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Air Modernisation Unmanned Systems Sensors

ASELSAN’s MURAD 100-A Radar Completes First KIZILELMA Flight

21 Oct, 17:24
4 mins

ASELSAN’s MURAD 100-A AESA radar made its first flight on KIZILELMA, demonstrating multi-target tracking, BVR missile guidance and cross-platform versatility.

Weapon / Missile

U.S. Approves AIM-120C-8 and AIM-9X Sale to Turkiye by FMS

15 May, 13:00
2 mins

DSCA announced the approval of 53 AIM-120C-8 BVRAAMs and 60 AIM-9X Block II WVRAAMs to Turkiye for an estimated cost of $304.1 million by the State Department.

Air Weapon / Missile

MoD Maintains its Positions on S-400, CAATSA, and F-35

20 Mar, 22:41
3 mins

While keeping its position on CAATSA sanctions and a prospective return to the F-35 program, Türkiye maintains the S-400 air defence system in inventory.

Weapon / Missile

TÜBİTAK SAGE Unveils GÖKHAN Ramjet-Powered BVRAAM’s Design

01 Jan, 17:31
2 mins

GÖKHAN ramjet-powered beyond-visual-range air-to-air missile, first announced in 2021, has been put on TÜBİTAK SAGE’s updated website alongside the design.

Air Ammunition Modernisation

New Turkish F-16 Plan Lowers the Budget

27 Nov, 13:14
3 mins

Turkiye cut F-16 procurement budgets without giving up on missiles and ammunition. The new plan without modernisation kits is limited to $7 billion.

Air Weapon / Missile Modernisation

Turkiye Changes its F-16 Block 70 and F-35 Strategy

27 Nov, 00:18
3 mins

Speaking at the Committee on Plan and Budget, Turkish Minister of Defence Yaşar Güler signalled a possible change of strategy on F-35 fighters and F-16s.

Expo and Air Show

ASELSAN Joins with radars to IDEAS 2024 in Pakistan

20 Nov, 17:00
1 min

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 Bilateral Relations Modernisation

Bloomberg: Türkiye Scaling Down $23 Billion Defence Contract

12 Jul, 11:36
3 mins

Bloomberg claimed that Turkiye is taking action to reduce costs in the $23 billion F-16 deal. The contract will be downsized to brand new fighters.

E/W

Lockheed Martin Supplies EW System for Moroccan F-16s

03 Jul, 19:19
2 mins

Lockheed Martin has been awarded a contract to provide a Viper Shield electronic warfare system for Morocco’s F-16 fighter jets.

Air Modernisation

F-16 ÖZGÜR Drops LGK-82 and LGK-84 Bombs

18 May, 20:44
2 mins

A Turkish F-16 fighter with ÖZGÜR modernisation hit its target with LGK-82 and LGK-84 laser-guided smart bombs.

Navy / Maritime E/W Weapon / Missile Sensors Engine and Transmission

TÜBİTAK Finishes AKBABA Missile’s Antenna Layout Analysis

17 Apr, 21:51
3 mins

ROKETSAN’s AKBABA anti-radiation missile’s second phase antenna layout analysis was completed according to the 2023 Annual Report of TÜBİTAK.

Air Modernisation

Turkiye's F-16 Viper Modernisation to be Divided by Two

09 Apr, 18:06
3 Min Read

Turkiye’s F-16 Modernisation programme with the US is currently under discussion. Two institutions will share the workload to upgrade 79 jets to Block 70 level.

Air E/W Sensors

ASELSAN’s AESA Radar on Flight Test on F-16 Özgür

26 Mar, 09:07
2 Min Read

ASELSAN's indigenous AESA Aircraft Nose Radar made its first flight with the F-16 ÖZGÜR platform.

Air Bilateral Relations

Biden Pushes U.S. Congress to Approve F-16 Sale to Turkiye

24 Jan, 21:40
2 min read

U.S. President Joe Biden’s White House sent a letter to members of Congress on Wednesday urging approval of F-16 aircraft and modernisation kits to Turkiye.