Repkon Awarded for Major Export Success
Following its export successes, such as establishing three 155 mm shell production lines in the U.S., SSB has awarded the firm for its achievements.
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Poland Increases the Defence Budget for upcoming years
The Polish Government has sent the 2025 draft budget to the Parliament worth $32.89 billion, which is larger than the 2024 budget. The Defence budget increases.
Nurol Holding to Acquire all FNSS Shares
Nurol Holding announced that it will acquire BAE Systems’ shares in FNSS . The company will continue its operations under its ownership.
Poland Prepares for Reinforcement on Northeastern Border
Poland will start enhancing its defence lines located on the Northeastern border with Russia and Belarus by the end of 2024.
Turkish Defence Exports in September; $ 566,801
In September, the Turkish Defense Industry reached its second-highest export volume in 2024.
Azerbaijan, the First Customer of ASELFLIR-500 Abroad
ASELSAN has announced that Azerbaijan has become the first export customer of the ASELFLIR-500 e/o system in a-Bülten.
ASELSAN Signs $44.4 Million Worth of Export Contracts
ASELSAN has signed $44.4 million of export contracts with customers in the Asia-Pacific region. The contracts include various products, from RCWS to EW.
Heybet will be Responsible for Five Units, and ASFAT
Turkish Defence Ministry has Musa Heybet as the new Deputy Defence Minister, and he will sit on Tüfekçi’s chair but replace Durdalı’s missions.
Musa Heybet replaces Deputy Minister of Defence Tüfekçi
Some deputy ministerial positions were appointed in the Official Gazette with President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's signature.
Ukrainian F-16 Might be Friendly Fire Victim
It is possible that Ukraine's own air defence mistakenly fired down Ukraine's recently acquired F-16 fighter plane in a case of accidental attack.
$423 million in Defence Exports in August
The Turkish Exporters Assembly announced the August Turkish defence and aviation sector exports.
The Second SSİK of 2024 Concludes
Held on the 6th of August 2024, the second SSİK meeting's decisions include unmanned platforms and air defence systems as the main headlines.
Five Turkish Firms in Defense News Top 100
Five Turkish firms in Defense News' Top 100 2024 list of defence firms got into the Top 100, while two made it to the Top 50.
The SSİK will be Convened Today
The Defence Industry Executive Committee (SSİK) will be held Today under the chairmanship of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan at the Presidential Complex.
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...
