The Şahin 40-millimeter anti-drone weapon system developed by ASELSAN for use against Mini/Micro UAV threats has entered the inventory of the Turkish Armed Forces after successfully completing its acceptance tests,… Continue reading "Şahin, Turkey’s First Anti-Drone System, Enters Service"
Ismail Demir, President of the Turkish Presidency of Defense Industry, announced that SUNGUR, Turkey’s first Man-Portable Air Defense System (MANPADS), developed as part of the Portable Air Defense Missile System… Continue reading "Turkey’s First Man-Portable Air Defense System SUNGUR Enters Service"
The Gökdoğan beyond-visual-range air-to-air missile, developed by TÜBİTAK SAGE as a part of the GÖKTUĞ Project, has successfully completed another test-fire. Turkish Defense Industry President İsmail Demir posted footage of… Continue reading "Turkey’s First Beyond-Visual-Range Air-to-Air Missile Gökdoğan Successfully Test-Fired"
Turkey’s defense procurement agency has officially launched a competition for a Turkish-developed and built turbofan engine to power the TF-X indigenous stealth fighter currently under development by Turkish Aerospace. The… Continue reading "Turkey Officially Launches TF-X Stealth Fighter Engine Competition"
The Bayraktar AKINCI drone, which was created by Baykar as part of the AKINCI Project run under the direction of the Turkish Defense Industry Presidency, is continuing to be tested… Continue reading "Turkey’s Bayraktar Akıncı B Attack Drone Successfully Fires New Laser Guided Missile in Recent Trial"
Turkish missile manufacturer ROKETSAN has advanced its work on various versions of the ATMACA missile. With testing of the latest, a coastal defense variant, taking place on 2 July. The… Continue reading "Turkey Tests Coastal Defense Version of ATMACA Anti-Ship Missile For The First Time"
Turkey continues to expand the diversity of its domestic combat vehicles. In this context, production activities for Turkey’s first national submarine, the STM500, developed by STM Defense Technologies and Engineering… Continue reading "Turkey Starts Production Activities For The STM500 Small Attack Submarine"
Turkey dropped its previous opposition to Sweden and Finland’s applications to join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization on Tuesday, signing a joint memorandum of understanding with the two Nordic countries… Continue reading "Turkey Drops Opposition To Swedish and Finnish NATO Membership"
At the beginning of June, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced a possible offensive by the Turkish army into the contested border area between Turkey and Syria. Since 2016 Turkey’s Armed… Continue reading "Turkey Prepares for Renewed Operations in Syria"
Turkey’s arsenal of unmanned surface vehicles is growing. After ULAQ and SALVO, Turkey’s third operational armed USV, SANCAR, developed in cooperation with Yonca-Onuk Shipyard and HAVELSAN, was launched with a… Continue reading "Turkey Launches A New Unmanned Surface Vehicle Dubbed Sancar"