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ASELSAN Secures New $4.9 Billion Contract

ASELSAN signed a new contract worth $4.9 billion
It's not a new contract worth 4.9 billion. In 2026H1, Aselsan signed contracts worth totaling 4.9 billion. Editor of the piece just doesn't know how to speak Turkish.
 

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It's not a new contract worth 4.9 billion. In 2026H1, Aselsan signed contracts worth totaling 4.9 billion. Editor of the piece just doesn't know how to speak Turkish.
There was really something off with the number but just couldn’t prove it either way.
Thanks for correcting and clearing it out.
 

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Türkiye's defense industry is no longer an emerging story. It is no longer news how large, scalable and increasingly successful it has become.

The sector's transformation is now reflected in numbers that would maybe have been difficult to imagine two decades ago. Defense and aerospace exports surpassed the $10 billion threshold in 2025, rising 48% from the previous year, and exceeded $11 billion on a rolling 12-month basis as of June 2026.

But what lies behind these figures and how the Turkish defense industry and its ecosystem operate?

Let's break it down –
 

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The aviation and aerospace sector is one of the key areas in which global powers are engaged in intense competition for technological and strategic supremacy. Indeed, from a military history perspective, the Allies, who achieved air superiority in World War I and World War II, emerged as the victors. During the Cold War, the competition for air superiority between NATO and the Warsaw Pact marked the beginning of a new era, followed by the Vietnam War, the Arab-Israeli conflicts, and finally the 1991 Gulf War. Today, the competition between fifth- and sixth-generation fighter jets continues at full speed. In this context, the Russia-Ukraine war, the U.S.-Israel-Iran war, the brief Pakistan-India war, and new aerial battles supported by beyond-visual-range missiles and intelligence systems have demonstrated that the wars of the future will be very different.
 

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The Turkish Defense Ministry highlighted on Thursday the indispensable role of drone giant Baykar and its solutions and contributions to the country's defense industry.

"With its high engineering capability, strong R&D infrastructure, and innovative approach, Baykar develops game-changing solutions tailored to the needs of various operational environments," Defense Ministry spokesperson Zeki Aktürk told a weekly briefing.
 
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