ASELSAN’s YILDIRIM-100 Directed Infrared Countermeasure system successfully completed effectiveness tests using live-warhead missiles, blinding seekers with multi-band laser energy to divert heat-seeking threats.

Baykar’s AI-enabled KEMANKEŞ 1 mini cruise missile, fired from Bayraktar AKINCI, scored direct hits on ground targets after last week’s successful air-target kill.

SSB President Haluk Görgün said Türkiye’s defense and aerospace exports rose 25% to $3.603B in January–June, with June up 10.4% and the 12-month total at $7.454B.

ASELSAN and Türkiye’s Presidency of Defence Industries (SSB) signed a $71,886,091 contract for Next-Generation Network-Centric Military Communication Systems, with deliveries scheduled between 2025 and 2028.

Bayraktar TB-3 continues intensive sea-based trials from TCG Anadolu and recently guided a kamikaze USV to a pinpoint hit—experts say international interest is accelerating.

Baykar has finalized the acquisition of Italy’s historic aerospace firm Piaggio Aerospace, aiming to establish a strategic production and excellence hub in Europe.

Polish Defense Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz announced that the Bayraktar TB2 UAV will support the search for a murder suspect near Limanowa, as hundreds of police continue operations.

Developed by MKE, the PİRANA kamikaze unmanned surface vehicle, controlled in integration with Bayraktar TB3 from TCG ANADOLU, successfully hit its target, marking a new strike capability for the Turkish Navy.

Developed by ULAK Communications, Türkiye’s national SD-WAN solution successfully completed 93 tests at NATO’s CWIX25 exercise in Poland, demonstrating superior security and performance.

Applications have begun for the “National Competence Initiative Capsule Program” organized by the Defense Industry Academy. Open to 200 social sciences and engineering students, the one-week program’s deadline is June 29.

Minister Kacır announced that TÜBİTAK BİLGEM-developed EDPOD for F-16s has entered service. The system detects, classifies, and geolocates hostile radars, enhancing Türkiye’s electronic warfare capacity.

Developed from the ZD300 platform, ZD360 doubles payload to 60 kg, features AI-based navigation and jamming resistance, and is set for delivery by 2025.