Turkiye’s main battle tank program has reached a critical milestone with the successful completion of factory acceptance procedures for its indigenous power unit, a senior defense official announced on Wednesday. “The factory acceptance tests for the 1,500-horsepower Batu engine, developed for our modern main battle tank Altay, have been successfully completed,” declared Haluk Görgün, head […]
Two prototypes of the Turkish unmanned combat aircraft, Bayraktar kizilelma, have successfully executed the world’s first fully autonomous close-formation flight by jet-powered drones, Turkish defense giant Baykar announced on Sunday. This groundbreaking achievement represents a major milestone in global aviation history, as no other nation has publicly demonstrated autonomous close-formation flying by unmanned fighter-class aircraft. […]
Turkiye has successfully completed a critical acceptance firing test of the mass-produced Hisar-A air defense missile, achieving a direct hit on a high-speed target and marking another significant milestone in strengthening the country’s comprehensive layered air defense architecture under the Steel Dome (Çelik Kubbe) system. The Hisar-A low-altitude air defense system demonstrated exceptional accuracy during […]
The Turkish Ambassador highlights strong presence of Turkish defense industry at Egypt’s EDEX 2025, with ASELSAN emerging as the flagship representative of Turkiye’s technological prowess. As the Turkish Ambassador highlights strong presence of Turkish defense industry at Egypt’s EDEX 2025, Ambassador Salih Mutlu Şen’s detailed meeting with ASELSAN General Manager Ahmet Akyol underscored the defense […]
Turkiye’s Kizilelma writes history by becoming the first unmanned combat aircraft worldwide to successfully strike an aerial target with a beyond-visual-range air-to-air missile. As Turkiye’s Kızılelma writes history with this groundbreaking achievement, Baykar’s flagship platform has fundamentally transformed expectations for autonomous air combat capabilities, demonstrating that unmanned systems can now perform missions previously reserved exclusively […]
ASELSAN strengthens strategic partnerships at Dubai Airshow 2025 through significant contracts and collaborations with Emirati defense companies, showcasing Turkiye’s growing influence in Middle Eastern defense markets. As ASELSAN strengthens strategic partnerships at Dubai Airshow 2025, the company demonstrated its technological prowess across avionics, electro-optics, radar systems, and precision-guided munitions, solidifying its position as a leading […]
