SAHA EXPO 2026: Turkish MoD R&D Unveils YILDIRIMHAN ICBM
The Turkish MoD’s R&D department has unveiled the YILDIRIMHAN ICBM with N2O4-UDMH-based liquid fuel propulsion during the SAHA EXPO 2026 defence exhibition.
R&D News
Weapon / Missile
Expo and Air Show
Sensors
TÜBİTAK Works on Multi-Static and Metamaterial Radars
TÜBİTAK BİLGEM’s BTE institute is developing multi-static radar capabilities and metamaterial antennas, according to TÜBİTAK’s activity report for 2025.
Investment
Country
Turkish Defence R&D Expenditures Have the Biggest Share
According to the SER Academy’s “The Turkiye 2024 R&D and Innovation Report”, the Turkish defence industry has the highest share of public R&D expenditures.
Investment
Country
Nurol Holding to Acquire all FNSS Shares
Nurol Holding announced that it will acquire BAE Systems’ shares in FNSS . The company will continue its operations under its ownership.
Investment
İkinci: Roketsan’s R&D Budget is 7.5 Billion TL
Roketsan General Manager Murat İkinci announced they allocated 19 per cent of their turnover to 154 R&D projects in 2023.
Investment
Country
FNSS Emphasises the Importance of R&D
FNSS ranked 17th among the 250 largest companies according to R&D expenditures in 2022.
Air
TUSAŞ Conducts R&D Works for Stealth Aircraft
TUSAŞ designs the aircraft components required in the production phases, particularly the TF-X, via R&D research.
Land
Investment
OTOKAR Allocated 1.3 Billion Liras to R&D in Last 10 Years
OTOKAR has published its 2020 sustainability report. The company operates in the military armoured vehicles and commercial vehicles industries.
Investment
Turkey Begins New R&D Projects
SSB organised the 7th R&D Panel and decided to initiate four R&D projects and to make Wide Area Calls (SAGA) in two areas.
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...
