• Land Warfare

  “No single technology is enough”: why an integrated approach to uncrewed warfare is essential

  16th July 2026

  In Conversation… Ahmet Akyol, CEO of ASELSAN, talks to Shephard’s Gerrard Cowan about how the rapid evolution of uncrewed aerial systems (UAS) is transforming the battlespace, with militaries focused on both deploying these platforms to maximum effect and developing the defensive systems needed to counter them.

• Air Warfare

  TAI confirms Hürkuş-C deliveries to Niger and Chad

  2nd November 2022

  Turkish Aerospace Industries will deliver the Hürkuş-C to Niger and Chad in the coming months and the company is confident that more orders will come from African countries soon.

• Air Warfare

  IDEF 2021: 'Turkish DARPA' targets live tests for Kuzgun

  19th August 2021

  TÜBİTAK-SAGE displays modular guided munitions and guidance kits at IDEF 2021.

• Air Warfare

  Turkey targets late 2021 to demonstrate unmanned ASW capability

  25th June 2021

  TAI and the Turkish Navy are keen to carry sonobuoys on the Aksungur UAV.

• Uncrewed Vehicles

  UCAV developments dovetail with evolving Turkish Navy operational concepts

  19th May 2021

  Turkish naval tactics are on the cusp of change by applying UCAV stand-off attack capabilities.

Programme Results - Defence Insight

• Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - MALE

  Aksungur [Turkish Navy]

  Programme Background First Flight & Contract Award The platform's maiden flight was completed on 20 March 2019, and it was first publicly shown at IDEF ...

Equipment Results - Defence Insight

• Fighter - ground attack, ISR/special mission

  Hürkuş-C

  The Hürkuş-C is a light attack and reconnaissance aircraft developed by Turkish Aerospace Industries based on the Hürkuş trainer to meet the requirements of the ...

• Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - MALE

  Akinci

  The Akinci is a MALE UCAV manufactured by Baykar. Sometimes known as Uçan Balık, the UAV can be fitted with a range of ISR or ...

• Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - MALE

  Aksungur

  The Aksungur is a twin-engined MALE UAS manufactured by Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) for the Turkish Armed Forces. TAI completed the platform's maiden flight on 20 March ...