US Marines test air-mobile mortar system on Polaris vehicle
US Marines test a Polaris MRZR Alpha 6X6, with Scorpion Light mortar for rapid fire support, mobility in austere terrain, and “shoot and run” survivability.
81 mm mortar News
Land
Navy / Maritime
Ammunition
Unmanned Systems
Asisguard’s Songar UAV Gains Triple Mortar Dropper
Songar armed UAV of Asisguard has been integrated and fire-tested with MKE’s triple mortar round apparatus for 81 mm rounds to allow multiple engagements.
Weapon / Missile
ASELSAN Exports 81 mm ALKAR and GÖKDENİZ CIWS to East Europe
ASELSAN announced the export of ALKAR 100/81 automated mortar and GÖKDENİZ 100/35/StA CIWS to the Eastern Europe region, without disclosing the customers.
Unmanned Systems
India Claims Pakistan Used ASİSGUARD’s Songar Armed UAVs
Indian authorities stated that Pakistan used more than 300 UAVs, some of which were identified as Songar armed UAVs developed by ASİSGUARD after inspections.
Land
Simulator / AI / Drill/ Software
Expo and Air Show
Nurol Makina to Unveil New Configurations of NMS 4x4
Turkish Nurol Makina will unveil the latest configurations of its NMS 4x4 tactical armoured vehicle in the EFES 2024 Exercise’s display area.
Air
Ammunition
Unmanned Systems
SSB announced: STM’S Boyga UAV Released MKE’s 81 mm Mortar
SSB released a video on social media where STM Defence and MKE A.Ş. take place. STM’s Boyga released 81 mm mortar ammunition.
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 looks at Türkiye’s defence-industrial rise through EFES 2026 - USNI News used the EFES 2026 exercise to examine how Türkiye is linking operational military activit...
- 12:00 Reuters tracks Ankara’s goal of doubling defence exports - Reuters reported that Turkish officials want to double defence exports within two years after export...
- 12:00 Breaking Defense highlights 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 spotlights ASELSAN’s autonomous warfare concept - Defense News reported that ASELSAN used SAHA 2026 to present a future warfare concept centred on aut...
- 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 reporting keeps focus on KAAN’s next prototype phase - International defence coverage continued to highlight Turkish Aerospace’s target for the first ‘true...
- 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...
