Turkish F-16s expect AIM-9 Sidewinder, AIM-120 AMRAAM, and update
Very soon the Turkish F-16 fleet may receive AIM-9 Sidewinder and AIM-120 AMRAAM air-to-air missiles as well as…
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Successful tests of Korean DV27K engine into the Turkish Altay MBT
Turkey is currently conducting field tests on its main Altay battle tank with an integrated South Korean Doosan…
Turkey installs 155mm/52-caliber Panter howitzer on 8×8 truck
Panter howitzers in the inventory of the Turkish Armed Forces will be mounted on trucks, learned…
Turkey tested SKYLAND CIWS: 35mm double cannon, 1,100 shots/min
The Gokdeniz air defense system, developed by Asselsan, successfully passed the final stage of tests conducted on…
Indonesia will build Turkish FNSS Zaha Marine Assault Vehicles
Indonesia will make FNSS Zaha marine assault vehicles under a foreign license for the needs of the Indonesian…
Turkey: The purchase of a second batch of S-400 is on the agenda
In an interview with TRT Haber, the president of the Turkish defense industry Ismail Demir said that the purchase…
Indonesia bought Turkish KMR762 sniper rifles with 800 m/s velocity
Semi-automatic sniper rifle KMR762 7.62mmx51 NATO / .308 WIN was exported to Indonesia, learned…
Turkey unveils Special Forces 125mm KARAOK ATGM, 2.5 km range
KARAOK anti-tank missile, developed by Roketsan, will be available to the Turkish Armed Forces this year,…
Bayraktar TB2 laser-marked a target, Akinci UAV hit it with Teber-82
Akinci unmanned aerial vehicle successfully hit a target on the sea surface with the Teber-82 guidance kit, after…
US is ready to sell F-16 Viper to Turkey and upgrade 80 more aircraft
US government is also positive about the sale of new F-16s in Turkey, as well as the modernization of a total of 80…
Turkey to test Kuzgun-SS: IIR/Laser seeker, FAE warhead, mmW radar
IRDI Tubitak Sage announced on its official Twitter account that the Kuzgun-SS configuration of Kuzgun PGM is ready…
Turkish 25 km range HISAR SAM system could be produced in Egypt
Turkey's medium and long-range surface-to-air missile systems HISAR can start production in Egypt, as a joint…
Ukraine asks Turkey if Bayraktar UAV can ‘spray 20L of aerosol’
Motor-Sich asked the Bayraktar TV2 manufacturer is their drone 'equipped with a system/mechanism for spraying…
Two Turkish A400M stuck in Ukraine delivering Bayraktar UAVs
TAF is currently having to do without two Airbus A400Ms and their crews, which arrived at Kyiv Boryspil Airport a…
Turks unveiled CAKIR cruise missile – HE warhead, thermobaric effect
Roketsan's CAKIR cruise missile will be a new power multiplier for the armed forces with its state-of-the-art…
Turkey might receive SAMP/T against supersonic cruise AShMs
Erdogan is returning from Brussels with news that could provide Turkish defense with increased combat capability in…
Turkey: ‘Ukraine will not join NATO, S-400s remain in Turkey’
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu made a series of last-minute statements at the Doha Forum on the…
Turkey wants F-35 and MIM-104 Patriot without preconditions
To support Mr. Kolbe's argument, what the West needs to do is deliver F-35 fighter jets and Patriot batteries to…
Turkey unveils its own ramjet and aims at hypersonic missiles
Tubitak Sage director Gurcan Okumus announced that the next steps in this will be supersonic and hypersonic missile…
US asked Turkey to give its Russian S-400 SAMs to Ukraine
US has raised with Turkey the question of the unlikely possibility of Ankara sending its S-400 systems to Ukraine…
Turkey acquires Pars IV 6×6 APC – ballistic, mine, and IED protection
According to a statement made by FNSS on social media, the Pars IV 6×6 S-Ops Personnel Carrier Vehicle's endurance…
Doosan DV27K engine to power the Altay tank has arrived in Turkey
Turkey has begun testing a DV27K tank engine manufactured by South Korean company Hyundai Doosan Infracore, learned…
Turkey makes maritime VLS to quadruple cruise missiles launching
Roketsan continues to work on the National Vertical Launch System called Mildas and the air defense missiles that…
Turkey began production of supersonic ‘Red Apple’ stealth UCAV
Baykar Defense has started production of jet-powered, single-engine, low-observable, supersonic, carrier-capable…
Turkish Akinci UAV broke national record by flying 12.2 km altitude
Continuing its test flights, Bayraktar Akinci-B set a record in flight at maximum altitude in Turkish aviation,…
