ASELSAN Announced the Production at Radar Integration Centre
ASELSAN informed KAP that it started serial production at its new Radar Integration Centre. The centre will enhance ASELSAN’s design, testing capacity too.
EASA News
Investment
Sensors
Expo and Air Show
ASELSAN Joins with radars to IDEAS 2024 in Pakistan
ASELSAN exhibited its AESA SAR pod FULMAR 200-A, SERDAR 100-CO, AKREP 300-N, HTRS-100 radars and other equipment in the IDEAS exhibition held in Pakistan.
Air
Italy Replaces Typhoon Tranche 1 with 24 Tranche 4/5 Jets
The Italian Ministry of Defence is preparing to add 24 Eurofighter Typhoon fighter jets to replace the first series of Tranche 1 aircraft.
Weapon / Missile
Expo and Air Show
Eurosam Shows SAMP/T NG Air Defence System
The new version of the SAMP/T long-range air defence system, SAMP/T NG, with improvements and new capabilities, was exhibited in Eurosatory 2024.
Unmanned Systems
Bayraktar AKINCI UCAV Completes 50000 Flight Hours
Since its first flight in 2019, Baykar’s AKINCI UCAV has reached 50000 flight hours, achieving many milestones in the process.
Navy / Maritime
Air
E/W
U.S. Navy Orders a 17 F/A-18 Super Hornet Block IIIs
The U.S. Navy ordered 17 additional F/A-18E/F Super Hornet fighter jets from Boeing on March 19, 2024, under a contract worth $ 1.3 billion.
Air
Weapon / Missile
E/W
Simulator / AI / Drill/ Software
U.S. to Sell F-16 to Turkiye total cost is $23.0 Billion
The State Department approved a possible FMS to Turkiye of F-16 Acquisition and Modernisation and related equipment for an estimated cost of $23.0 billion.
Weapon / Missile
BAE Systems Unveils AMPV-Based C-UAS System
BAE Systems has announced the firing tests of a new C-UAS system based on an Armoured Multi-Purpose Vehicle (AMPV).
Sensors
Modernisation
E/W
Expo and Air Show
ASELSAN Integrates EASA Radar into Aircraft
ASELSAN CEO Ahmet Akyol announced that the EASA Murad radar has been integrated into a jet aircraft and AKINCI UCAV.
Air
Sensors
USAF Activates the First Squadron of F-16s with AESA Radar
USAF has activated the 480th Fighter Squadron as the first USAF F-16CM squadron to be equipped with an AESA radar system.
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...
