TUSAŞ Delivers First T625 GÖKBEY for the Turkish Army
TUSAŞ has delivered the first T625 GÖKBEY utility helicopter configured for the needs of the Turkish Army, set to succeed the ageing fleet of UH-1 Huey helicopters.
army News
Air
Bilateral Relations
Defence Politics
Brazilian Army’s Commander in Chief to Visit Turkiye
Commander in Chief of the Brazilian Army, Tomás Miguel Miné Ribeiro Paiva, will visit Ankara and Istanbul between the 25th of October and the 3rd of November.
Country
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.
Land
Investment
Leonardo and Rheinmetall to Form Joint Venture for Tanks
Italian and German Defence companies announced they would establish a joint venture to manufacture land systems, especially tanks.
Land
Logistics
Expo and Air Show
Koluman Presents TAF’s Logistic Carrier Derman at Eurosatory
Koluman, which produces the Turkish Army’s logistic support trucks, Derman, exhibits its armoured Container Carrier Vehicles (DROPS) at the Eurosatory Expo.
Land
ASFAT Exports Vuran APC to Georgia
ASFAT, as the main contractor, has exported 46 BMC VURAN 4x4 vehicles to the Georgian Ministry of Defence.
E/W
Turkish Army Receives MİLKAR Jammers
Turkish Defence Ministry (MOD) stated that the inspection and acceptance activities for the Portable Electronic Attack System (MILKAR) have been completed.
Land
British Army Receives Eight Prototypes of Challenger 3 MBT
UK Secretary of State for Defence Grant Shapps unveiled the Challenger 3 MBT from his social account as “the first fully British built tank in 22 years.”
Weapon / Missile
Russian Army Receives Modernised Msta-S SPGs
ROSTEC has announced that the new version of 2S19 Msta-S, 2S19M1, will soon be delivered for deployment in Ukraine
Land
Communication
KAREL’s IP Switchboard in Service
Karel electronics reconfigured the IP-based DS200T Telephone switchboard according to the technical requirements of the Turkish Land Forces.
Land
FNSS Provides Nine Kaplan (Tiger) to Army
FNSS delivered nine anti-tank armoured fighting vehicles to the Turkish Land Forces. The tracked vehicle is called Kaplan 10 (Tiger 10).
Land
Navy / Maritime
Weapon / Missile
THALES secured £98 Million UK SHORAD Contract
The UK MoD has contracted Belfast based Thales UK company to offer Short-Range Air Defence (SHORAD) to the British Army and Royal Marines.
Land
Otokar Unveiled Low Silhouette MRAP: Cobra II
Otokar has developed the Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) version of the Cobra II 4x4 armoured vehicle.
Global Defence Trend Brief
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- 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...
