Bayraktar TB3 UCAV completed 100 successful sorties aboard Türkiye’s flagship TCG Anadolu. The latest trials featured AI-assisted, fully autonomous takeoff and landing systems, marking a new milestone in naval aviation history.

Turkey’s defense and aerospace exports reached $2.98 billion in the first five months of 2025, marking a 29% increase. SSB President Haluk Görgün highlighted the growing share of high-tech products and the expanding global export network.

Ukraine launched a massive drone strike deep inside Russia, targeting strategic airbases and destroying several bombers. Experts call it a turning point in modern warfare, both militarily and in terms of intelligence operations.

Nearly a century after its founding, TOMTAŞ Aviation and Technology Inc. has been revived in Kayseri, reigniting Turkey’s first aircraft factory. Its reactivation has sparked the creation of 11 new aerospace companies, positioning the region as a new industrial and defense aviation hub with a $63.5 million investment.

According to Companies Market Cap data, ASELSAN has become the 18th most valuable defense company in the world with a market capitalization of $15.18 billion, marking a historic milestone as the only Turkish firm on the global list.

For the first time, the Turkish Air Force’s 181st Squadron successfully launched two AGM-65 Maverick missiles simultaneously at the Karapınar Firing Range, striking both targets with pinpoint accuracy.

Turkey’s defense industry is making waves across Europe. From HÜRJET and TB-2 UAVs to armored vehicles and naval platforms, Turkish firms are exporting cutting-edge, combat-proven systems to countries such as Spain, Portugal, Poland, and Germany — establishing Turkey as one of Europe’s key defense partners.

According to SETA researcher and Azerbaijan Khazar University lecturer Gloria Shkurti, the Turkish public has not only adopted defense industry technologies but also experienced a psychological transformation. She emphasized that the National Technology Initiative, coupled with major projects and government incentives, has created an optimistic and confident technological outlook in Turkey.