Bayraktar TB3 Starts Night Approach Tests with TCG ANADOLU
Baykar CTO Selçuk Bayraktar has shared the footage of Bayraktar TB3 UCAV performing approaches towards TCG ANADOLU's deck at night.
Navy / Maritime News
ROKETSAN's MİDLAS VLS Being Prepared for Different Needs
During Euronaval 2024, ROKETSAN Launcher Systems Manager Mustafa Özdemir talked about versions of MİDLAS VLS being developed for different needs.
Pakistan Tests SMASH Anti-Ship Ballistic Missile
Pakistan Navy test-fired indigenously developed Ship Launched Ballistic Missile from a warship.
ASELSAN to Display High-Capacity GÖKSUR PDMS at Euronaval
ASELSAN will unveil the new configuration of GÖKSUR PDMS, which does not have onboard sensors but 20 missiles, at the Euronaval 2024 exhibition.
China Conducts Naval Exercise with Two Aircraft Carriers
Chinese media has published footage from a naval exercise where Shandong and Liaoning carriers' carrier strike groups joined.
Turkiye Exports KCR-70M Fast Attack Craft to Indonesia
A steel-cutting ceremony was held for the KCR-70M Fast Attack Craft, which will be built for the Indonesian Navy.
Turkiye exports ULAQ to Qatar
Ares Shipyard and Meteksan Defence joint venture ULAQ became Turkiye’s first export USV. Qatar signed the contract at Milipol.
Navantia to build three more ships for Saudi Arabia
The five-ship "Sarawat Project" signed between Saudi Arabia and Spain's Navantia Shipyard is expanding to eight ships.
STM Exhibited its first Pressure Hull of STM500
STM exhibited the pressure hull of Turkiye’s first national submarine, the STM500, at the SAHA Expo.
BMC Power Introduced Levend and Mavi BATU
BMC POWER introduced LEVEND and MAVİ BATU marine engines developed with 100 per cent Turkish engineering at the SAHA EXPO.
SAHA EXPO 2024: ASFAT Shows MİLDEN Submarine With VLS
ASFAT has shown the MİLDEN submarine with VLS for cruise missiles during the SAHA EXPO 2024 exhibition as the secondary weapon.
STM’s NETA Family of UUVs Launched at SAHA EXPO
STM has debuted its NETA 300 and NETA 1000 UUVs with a ceremony in the SAHA EXPO 2024 exhibition.
FNSS Showcases PARS Alpha 8x8 and MAV at SAHA EXPO 2024
FNSS will attend the SAHA EXPO International Defence and Aerospace Exhibition, which will be held at the Istanbul Expo Centre between 22 and 26 October.
ASFAT to Display TF-2000 AAW Destroyer in SAHA EXPO
The TF2000 Anti-Air Warfare Destroyer will be displayed at the SAHA EXPO 2024 exhibition in Istanbul.
Global Defence Trend Brief
- 12:00 Italy gives conditional approval to Leonardo-Baykar drone venture - Reuters reported that Italy has conditionally approved the Leonardo-Baykar joint venture to produce...
- 12:00 USNI analyses Türkiye’s growing defence-industrial ambition - The U.S. Naval Institute’s USNI News published a field report and analysis on Türkiye’s expanding de...
- 12:00 Reuters tracks Türkiye’s push to double defence exports - Reuters reported that Turkish officials want to double defence exports within two years after total...
- 12:00 Breaking Defense spotlights Turkish one-way attack systems at SAHA 2026 - Breaking Defense reported that Turkish companies used SAHA 2026 to unveil multiple one-way attack sy...
- 12:00 Defense News highlights ASELSAN’s autonomous warfare concept - Defense News reported that ASELSAN used SAHA 2026 to present a future warfare vision centred on auto...
- 12:00 Le Monde examines Türkiye’s expanding defence footprint in Mali - Le Monde reported that Türkiye has become an increasingly important security partner for Mali throug...
- 12:00 French strategic study identifies Türkiye as a rising European supplier - The Fondation pour la Recherche Stratégique assessed Türkiye as one of the most notable new entrants...
- 12:00 Middle East Forum analyses Baykar’s expansion into Europe - A Middle East Forum analysis argued that Baykar’s growing presence in Europe shows how production ca...
- 12:00 Jerusalem Post highlights Baykar’s export-heavy revenue model - The Jerusalem Post reported that Baykar generated roughly $1.8 billion in drone exports in 2024 and...
- 12:00 Foreign defence coverage keeps focus on KAAN prototype timeline - International defence reporting circulated this month continued to highlight Turkish Aerospace’s tar...
- 09:00 NATO pushes higher air and missile defence capacity targets - NATO members are under growing pressure to expand air and missile defence inventories, command netwo...
- 09:00 US Army deepens integrated air defence networking efforts - The US Army continues integrating radars, launchers and command systems into common battle networks...
- 09:00 Europe expands ammunition and missile production capacity - European governments are increasingly funding new ammunition and missile production lines to rebuild...
- 09:00 China strengthens multi-domain reconnaissance architecture - China is continuing to link satellites, drones, maritime patrol assets and ground-based sensors into...
- 09:00 Japan accelerates hardening and dispersal of military infrastructure - Japan is investing in hardened facilities, dispersed ammunition storage and rapid reinforcement logi...
- 09:00 Counter-drone procurement shifts toward affordable layered defence - Military organisations are increasingly prioritising combinations of jamming, interceptor drones, gu...
- 09:00 Autonomous underwater vehicles gain prominence in seabed security - Navies are expanding the use of autonomous underwater vehicles for surveillance, mine countermeasure...
- 09:00 Hypersonic defence drives demand for persistent tracking networks - Defence agencies are accelerating work on layered radar and satellite tracking architectures designe...
- 09:00 Military space resilience shifts toward proliferated constellations - Armed forces are increasingly favouring larger constellations of smaller satellites rather than a fe...
- 09:00 Industrial surge capacity becomes a core defence benchmark - Governments are placing greater emphasis on production scalability, secure supply chains and the abi...
