EFES 2026: Turkiye to NATO? or NATO to Turkiye? / Chapter III
The Turkish Armed Forces completed the Efes 2026 Exercise. Turkish defence industry product weapons and systems were extensively used during the operation.
Turkish Armed Forces News
Analysis
Simulator / AI / Drill/ Software
Analysis
Simulator / AI / Drill/ Software
EFES 2026: Turkiye to NATO? or NATO to Turkiye? / Chapter-II
The Turkish Armed Forces completed the Efes 2026 Exercise. Turkish defence industry product weapons and systems were extensively used during the operation.
Simulator / AI / Drill/ Software
Analysis
EFES 2026: Turkiye to NATO? or NATO to Turkiye? / Chapter-I
The Turkish Armed Forces completed the Efes 2026 Exercise. Turkish defence industry product weapons and systems were extensively used during the operation.
Land
Homeland Security
FNSS Delivers PARS 8x8 SCOUT CRBN Vehicles to Turkish Army
FNSS announced the delivery of PARS 8x8 SCOUT (İZCİ) vehicles in CRBN Recce configuration to the Turkish Army following the completion of acceptance tests.
Unmanned Systems
Baykar’s Bayraktar TB3 enters Turkish Army inventory
The Ministry of Defence confirmed the Bayraktar TB3 armed naval UAV has been inducted into the Land Forces Command, marking its first official deployment.
Land
Locally Built Logistic Support Wagons to Serve TUAF
UAIS-type wagons, produced in Sivas with 95% local content, can carry 78 types of vehicles, including Altay MBT; the first batch of 50 was delivered to TCDD.
Logistics
Unmanned Systems
DASAL Delivers heavy-class cargo UAV Puhu-C75 to TAF
DASAL shared on social media about its first fully operational all-electric heavy-class cargo UAV PUHU-C75. It is learned that delivers started.
E/W
Meteksan Delivers MERT Electronic Attack System to TAF
Meteksan Defence informed through social media that it delivered its indigenously developed MERT Electronic Attack System to the Turkish Armed Forces.
Navy / Maritime
Bilateral Relations
Regional / Strategy
Defence Politics
An Olive Branch to Egypt, Velvet Glove to Greece
Defence Minister Hulusi Akar attended the Blue Homeland 2021 Exercise at the Aegean Sea. Akar spoke about developing relations with Egypt and warned Greece.
Air
Logistics
Unmanned Systems
Turkey's indigenous cargo UAV, ALBATROS is in the Sky
DASAL, a subsidiary of ASELSAN and ALTINAY Defence, designed and manufactured the first Cargo UAV prototype, ALBATROS. ALBATROS flies for the first time.
Land
Navy / Maritime
Air
Unmanned Systems
Bluehomeland (Mavi Vatan) Exercise Began
Turkish Navy’s planned drill “Blue Homeland 2021” have started. The drill will be executed on the Mediterranean Sea and the Aegean Sea simultaneously.
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...
