Turkey unveiled its 5th-gen ‘F-22’ fighter on the assembly line
Photos shared online show the progress of the TF-X. The body of the plane is already assembled. It appears that the…
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Turkey is ready to use the Russian-made S-400s if necessary
Russian S-400 air-defense systems are ready for use in Turkey. Ankara will use the systems if necessary, Turkish…
Russia: Ukraine uses Turkish MLRS, tandem-working with Bayraktar TB2
Russian media reports on arms delivery from Turkey to Ukraine. It is a Turkish MLRS system that fires TRLG-230…
Turkish Kızılelma unmanned fighter on the track, first flight in days
Kızılelma is now on the track. A video shared by Turkish media shows the drone passing the tests of the so-called…
Turkey bought 52 Pakistani Mushshak aircraft, the first three arrived
Turkish MoD announced that the first three of 52 PAC MFI-17 Super Mushshak aircraft were already in Turkey and have…
120mm Alkar mortar system for wheeled and tracked chassis
In 2017, the Turkish company Aselsan introduced its brand new 120 mm mortar system AHS-120 Alkar, designed for a…
F-16 Fighting Falcon will operate with new non-US-made AESA radar
205 F-16 Fighting Falcons will also receive an upgrade with a new radar system, but it will be foreign. It is about…
Turkey unveiled a KNG-C5 rifle and Indonesia immediately bought it
The presence of Kale Kalıp at the Indonesian exhibition can be counted as success after it became clear that…
Korean Doosan will power the first 100 Altay tanks, 2023 is key
Turks are working on their own propulsion system for the Altay. However, it was decided to integrate the tank with…
Putin’s long arm: Gas hub kills Ukrainian dream of Bayraktar TB2s
If Russian media reports and comments on social networks are to be believed, "the era of Bayraktar in Ukraine is…
Aselsan shows a GP bomb piercing a meter of reinforced concrete
The fighter jets and helicopters of the Turkish Army and Turkish Air Force will be armed with new locally produced…
Azerbaijan and Pakistan already have trained Akinci UCAV ‘pilots’
Turkish, Azerbaijani, and Pakistani trainees trained as operators Bayraktar Akinci from Baykar have successfully…
Turkey upgrades its tanks, puts Altay’s turret on Leopard 2A4
Turkey is modernizing its main battle tanks. These are the M-60TM and the Leopard 2A4. The modernization is based…
Russia seeks military kits from Turkey because of the mobilization
Russia tried to purchase military military kits from Turkey. This is what Minister of Defense of Ukraine, Oleksiy…
Turkey’s newest Akıncı UCAV is already on a mission over Syria
Turkey's newest Akıncı UCAV was spotted over Syria. A photo with his image was provided by Clash Report. "Bayraktar…
No more Safran engines, Turkey puts its own on cruise missiles
Turkey solved a serious problem that prevented the export of weapons systems. The first Turkish cruise missile was…
First in the world: Turkey showed its own EW-capable unmanned boat
Turkey has developed world's first unmanned boat capable of waging electronic warfare. Marlin SiDA is joint product…
Turkish TF-6000 engine will power Kizilelma UCAV up to Mach 2 speed
Turkish stealth drone Kizilelma , version MIUS-B will fly with a cruise speed of Mach 2. This was announced today…
Turkey: If we don’t get F-16s, France, UK or Russia will sell us
The Turkish president has threatened that if his country is not allowed to acquire F-16 Block 70/72s, it will turn…
Turkey sends filed precision artillery ammunition to Poland
Poland shows great interest in the artillery ammunition produced by Roketsan. A cooperation agreement was signed…
Turkish M60TM tanks get a domestic Volkan-M fire control system
Turkey intends to upgrade its M60TM main battle tanks integrating the domestic fire control system Volkan-M. The…
This is the 900 km/h jet-powered Kizilelma that Russia fears
Turkey unveiled the second prototype of latest Kizilelma UCAV. Here's a little more information about the drone.…
Turkey opened the Bosphorus to the Russian ship carrying S-300
Russian ship Sparta II hired by Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, crossed the Bosphorus in the…
Turkey made supersonic stealth Bayraktar with a Ukrainian engine
Baykar completed assembly of the second prototype of the Bayraktar Kizilelma jet attack drone. This was announced…
Radar lock from a Greek S-300 battery on Turkish F-16 fighters
Greece's S-300, stationed on the island of Crete, placed a radar lock on Turkish F-16s flying reconnaissance…
