Unmanned
Türkiye Demonstrates ASLAN, BARKAN and PALEM UGV Roles at Ateş Serbest 2026
ASELSAN’s ASLAN, HAVELSAN’s BARKAN and Tekatron’s PALEM demonstrated armed support, reconnaissance, logistics and casualty-evacuation roles during Ateş Serbest…
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Aerospace
Lockheed Unveils PAC-3 Edge for U.S. Army Future Interceptor Contest
Lockheed Martin has unveiled PAC-3 Edge, its candidate for the U.S. Army’s competitive Future Interceptor programme, with testing planned from 2027 and a compan…
Industry
Türkiye Showcases Layered Firepower at Ateş Serbest 2026
The Turkish Armed Forces are demonstrating a broad live-fire mix at Ateş Serbest 2026 in Polatlı, including indigenous sniper rifles, BORAN and PANTER artillery…
Air Defense
Raytheon Wins $6.3B SM-3 Block IB Deal to Rebuild Missile Defence Stocks
RTX’s Raytheon has secured a five-year contract, with two additional option years, valued at up to $6.3 billion to produce and sustain Standard Missile-3 Block…
Unmanned
X-BAT Funding Reaches $400M as U.S. Navy Adds $150M
Shield AI says announced public and private commitments to its X-BAT autonomous VTOL fighter have reached $400 million after the U.S. Navy executed a $150 milli…
Industry
ASELSAN Signs $157.9M Export Contracts Across Six Defence Domains
ASELSAN has signed export sales contracts worth a combined $157.9 million with overseas end-users covering electronic warfare, electro-optics, seeker heads, sur…
Space
TUSAŞ, ROKETSAN Sign HÜRSAT-2 Deal for Türkiye’s First Serially Produced Satellite Family
Turkish Aerospace and ROKETSAN signed the HÜRSAT-2 project contract at IAC 2026 in Antalya, advancing what the companies describe as Türkiye’s first serially pr…
Industry
Boeing Gets $14.7B PAC-3 MSE Seeker Deal to Triple Output
Boeing has received an approximately $14.7 billion seven-year undefinitized contract action from Lockheed Martin to scale production and delivery of PAC-3 MSE s…
Air Defense
ASELSAN Signs €2.46B Hybrid Air Defence Contracts with SSB
ASELSAN has signed contracts worth €2.46 billion with Türkiye’s SSB for the procurement of hybrid air defence systems.
Aerospace
Azerbaijan Integrates CANiK M3 FALCON on Mi-17s
CANiK has confirmed the integration of its M3 FALCON heavy machine gun on Azerbaijani Mi-17 helicopters, adding a rotary-wing reference to the Turkish weapon fa…
Unmanned
Saudi Naval Crews Complete AKINCI Training in Türkiye
Royal Saudi Naval Forces personnel have completed Bayraktar AKINCI operator training in Türkiye, advancing the Saudi naval UCAV programme from acquisition towar…
Land
FNSS KUNDUZ Enters Philippine Army Service
The Philippine Army has inducted FNSS KUNDUZ amphibious armoured combat earthmovers as part of a broader combat-engineering equipment handover to the 525th Comb…
Aerospace
ASELSAN Demonstrates KORKUT 35 to 12 Countries
ASELSAN demonstrated its KORKUT 35 mobile air-defence gun system at Karapınar before military delegations from 12 countries, engaging multiple drone profiles an…
Unmanned
MKE PİRANA Hits Surface Target With Live Warhead
MKE’s PİRANA one-way unmanned surface vehicle struck a surface target with a live warhead during a 2026 naval exercise, moving the programme from public display…
Naval
ASELSAN Tests DERİNGÖZ in Euphrates Reconnaissance
ASELSAN’s DERİNGÖZ autonomous underwater vehicle conducted a reconnaissance activity in the Euphrates River around Halfeti, adding a riverine demonstration to t…