The Presidency of Defense Industries (SSB) revealed Turkey’s top defense and aviation exporters for 2024. Baykar topped the list with $1.8 billion in exports.

Baykar achieved $1.8 billion in exports in 2024, selling advanced UAVs to 35 countries and maintaining its 60% share of the global drone market.

Türkiye’s defense and aviation industry signed over $1 billion worth of contracts in the first month of 2025. The sector’s domestic production rate has reached 95 percent.

Over 12,000 personnel from 20 countries are participating in Türkiye’s “Winter-2025 Exercise” in Kars. The TSK tests its national defense systems and demonstrates full combat coordination under freezing conditions.

Defense Industry Agency (SSB) President Prof. Dr. Haluk Görgün announced that the names of engineers martyred at TAI (TUSAŞ) will live on through three major R&D projects: ZAHİDE, ATAKAN, and CANBAZ.

Hitit University and FNSS have launched a TÜBİTAK-supported project to develop a scientific foundation for producing high-strength aluminum alloys domestically for the defense industry.

An evaluation meeting on Türkiye’s National Combat Aircraft KAAN was held at Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) with the participation of SSB President Haluk Görgün and Air Force Commander Gen. Ziya Cemal Kadıoğlu.

The Turkish Ministry of National Defense announced that the frigate TCG Salihreis visited and briefed a fishing vessel off the coast of Egypt on January 25, 2025, as part of the NATO Operation Sea Guardian Focused Operation (FOCOPS) 2025-1.