Turkey Steps Closer to Procurement of New F-16 Fighter Jets from the United States. U.S. Ambassador to Turkey Jeffrey Flake announced the development, citing a statement from the State Department’s Bureau of Political-Military Affairs. “Today marks an important step forward in Turkey’s purchase of the latest-generation F-16 Block 70 fighter jets and upgrades to its […]
Türkiye Starts Mass Production of Domestic Altay Tank, its first domestically developed and manufactured main battle tank, announced Haluk Görgün, head of the Presidency of Defense Industries (SSB). “We have started the mass production of our national tank. There are countries that want to work with us on this internationally, and we are continuing our […]
Turkey’s Bayraktar TB3 unmanned combat aerial vehicle (UCAV) will first perform take-off and landing tests from a land-based runway with a ski-jump ramp before embarking on the TCG Anadolu amphibious assault ship. “Turkey’s TB3 UCAV to Test on Ski-Jump Before TCG Anadolu”. Navalized TB2 Variant The TB3 is an advanced navalized variant of the famous […]
As a stopgap measure while developing its own fighter jet engines, Turkey has reportedly requested permission from the United States to build the F-110 GE-129 engine under license from General Electric (GE). Turkey intends to use these twin-engine versions, similar to the powerplants in F-15s, for the initial batch of its indigenously developed “KAAN” fifth […]
Media outlets around the world have highlighted the crucial role played by Turkey’s pioneering Bayraktar Akıncı unmanned combat aerial vehicle (UCAV) in finding the crash site of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi’s helicopter. Footage obtained by the Akıncı drone during its surveillance mission was eagerly followed by millions globally as they awaited any sign of life […]
Turkish drone manufacturer Titra is collaborating with aerospace giant Airbus to modify the ALPIN unmanned helicopter for naval use. The partnership aims to integrate Airbus’ DeckFinder positioning system, enabling the ALPIN drone to take off and land autonomously on naval vessels. Titra’s CEO, Abdulkadir Sener, revealed the collaboration during a homeland security expo in Ankara, […]
Turkish drone manufacturer Baykar has completed delivery of 24 Bayraktar TB2 armed unmanned aerial systems to Poland, fulfilling a $270 million contract signed in 2021. The final batch was handed over in a ceremony on May 16th attended by officials from both nations. Under the deal, Poland procured a total of four TB2 systems, each […]
Turkey’s defense industry is integrating various domestic capabilities onto shared platforms, creating new solutions for security forces. One such effort has equipped the homegrown Barkan unmanned ground vehicle (UGV) with new payloads. The Barkan medium class Level 1 UGV, developed by Havelsan as part of the “digital unity” concept, recently received a new remotely operated […]
The TCG Kinalıada corvette, the fourth ship of the Ada class of the Turkish navy, conducted “transit training” in the Bay of Bengal with a Bangladeshi naval vessel, according to the Turkish National Defense Ministry on Sunday. “Our TCG KINALIADA corvette, which continues its voyage to Japan, carried out ‘Transition Training’ with the BNS PROTTASHA […]
The U.S. defense and aerospace company Lockheed Martin is thrilled about the opportunity to collaborate again with Turkish partners on the advanced F-16 Block 70 fighter jets. This comes after Congress recently approved the sale of new F-16s and modernization kits to Turkey. “We’re very excited about the opportunity that has recently opened with our […]
