Turkey's defense and aerospace sector signed 15 billion dollars in new contracts during 2026, with expectations to reach 20 billion dollars by year-end. Prime contractors conducted over 20 billion dollars in transactions with domestic suppliers over the past three years.

The Defense Industry Agency convenes the second major gathering of prime contractors, subcontractors, and SMEs. The three-day event features approximately 1,000 B2B meetings with participation from 209 companies.

The U.S. Army conducted live-fire exercises with SGT STOUT short-range air defense systems and AH-64 Apache attack helicopters during the Skyfall II Exercise at Grafenwöhr Training Area in Bavaria on October 5. The exercise emphasized real-time data sharing between ground-based radars and aircraft platforms.

The IDA Turkey 2026 event opened in Ankara, bringing together defense and aviation sector stakeholders. The localization rate in the defense industry reached 80 percent, with annual exports approaching 11 billion dollars.

The President of Turkey's Defense Industry Agency, Haluk Görgün, emphasized at the Turkish-German Economic Conference that streamlining export control procedures will deepen defense sector cooperation between the two nations. Görgün noted that over 4,000 Turkish defense companies are prepared to collaborate with German partners.

STM's domestically developed swarm intelligence technology, comprising 20 KARGU attack UAVs, executed autonomous strikes during the Ateş Serbest-2026 exercise, precisely neutralizing designated targets.

Turkish Aerospace Industries' AYAZ, SUPER ŞİMŞEK and ŞİMŞEK K kamikaze jet UAV systems successfully struck ground targets during armed flights conducted as part of Exercise Ateş Serbest-2026.

With the signing of a contract between the Defense Industry Agency and ROKETSAN, the process for the domestically developed ÇAKIR Cruise Missile to enter the Turkish Land Forces inventory has begun. The system features surface-to-surface and air-to-surface operational capabilities.