Türkiye Joins Multi-National A400M Fleet Initiative
Türkiye -alongside Belgium, Croatia, France, Poland, Spain, and the UK- has signed a LOI to form a multi-national A400M transport fleet mirroring the MMF.
cargo News
Air
Regional / Strategy
Air
Unmanned Systems
Expo and Air Show
SAHA EXPO 2026: JUNNO Parafoil Cargo UAV as an Alternative
Turkish INNOVITA presented its JUNNO cargo UAV using an unconventional but also unignorably low-cost layout using parafoils and a propeller for dual use.
Logistics
Unmanned Systems
Baykar Prepares for Unmanned Cargo Aircraft Development
Baykar has added a project regarding the conceptual design of an unmanned cargo aircraft on its official site, which will take the Akıncı UCAV as basis.
Air
Logistics
Unmanned Systems
Turkey's indigenous cargo UAV, ALBATROS is in the Sky
DASAL, a subsidiary of ASELSAN and ALTINAY Defence, designed and manufactured the first Cargo UAV prototype, ALBATROS. ALBATROS flies for the first time.
Global Defence Trend Brief
- 09:00 Allies seek new air-defence commitments for Ukraine in Paris - Western allies are meeting in Paris to secure additional air-defence support for Ukraine as battlefi...
- 09:00 Strait of Hormuz conflict highlights maritime control and energy security - US and Iranian operations around the Strait of Hormuz are reinforcing the strategic importance of ma...
- 09:00 NATO's $40 billion counter-drone push creates a new procurement market - NATO allies plan to invest more than $40 billion in counter-drone capabilities over five years and e...
- 09:00 UK targets pooled NATO funding for long-range strike initiative - Britain is seeking access to around $50 billion in pooled NATO funding for a new long-range strike i...
- 09:00 US Navy studies doubling production target for anti-radar missiles - The US Navy is assessing industry capacity to supply up to 600 Advanced Emission Suppression Missile...
- 09:00 Japan fast-tracks autonomous interceptor drones - Japan is preparing demonstrations of autonomous interceptor drones with the goal of accelerating acq...
- 09:00 NATO innovation priorities converge on AI, counter-UAS and smart logistics - NATO's 2026 Innovation Continuum is focusing on Arctic ISR, layered counter-UAS, next-generation tar...
- 09:00 EU advances five cross-border defence projects for common funding - The European Commission has proposed five large-scale cross-border defence projects that could acces...
- 09:00 NATO moves drone procurement toward continuous technology refresh - The Alliance's Drone Edge approach combines counter-drone investment, rapid procurement and a fivefo...
- 09:00 THAAD production expansion underlines interceptor inventory pressure - Lockheed Martin's contract worth more than $35 billion to expand THAAD interceptor production reflec...