Turkey tested an indigenous long-range SIPER missile defense system
Turkey conducted a fire test of the indigenously produced long-range SIPER missile system. During the test, SIPER…
Turkish F16s escorting B-52s were radar-locked by Greek fighters
Fighter jets linked to the Greek Air Force have placed radar locks on Turkish F-16s escorting US B-52 bombers as…
Turkish plane lost radio, Germany raises two Tornado combat aircraft
Two Tornado aircraft belonging to Germany took off at around 02:00 on August 21 to the A320 passenger plane…
Russia showed Bayraktar TB2 UCAV, Turkey says It’s fake
Russia showed Bayraktar TB2 UCAV, Turkey says It's fake. Are the Bayraktar TB2 UCAV and MAM-L and MAM-C ammunition…
Second contract for S-400 to Turkey, Ankara does not confirm
Representative of the Turkish MoD did not confirm the information according to which Russia and Turkey have signed…
US invited Turkey to discuss the F-16 modernization and purchase
Turkey's MoD said that a technical delegation from the ministry had gone to the US upon invitation to purchase F-16…
Ukrainian Stugna-P ATGMs destroy tanks using Turkish thermovision
The Ukrainian RK-3 Corsar and Stugna-P anti-tank guided missiles use thermal imaging systems manufactured by the…
Ukraine to produce Bayraktar TB2’s fuselages, electronics and software
Turkish company Baykar intends to build in Ukraine plant for the production of Bayraktar TB2 attack drones, a…
Ukraine installed Serdar RCWS into a Soviet MT-LB AFV
The Soviet MT-LB armored personnel carrier is very popular platform for installing various types of weapon modules,…
Turkey installs its own mission computer in F-16 Block 40 and 50
Turkey begins the modernization of its F-16 Block 40 and Bolk 50 with nationally developed systems. This was…
Turkish Navy received a new naval reconnaissance-attack UAV
The Turkish Navy received its Aksungur naval drone. It was developed by the Turkish company Turkish Aerospace…
F-16 Block 70/72 fighter jets ‘arrive’ in Turkey in mid-August
Figuratively speaking in mid-August the F-16 Block 70/72 could arrive in Turkey if the meeting between Washington…
Exclusive photo: Russian boat hit by Bayraktar TB2 is split in two
One of the two Russian Raptor-class patrol boats, which was hit by MAM-L munitions on May 2 this year was split in…
Turkish Air Force struck tourists in Iraq – Foreign Minister
In northern Iraq, an unidentified strike in Dahuk province killed eight people, more than twenty, incl. children…
Turkey acquired a high-velocity 40mm anti-drone weapon system
40mm SAHIN destruction system, developed with national Turkish resources, entered the inventory. SAHIN system will…
F-16 Block 70 for Turkey only if it does not violate Greek airspace
Turkish F-16 Block 70: a US bill in question includes a ban on the sale of the F-16 Block 70 unless Turkey…
Official: Turkish engine, not F110, will power stealth TF-X fighter
Turkish authorities have opened a competition to develop an engine that will power the future TF-X fifth-generation…
Turkey rejects AIM-120s from its F-16s, domestic PEREGRINE comes
Turkey plans to decommission its existing AIM-9 AIM-9X Sidewinder and AIM-120 replacing them with their locally…
Citizen-funded Bayraktar TB2 UCAV for Ukraine landed in Lithuania
The Lithuanian-funded Bayraktar TB2 unmanned combat aerial vehicle , nicknamed Vanagas, landed at the Siauliai Air…
First ignition of Turkish KTJ-1750 turbojet engine for Cakir missile
First ignition of KTJ-1750 engine developed by Kale Arge was performed. KTJ-1750 will be used in Cakir family of…
Since February 24, Ukraine has received 50 Bayraktar UCAVs
Ukrainian MoD Oleksii Reznikov announced that he had received a total of 50 Bayraktar TB2 UCAVs from Baykar since…
Brazilian troops showed Turkish infantry rifles KCR556 and KCR762
Brazilian military police shared photos clearly show the Turkish infantry rifles KCR556 and KCR762, which Ankara…
Turkey gets new 105mm artillery: 17km-range, LRF, 6 rpm, 360° shots
105 mm towed Turkish howitzer BORAN will enter the inventory of the Turkish Armed Forces in August 2022, learned…
Akinci UCAV broke its own record and rose nearly 14 km in high
Bayraktar AKINCI-B HALE UCAV broke its own national aviation record for altitude for the third time, moving it to…
Russian-made Orlan-10 unarmed reconnaissance UAV crashed in Turkey
A Russian-made Orlan-10 unmanned aerial vehicle crashed in mountainous terrain in the Kurtyun district of…