Indonesia gets Kaplan MT tanks – 105mm Cockerill cannon and LWS
The Kaplan MT Medium Class Tank, developed by Turkey's FNSS, is now available for use by the Indonesian Army,…
Turkey to develop engine for TF-X fighter with low IR signature
The process for the production of the "Turkish original engine", which will be used in the national combat aircraft…
Bayraktar offers folding wing TB3 UAV to Japanese Izumo destroyer
Baykar Defense General Manager Haluk Bayraktar has announced that the Bayraktar TB3 UAV will be suitable for…
Turkey develops its own AESA radar for its F-16 C/D fighters
F-16's active electronically scanned array radar prototype, developed by Aselsan with national resources, is…
Turkey is developing a laser-guided ATGM with a BVR of 16 km
Turkey will soon have a Laser-Guided Long Range Anti-Tank Missile System, said the head of the defense industry,…
Qatar acquired Turkish-made CTS – 30mm Leonardo artillery, 2×12.7mm MG
At the enterprise of the Turkish shipbuilding company ADIK a ceremony was held to hand over the second training…
More Turkish Bayraktar TB2 UAVs will be delivered to Ukraine
According to the Minister of Defense of Ukraine Alexei Reznikov, a new additional delivery of Turkish drones…
Islamic fighter: 5th-gen TAI TF-X becomes Turkish-Pakistani project
The Islamic world could get a fifth-generation fighter jet after Turkey and Pakistan join forces in development of…
Turkey offers Malaysia to produce TAI Hürjet light combat aircraft
Turkey offers Malaysia to produce 15 of a possible order of 18 TAI Hürjet single-engine, tandem seat, supersonic…
Turkey works on a supersonic UAV – both a kamikaze and a target lure
The Turkish company for the design and production of military drones Tusas is working on a project of a supersonic…
Turkish T929 ATAK 2 Navy helo will fly by a turbocharged engine
Turkey is considering developing a naval version of the promising ATAK 2 to deploy the Turkish multi-purpose…
Turkish armed USV tested 12.7mm remote-controlled weapon system
On January 24, the prototype of the Armed Unmanned Surface Vehicle ULAQ performed a test of the integrated 12.7mm…
Turkey showed a Hurjet supersonic training and light combat aircraft
Turkey is demonstrating the process of making a prototype of the national supersonic training and light combat…
Turkey and TAI laid basis for a new national stealth fighter
TAI reinforced its ambitions with the opening of new facilities which, among other things, will lay the basics for…
Ukraine acquired next-gen Link 16, Link 22 combat control system
Turkish company Havelsan said that in 2021 it exported its combat control system Advent to Ukraine, learned…
SARP weapon system and 40mm grenade shoot down micro-UAVs
Aselsan combines the capabilities of a remote-controlled stabilized weapon system SARP and a 40 mm high-speed Atom…
China ‘sells’ Z-10ME helos to Pakistan because of the US-Turkish gap
China could find itself in a very advantageous position and "unwittingly" could sell its Z-10ME attack helicopters…
Turkey tested SAM HISAR O+ with IR homing missile seeker
The Turkish MoD announced the successful completion of tests of the latest medium-range anti-aircraft missile…
Turkey to build more Istanbul-class frigates with multi-role MDAS VLS
The leadership of the Turkish defense industry has announced a tender for the construction of the sixth, seventh…
Turkey put a laser weapon into a drone and conducted tests
Turkey has successfully tested an internal laser system installed on an unmanned aerial vehicle , learned…
Turkey unveils DASAL unmanned heli with 81mm mortar [video]
Turkey presented a new strike unmanned system that combines the capabilities of a DASAL helicopter and 81-mm mortar…
Turkish TF-X fighter seeks Russian ‘concrete localization systems’
Turkey and Russia are cooperating in the development of the next-gen TF-X Turkish fighter jet, Ismail Demir, Head…
Ukraine is arming Mi-8 with Turkish Barrier-W rockets and warheads
Turkish concern Aselsan has signed a contract with the Ukrainian company Motor Sicz and the state-owned…
Turkey tested its own 76-mm naval gun drive-by domestic electronics [video]
Turkish Corporation MKE A.Ş., controlled by the Ministry of National Defense of the Republic of Turkey, tested a…
Philippines buys Turkish T129 helicopters with US-made engine
Philippine Air Force has ordered the delivery of six T129 reconnaissance and strikes Turkish helicopters, learned…
