Mehmet Demiroğlu Gives Updates on the KAAN Fighter’s Tests
TUSAŞ CEO Mehmet Demiroğlu gave details for the next phases of the KAAN fifth-generation fighter jet’s tests, which performed its maiden flight a year ago.
KIZILELMA News
Air
Unmanned Systems
Unmanned Systems
Minister of ROK’s DAPA Visits Baykar’s Head Facility
ROK’s Defence Acquisition and Programme Administration (DAPA) Minister, H.E. Seok Jong-gun, visited Baykar’s Özdemir Bayraktar National Technology Centre.
Unmanned Systems
Baykar Develops New Features for KIZILELMA Unmanned Fighter
As the tests of the KIZILELMA unmanned fighter are ongoing with the third prototype, Baykar disclosed the development of various features for the next phases.
Unmanned Systems
Expo and Air Show
Baykar Offers KIZILELMA Unmanned Fighter to Brazil
Baykar is exhibiting its Kızılelma unmanned fighter with Brazilian Air Force livery at the LAAD 2025 exhibition being held in Brazil’s capital, Rio de Janeiro.
Unmanned Systems
Kızılelma Unmanned Fighter Performs Sharper Turns in Test
Baykar’s unmanned fighter’s third prototype performed turns with high bank angles in the Afterburner Assisted Takeoff-Maneuvering System Identification test.
Unmanned Systems
Engine and Transmission
Bayraktar KIZILELMA PT3 Takes Off Using Afterburner
Following a series of ground tests for the afterburner mode, Baykar’s KIZILELMA unmanned fighter’s third prototype, PT3, took flight utilising the afterburner.
Unmanned Systems
KIZILELMA Unmanned Fighter’s Fourth Prototype Breaks Cover
Baykar owner and CTO Selçuk Bayraktar shared the images of KIZILELMA unmanned stealth fighter’s fourth prototype with the tail code “TC-OZB4” on his X account.
Navy / Maritime
Expo and Air Show
2025 Comes with Three Major Platforms for the Turkish Navy
Constructions of the MILDEN submarine, TF-2000 air defence destroyer, and the MUGEM aircraft carrier were launched alongside the new year for the Turkish Navy.
Land
Navy / Maritime
Air
Unmanned Systems
Turkish Defence and Aviation Industry Panorama in 2024
The Turkish defence industries maintained their momentum in 2024, continuing the trajectory set in previous years across air, land, and naval domains.
Navy / Maritime
China Launches Type 076 Sichuan LHD Fitted with a Catapult
Type 076, as a larger follow-up to the Type 075 LHD, was launched and named Sichuan with a ceremony. Type 076 is a hybrid solution with its EMALS catapult.
Navy / Maritime
Unmanned Systems
Mojave STOL UCAV Takes off From ROKS Dokdo LPH
Following the take-off/landing test from HMS Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier, Mojave took off from ROKN's Dokdo LPH (LPH-6111).
Weapon / Missile
Unmanned Systems
UAV-230 Aeroballistic Missile Breaks Range Record
Two ROKETSAN UAV-230 aeroballistic missiles launched from AKINCI UCAV successfully hit the target 155 km away, setting a new record.
Analysis
Navy / Maritime
Weapon / Missile
Engine and Transmission
Air
Unmanned Systems
Expo and Air Show
Can Turkiye Build an Aircraft Carrier?
The Turkish Aircraft Carrier MUGEM is currently being designed in the Project Design Office.
Country
Sensors
Azerbaijan, the First Customer of ASELFLIR-500 Abroad
ASELSAN has announced that Azerbaijan has become the first export customer of the ASELFLIR-500 e/o system in a-Bülten.
Unmanned Systems
KIZILELMA’s Third Prototype Takes to the Skies
Baykar’s KIZILELMA unmanned fighter’s third prototype, or the production prototype, performed its maiden flight.
Ammunition
Unmanned Systems
Sensors
ANKA-III UCAV Hits Target with TEBER-82 Guided Bomb
TUSAŞ ANKA-III flying wing UCAV successfully hit its target with ROKETSAN's TEBER-82 GPS+laser guided bomb carried under its wing.
