Turkey

Turkish ministers are urging European countries to collaborate more closely with Turkey's defense industry to quickly address shortfalls in capacity.

Turkish defense electronics firm Aselsan has unveiled an airborne decoy derivative of its Tolun family of small-diameter glide bombs.

Turkey has joined the small club of countries that have demonstrated autonomous collaborative platform operations between crewed and uncrewed aircraft.

Turkish Aerospace Industries is working with domestic industry to adapt the new Gokbey twin-engine utility helicopter into an anti-submarine warfare platform.

A Turkish rocket propulsion company is at the heart of the country’s efforts to establish a presence in lunar exploration.

Turkey has unveiled plans to develop long-range conventionally-armed ballistic missiles as a deterrent against adversaries.

Turkish missile developer Roketsan has unveiled a new version of its Smart Micro Munition (MAM) family of glide bombs.

GE Aerospace and Turkish Aerospace Industries have signed a contract on the supply of F404 engines for use on TAI’s Hurjet jet trainer.

With conflicts near its borders increasingly dominated by one-way attack drones, Turkey’s defense industry is accelerating efforts to develop domestic options.

Turkish Aerospace Industries has delivered the first military example of the T625 Gokbey twin-engine medium helicopter to Turkey’s army.

Turkish defense electronics specialist Aselsan says almost half of the new contracts it booked in the first quarter are coming from abroad.

ATW senior editor Kurt Hofmann spoke with Bolat about the current impacts of conflicts in Iran and Ukraine and Turkish's 2026 expansion plans.

A Brazilian company will launch studies for an air-launched variant of an anti-ship cruise missile for the Brazilian navy.

Turkish defense electronics specialist Aselsan grew export sales 89% last year to $958 million and booked over $2 billion in new contracts from buyers abroad.

Pegasus Airlines has increased its in-house narrowbody maintenance capacity by completing the first phase of building new maintenance facilities in Istanbul.

Turkey’s Defense Industries Agency has released imagery of the second prototype of the indigenous Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) Kaan fighter.

Hexcel, which supplies advanced composites to more than 100 military aircraft, sees growing demand for its products globally as countries hike defense spending.

Turkish Aerospace Industries' Gokbey utility helicopter could be assembled in Saudi Arabia if a signed agreement progresses.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has hinted that Saudi Arabia could be on the cusp of becoming a partner on the Turkish Kaan fighter program.

Hexcel is “going to push very hard” to grow its defense and space business in “the immediate future,” CEO Tom Gentile said.

The first flight for the next prototype of the Turkish indigenous fighter aircraft Kaan has pushed back toward the summer.

Turkey could begin receiving Eurofighter combat aircraft from Qatar as soon as February, media reports have suggested.

NATO has contracted Turkish defense electronics firm Havelsan to deliver software that will manage part of the alliance's command-and-control and communications architecture.

Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says it was “unfair” to banish his country from the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program and has called for Ankara to be readmitted to the project.