Pie: Defence Budgets of European Countries Increased
Jan Pie, Secretary General of the Aerospace, Security and Defence Industries Association of Europe announced that Europe is preparing for the war economy.
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Chief of General Staff General Gürak Visits ASELSAN
Chief of General Staff, General Metin Gürak met with ASELSAN General Manager Ahmet Akyol and received information about ongoing projects. Akyol made statements.
New General Manager at BİTES: Erinç Albayrak
After the board of directors meeting at BİTES, the General Manager, Uğur Coşkun, is replaced by Erinç Albayrak as acting General Manager.
Largest Naval Parade at the Anniversary of the Republic
Turkiye celebrates the 100th anniversary of the Republic with a military ship parade at the Istanbul Stait.
STM Produces Yaw Damping System
STM nationalised the 'Yaw Damping System', which will be used for the first time in MİLGEM İSTİF Class Frigates.
Roketsan isTAYFUN Ballistic Missile Versions
Roketsan General Manager Murat İkinci declared that the company is working on versions of the TAYFUN Ballistic missile.
Second Yom Kippur War in Israel
Hamas attacked Israel on the 50th anniversary of the Yom Kippur War, which started on October 6, 1973.
Defence Industry Exports in September 2023: $430.2 Million
Turkish defence and aerospace exports in September 2023 reached $ 430.2 million. The total export volume is $3.8 billion in the first nine months.
Aselsan and Roketsan Sign Agreement
Aselsan and Roketsan signed an agreement regarding Communication Systems, Seeker Systems and Fire Control Systems.
FNSS Emphasises the Importance of R&D
FNSS ranked 17th among the 250 largest companies according to R&D expenditures in 2022.
TEI, İŞBİR and ASPİLSAN boards of directors Renewed
The new boards of directors of TEI, ASPİLSAN and İŞBİR companies have been set. The management of other TAFF companies will meet with a similar agenda soon.
What does OVP promise to the Turkish Defence Industry?
The Medium-Term Program (OVP), that determines the roadmap of the Turkish economy for next three years, has been announced. The OVP includes defence industry.
August Export Volume: USD 376.1 Million
Turkish defence and aerospace industry’s August 2023 export volume is USD 376.1 million. The volume does not include recent exports to Saudi Arabia.
Turkiye to Lead KFOR for one Year
Turkiye will receive the command of a NATO-led peacekeeping mission in Kosovo. Italy is expected to hand over the command in mid-October.
Global Defence Trend Brief
- 09:00 NATO pushes allies to fill US air and naval capability gaps - Washington is pressing European allies and Canada to provide more manned and unmanned aircraft plus...
- 09:00 AI-driven drone swarms rise as a new NATO planning priority - NATO officials are warning that AI-enabled drone swarms could reshape warfare within five years, pus...
- 09:00 Counter-drone demand expands beyond battlefields into critical infrastructure - Growing drone incursions around airports, ports, oil facilities and data centres are accelerating de...
- 09:00 Europe’s loyal wingman race becomes a core airpower trend - Collaborative combat aircraft took centre stage at Berlin Airshow 2026 as European companies and air...
- 09:00 Ukraine’s drone combat know-how is becoming an export asset in Asia - Ukrainian drone firms are marketing battlefield-proven systems and swarm concepts in Japan, Taiwan a...
- 09:00 NATO accelerates live testing of counter-drone technologies - Alliance members and industry partners are expanding field trials of drone detection and interceptio...
- 09:00 Hypersonic threats keep driving demand for persistent tracking networks - The spread of hypersonic weapons continues to push Western defence planners toward integrated radar...
- 09:00 Military space resilience shifts toward larger distributed constellations - Armed forces are increasingly favouring proliferated satellite constellations over a small number of...
- 09:00 Autonomous maritime systems gain importance in surveillance and strike planning - Navies are broadening interest in autonomous surface and underwater systems for persistent ISR, infr...
- 09:00 Industrial surge capacity is becoming a decisive defence metric - Across missiles, drones and air defence, governments are placing more weight on production scalabili...
