Programme Hubs
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Aerospace
- Türkiye · Combat aircraft
KAAN Programme
Türkiye’s national next-generation combat aircraft: programme status, propulsion localisation, production milestones and export developments.
Prototype flight testing, propulsion localisation and production preparation
- United Kingdom · Italy · Japan · Combat aircraft, international
Global Combat Air Programme (GCAP)
The trilateral UK–Italy–Japan next-generation combat aircraft: governance, the Edgewing joint venture, design milestones and the 2035 service-entry target.
Design and development contracted, toward a 2035 service-entry target
- France · Germany · Spain · Combat aircraft, international
Future Combat Air System (FCAS)
The Franco-German-Spanish system-of-systems programme: the next-generation fighter, Remote Carriers, the Combat Cloud and the industrial structure behind them.
Phase 1B contracts running to end-2026 while the industrial setup is reorganised
- Türkiye · Training aircraft
HÜRJET Programme
Türkiye’s indigenous advanced jet trainer programme: flight testing, serial production, Turkish Air Force transition training and export development.
Flight testing and serial production
- Türkiye · Helicopters
T625 GÖKBEY Programme
Türkiye’s indigenous utility-helicopter programme: serial production, domestic-engine transition, deliveries and expansion across military and governmental operators.
Serial production and deliveries
- Türkiye · Combat aircraft modernisation
ÖZGÜR / ÖZGÜR-2 Programme
Türkiye’s sovereign F-16 modernisation programme: national mission computers and software, MURAD AESA radar, indigenous weapons, structural upgrades and expansion across Block 30/40/50 aircraft.
Modernisation and integration programme in execution
- Türkiye · Air-to-air weapons
GÖKDOĞAN & BOZDOĞAN Programme
Türkiye’s indigenous air-to-air missile family: GÖKDOĞAN beyond-visual-range and BOZDOĞAN within-visual-range weapons, qualification, serial-production transition and multi-platform integration.
Qualification completed; serial-production processes started
- Türkiye · Helicopters
T925 Heavy Utility Helicopter Programme
Türkiye’s 10–12-ton-class indigenous heavy utility helicopter programme: prototype development, firefighting configuration, 2026 first-flight target, maritime features and propulsion evolution.
Development and prototype phase; first flight targeted for end-2026
- Türkiye · Helicopters
T929 ATAK II Heavy Combat Helicopter Programme
Türkiye’s heavy attack helicopter programme: flight testing, 11-ton-class airframe development, weapons and survivability integration, propulsion dependency and future engine localisation.
Active development and flight-test programme
Unmanned Systems
- Türkiye · Combat air
Bayraktar KIZILELMA Programme
Türkiye’s jet-powered unmanned fighter programme: flight testing, air-to-air and strike capability, weapons integration, autonomy, serial production and international cooperation.
Flight, weapons and mission-system testing
- Türkiye · Strike / electronic warfare
ANKA III Programme
Türkiye’s low-observable flying-wing unmanned combat aircraft: flight testing, internal weapons, electronic warfare, autonomy and Turkish Air Force integration.
Multi-prototype flight and weapons testing
- Türkiye · Aerospace / weapons
Bayraktar AKINCI Programme
Türkiye’s strategic unmanned combat-aircraft programme: operational fleet growth, AESA radar integration, air-to-air and stand-off strike capability, indigenous payloads and expanding export use.
Operational; deliveries and capability expansion continuing
Air & Missile Defence
- Türkiye · Integrated architecture
Steel Dome Programme
Türkiye’s integrated multi-layer air and missile defence architecture: sensors, command-and-control, electronic warfare, kinetic effectors and directed-energy systems.
Layered architecture build-out and fielding
- Türkiye · Long-range interceptors
SİPER Programme
Türkiye’s long-range air and missile defence programme: interceptor evolution, serial production, range growth and integration into the Steel Dome architecture.
Block development and serial production
Land Systems
- Türkiye · Armour
ALTAY Programme
Türkiye’s indigenous main battle tank programme: serial production, Army deliveries, subsystem localisation, protection systems and the transition to a domestic powerpack.
Serial production and Army deliveries
Strategic Strike
- Türkiye · Ballistic missiles
TAYFUN Programme
Türkiye’s indigenous ballistic strike programme: production, inventory growth, configuration development and the expansion of sovereign long-range precision fires.
Production and inventory introduction
Electronic Warfare
- Türkiye · Aerospace
HAVA SOJ Programme
Türkiye’s airborne stand-off electronic warfare programme: radar and communications ES/EA, mission-system integration, four-system Air Force objective and supporting squadron infrastructure.
Active integration and delivery programme
- Türkiye · Land systems
KORAL-2 Programme
Türkiye’s next-generation land-based stand-off electronic warfare system: serial production, radar electronic support and attack, mobile deployment and suppression-of-air-defence support.
Serial-production programme
Space
- Türkiye · ISR
GÖKTÜRK-3 SAR Satellite Programme
Türkiye’s first SAR-payload reconnaissance satellite programme: all-weather Earth observation, sovereign space-based intelligence, satellite development and ground-segment integration.
Development; post-contract requirements phase progressed