Developed by TÜBİTAK BİLGEM, the 20 kW IŞIK High-Power Laser System successfully completed its critical acceptance tests, demonstrating 5 km blinding capability and 1.5 km target neutralization performance.

Hungary actively deployed the Turkish-made Gidran 4x4—adapted from Ejder Yalçın—in NATO’s largest recent exercise. Local production will increase the fleet to over 400 vehicles, expanding its current number fivefold.

Türkiye’s defense and aviation sector increased its exports by 39% in the January–September period, reaching 6 billion dollars, with September alone contributing 574 million dollars.

Türkiye is preparing to equip its unmanned surface vessels with indigenous air defense missiles, creating a highly flexible and cost-effective protection shield for major warships, ports and critical coastal infrastructure.

Türkiye’s first unmanned fighter aircraft, Bayraktar KIZILELMA, has successfully completed its Mid-Altitude System Identification and Performance Test, marking another major milestone in its development.

The successful launch of the 100+ km range SIPER 1-D missile from the national vertical launch system MİDLAS marks a new era for Türkiye, placing it among the few nations capable of firing their own long-range air defense missiles from domestically built warships.

SSB President Haluk Görgün announced that the KAAN fighter jet and indigenous engine programs are progressing on schedule, emphasizing that KAAN’s future is not dependent on any single foreign engine source and that Türkiye is rapidly advancing toward full independence in engine technologies.

Lentatek’s domestically developed loitering munition system completed its first mission with a major export achievement, delivering a customized version to a friendly and allied nation.