Strategy
Defence Politics
Erdoğan for EU: We Maintain our Goal of Full Membership
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who speaks at an online meeting organised by the European Union, said, “We maintain our goal of full membership.”
Defence Politics
Fidan Calls Europe for Closer Relations in Defence Structure
Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan told FT stated that Türkiye would want to be part of any new European security architecture if NATO were to unravel.
