EDEX 2025 Opens Doors, Türkiye Delivers the Largest Presence
Türkiye emerges as the top exhibitor at EDEX with 81 firms, followed by Egypt, reflecting renewed stability in Ankara–Cairo relations after a decade of tension.
SDT News
Expo and Air Show
Land
Investment
FNSS Signes $3.448.800 Contract with SDT for Defence Systems
SDT informed the Public Disclosure Platform (KAP) that it signed a contract with Turkish armoured vehicle manufacturer FNSS in defence systems.
Air
Bilateral Relations
Turkiye and Pakistan Talk About Kaan and the Helicopter
Turkiye and Pakistan discuss bilateral projects at the 8th Pak-Turk Industrial Expo Joint Working Group meeting. Some 32 institutions attended the meeting.
Expo and Air Show
Azerbaijan’s defence expo ADEX 2024 Opens Doors in Baku
Azerbaijan’s International Defence Exhibition ADEX 2024 opens its doors in Baku with the participation of 24 countries. Turkiye attends expo with 51 companies.
Air
Unmanned Systems
Expo and Air Show
A Recap of Turkiye's Triple Defence Expo Participation
Turkiye's leading defence firms participated in three defence exhibitions in Egypt, Poland, and Jordan in a week, with a concentrated schedule for marketing.
Investment
SDT Announces $2 Million Deal
SDT announced that it received a defence systems order worth $1,960,296 from a Turkish customer.
E/W
SDT Signs Contract with SSB for E/W
Space and Defence Technologies Inc. SDT announced at KAP that it signed a contract with the Secretariat of Defence Industries ( SSB) on electronic warfare.
Space
Communication
SDT Receives Order Worth Approximately € 2 Million
SDT Space and Defence Technologies received an order worth € 1 million 666 thousand 179 for satellite ground station systems.
Investment
SDT Enters Among First 100 at Turkish Stock Exchange
SDT, which entered Borsa Istanbul (BIST) to move to a more comprehensive production process in Ankara, has reached a new stage.
Investment
SDT Acquires Cey Defence
SDT Company bought all the shares of Cey Defence for 4 million TL. SDT announced the takeover from KAP.
Expo and Air Show
Intense Interest in IDEAS 2022 from Turkish Companies
IDEAS 2022 international defence exhibition and seminar has opened its doors in Karachi. More than 500 foreign defence industry companies attend the Expo.
Air
Simulator / AI / Drill/ Software
Expo and Air Show
Turkish ACMI will fly on Pakistani Aircraft JF-17
Turkish Defence company Space and Defence Technologies (SDT) has signed a contract with Pakistan Air Force (PAF) at IDEAS.
Air
Simulator / AI / Drill/ Software
SDT Starts Serial Manufacturing of F-16 MEP Training Pod
SDT Space & Defence Technologies Inc. has been awarded a serial manufacturing order for the F-16 Ammunition Training Pod (F-16 MEP).
E/W
Simulator / AI / Drill/ Software
Interview / Exclusive File
Expo and Air Show
Turkish SDT exhibited ACMI, Avcı, MuhabereSIM and Görgüç
The IDEF was held in August 2021. TurDef has interviewed Ömer Korkut, General Manager of SDT Space and Defence Technologies.
Global Defence Trend Brief
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- 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...
