Brazil and Turkiye Embark on Expanding Defence Cooperation
Turkish Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Mehmet Kemal Bozay stated that Turkish and Brazilian defence firms are in talks for joint production and sales.
anka News
Bilateral Relations
Defence Politics
Air
TUSAŞ Expands Global Reach with Exports to 15 Countries
TUSAŞ has delivered HÜRKUŞ trainers, ATAK helicopters, and ANKA and AKSUNGUR UAVs under 21 contracts, strengthening Turkiye’s global defence industry presence.
Weapon / Missile
Unmanned Systems
The Tactical Ascent of Guided Rockets in Drone Warfare
As UAVs become eminent players in combat zones, laser-guided munitions like Roketsan’s Cirit may offer Turkiye a scalable solution for counter-UAS missions.
Weapon / Missile
Unmanned Systems
TUSAŞ’s ANKA UCAV Fires L-UMTAS ATGM at 15000 ft Altitude
Turkish Aerospace’s ANKA UCAV fired ROKETSAN’s L-UMTAS laser-guided ATGM at an altitude of 15000 ft from a dual carriage rack and successfully hit the target.
E/W
Unmanned Systems
Communication
ANTIDOT 3-U Provides Communication EA Capability for UAVs
ASELSAN's new UAV electronic warfare pod, ANTIDOT 3-U, will allow UAVs to attack enemy UAVs' communication links and GNSS.
Air
British Secretary of State for Defence Healey Visits TUSAŞ
British Secretary of State for Defence John Healey, invited by Turkish Counterpart Yaşar Güler, visited TUSAS along with Secretary of SSB Haluk Görgün.
Sensors
FULMAR 500-A Radar Ready for Turkish UCAVs in 2026
ASELSAN announced that the Turkish Navy's future airborne AESA radar FULMAR 500-A will be seen onboard Turkish UCAVs in 2026.
Unmanned Systems
Sensors
Expo and Air Show
ADEX 2024: ASELSAN Shows ANTIDOT EW Pod Family for UAVs
ASELSAN displayed its ANTIDOT family of electronic warfare pods for various classes of UAVs/UCAVs during ADEX 2024.
Unmanned Systems
Malaysia Discusses Cooperation on ANKA Armed UAV
Malaysian Minister of Defence Khaled Nordin shared that a meeting with Turkish counterparts covered ToT and industrial cooperation on ANKA UCAV.
Land
Unmanned Systems
TUSAŞ's ANKA is to Enter Kazakhstan Inventory
The official website of the Kazakh Prime Ministry included a report on the Ministry of Defence's activities in the first half of the year.
Unmanned Systems
TUSAŞ Unveiles New Variant of ŞİMŞEK UAV
TUSAŞ exhibited the latest variant of its ŞİMŞEK target UAV alongside the ANKA-3 UCAV during its Teknik Gezi XL event, which was open to the public.
Air
Modernisation
F-16 ÖZGÜR Drops LGK-82 and LGK-84 Bombs
A Turkish F-16 fighter with ÖZGÜR modernisation hit its target with LGK-82 and LGK-84 laser-guided smart bombs.
Unmanned Systems
Engine and Transmission
TB3 Breaks the Altitude Record with TEI's PD-170 Engine
B3 UCAV broke a new record by reaching an altitude of 33,000 feet with its indigenous engine and completed the High Altitude System Performance Test.
Unmanned Systems
Chad Uses TUSAŞ’s Aksungur Armed UAV
It is learned that Turkish Aerospace (TUSAŞ) delivered AKSUNGUR Armed UAV, which may carry ay carry 12 guided munitions, to Chad.
Unmanned Systems
Anka-III Performs Third Flight with an Endurance of Two Hours
ANKA-III, which made its first flight on December 28, 2023, took off for the third time and flew for two hours.
Engine and Transmission
Defence Industry Agency Discloses New Engine Projects
President of the Defence Industry Agency (SSB) professor Haluk Görgün has shared a video showing the indigenous engine projects for various platforms.
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...
