Kızılelma Releases Weapons From Its Internal Bay for the First Time
Baykar's Bayraktar Kızılelma released Roketsan's TEBER-82 and Aselsan's TOLUN from its internal weapons bay in late July 2026, flying the tests on the S2 serial...
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Aselsan’s Backlog Hits $23.2 Billion as Türkiye’s Defence Electronics Giant Grows 25% in Real Terms
Aselsan reported H1 2026 revenue of TRY 88.5 billion, up 25% in real terms, with order backlog reaching $23.2 billion. The Turkish defense electronics firm...
Baykar Doubles K2 Kamikaze Drone Swarm to Ten Aircraft in Autonomous Formation Test
Baykar flew ten K2 Kamikaze UAVs as one autonomous swarm on 1 August 2026, doubling the five-aircraft formation shown in March. What the test actually...
Paramount Integrates ASELSAN’s ASELFLIR-500 Targeting Turret onto the Mwari Light Attack Aircraft
Paramount has integrated ASELSAN's ASELFLIR-500 electro-optical turret onto the Mwari. Both firms frame it as market access rather than a customer requirement.
Aselsan’s GÖKSUR 100-N Turret Appears on the Production Line
Aselsan has shown the GÖKSUR 100-N point defence missile system turret in production hardware form, a 20-round, 15 km naval air defence system built to...
Havelsan Delivers Air Force Information System to Azerbaijan
Havelsan has delivered capabilities from its HvBS air force information system to Azerbaijan, on a contract signed in 2021 with implementation work running since 2022.
BAE Systems Begins Manufacturing Türkiye’s Eurofighter Typhoon Fighters
BAE Systems has begun manufacturing components for Türkiye's 20 Eurofighter Typhoon jets at Samlesbury, with first delivery in 2030 and Turkish aircrew starting UK training...
US Congress Clears the Way for GE F110 Engines to Power Türkiye’s KAAN
The United States Congress has cleared the export of General Electric F110 engines for Türkiye’s KAAN fifth-generation fighter, after a joint resolution seeking to block...
HAVELSAN Clears NATO FMN Spiral 4 Interoperability Tests at CWIX 2026
HAVELSAN certified four software systems — DOOB-HQ, KAPI, NONC2 ATA DLP and LYNX — under NATO's FMN Spiral 4 framework at the CWIX 2026 exercise...
MKE’s TOLGA counter-drone system scores 100% in live-fire trial before 150 military observers
Türkiye’s state ordnance manufacturer, Makina ve Kimya Endüstrisi (MKE), demonstrated its TOLGA short-range air-defence system in a live-fire trial on 17 July 2026, reporting a...