Turkish MoD backs YILDIRIMHAN and GÜÇHAN at SAHA Expo
Turkish Defence Minister Yaşar Güler personally addressed growing industry debate over the YILDIRIMHAN ICBM and GÜÇHAN turbofan engine projects at SAHA 2026.
engine News
Weapon / Missile
Engine and Transmission
Expo and Air Show
Navy / Maritime
Weapon / Missile
Engine and Transmission
US Navy Might Shift Towards Rocket Propulsion for HALO
HALO programme, which aims for hypersonic missiles for ASuW missions, might be reborn in the form of a rocket-powered hypersonic missile to reduce risks.
Navy / Maritime
Weapon / Missile
Engine and Transmission
Raytheon Develops New Rocket Motor For Standard Missile
Raytheon has been awarded a contract worth $94.3 million to develop a 21-inch rocket motor as a range upgrade for Standard Missile family from the US Navy.
Air
Unmanned Systems
Engine and Transmission
Avio Aero and GE Provide H80 Turboprops for AKINCI UCAV
GE Aerospace stated in a presentation for the 2024 GE Aerospace Investor Day that Baykar’s AKINCI UCAV is to be supplied with 800 hp H80 turboprop engines.
Engine and Transmission
TEI Runs TF6000 Turbofan Engine for the First Time
TUSAS Engine Industries Inc. (TEI) has run the TF6000 turbofan engine set to power Baykar’s KIZILELMA and TUSAŞ’s ANKA-3 UCAVs for the first time.
Unmanned Systems
Engine and Transmission
Air
AKSUNGUR Reached Highest Altitude with TEI’s PD170 Engine
TUSAŞ’s AKSUNGUR UAV flew at an altitude of 30 thousand feet with TEI’s nationally developed PD170 engine.
Air
Engine and Transmission
Modernisation
Country
GAO Questions Cost Growth and Modernisation Decisions
GAO criticises the F-35 aircraft for the late delivery and high programme cost.
Air
Bilateral Relations
Engine and Transmission
Akar visits the UK with Defence Industry Cooperation Agenda
Defence Minister Akar went to the U.K. to meet British Defence Minister Ben Wallace. Akar is expected to meet some defence industry companies.
Unmanned Systems
Expo and Air Show
Baykar Exhibited KIZILELMA Fighter UAV at TEKNOFEST KARADENIZ
Baykar company exhibited its KIZILELMA second production prototype for the first time at TEKNOFEST KARADENİZ.
Air
Engine and Transmission
Demir: Three Bids for TF-X’s Engine
The President of the Defence Industry Agency (DIA) explained recent developments in Turkish Fighter Aircraft.
Air
Bilateral Relations
Engine and Transmission
Demir; Waiting RR’s answer to our RfP for TF-X Engine
President of SSB Professor Demir answered TurDef's questions about the visit to the UK to discuss Turkish / British cooperation on the TF-X engine.
Unmanned Systems
Engine and Transmission
Expo and Air Show
Baykar inks Akıncı Engine agreement
Turkish UAV Manufacterer Baykar and Ukranian engine producer Motor Sich sign engine procurement agreement at Saha Expo.
Land
Engine and Transmission
First heartbeat of FIRTINA
President of Defence Industries Profesor İsmail Demir announced that the 1,000-horsepower UTKU engine was ignited for the first time.
Land
Engine and Transmission
Altay’s Engine Passed Initial Tests
Altay Main Battle Tank project passed an important milestone. The Power Group Development (BATU) Project gave its first fruit.
Air
Taiwan Develops The Next-Generation Fighter
Taiwan’s National Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology (NCSIST) stated that they are developing next-generation fighter.
Bilateral Relations
Engine and Transmission
Motor Sich may become half-Turkish Company
Ukrainian jet engine maker Motor Sich wants to sell half of its stakes to a Turkish company. The sale was discussed between Ukrainian and Turkish Presidents.
Global Defence Trend Brief
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- 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...
