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Aziziye Mah. Çankaya Ankara
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🇹🇷 @SageTubitak @roketsan @aselsan SİPER-2 long-range air defence misile was tested against a sea-skimming target, as well as for its target swapping capability mid-flight.
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🇹🇷 @TUSAS_TR included DIRCM in ANKA-III UCAV's self-defence options from the recently updated datasheet, reinforcing survivability against IR-guided missiles.
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🇷🇺Russia is iteratively refining the design of Geran-5 turbojet-powered kamikaze UAV, focusing on higher speed and survivability.
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🇨🇿 KBP International unveiled the GRYF armed UAV tailored to support C-UAS missions by complementing ground-based defences.
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🇹🇷 @TUSAS_TR AKSUNGUR with an endurance up to 50 hours and the capability to carry different sensor payloads simultaneously provides a versatile and persistent maritime surveillance capability complementing maritime patrol aircraft.
🇹🇷@TUSAS_TR AKSUNGUR UCAV dropped and processed data from @aselsan ASELBUOY 100P sonobuoys during the TURNAs 2026 naval exercise.
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🇫🇷 @navalgroup will unveil a new warship design at @SalonEuronaval, seen to feature a dual-band AESA radar suite.
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@aselsan has signed a $442.5 million export contract with an undisclosed international customer for radar, counter-unmanned aerial vehicle and command-and-control systems. @BorsaIstanbulEN
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🇹🇷 @MKEgovtr has developed a 20 mm fragmentation ammunition for TOLGA C-UAS system's 20 mm weapon, providing fragment dispersion at a prescribed range to increase hit probability while requiring no modification on the weapon and having lower costs compared to proximity fuse or programmable airburst ammunition.
➡️Work is ongoing for a 35 mm programmable airburst ammunition for TOLGA's 35 mm weapon system to work at longer ranges.
🇹🇷🇮🇩 Indonesian Army tested @roketsan TRLG-122 laser-guided artillery rocket from the ITBM-600 multi-calibre MLRS also set to use the BORA TBM.
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🇹🇷 @MKEgovtr tested the shipborne dual 20 mm RCWS for TOLGA C-UAS system during Ateş Serbest 2026 exercise, providing higher hit probability with a fire rate of 3200 RPM and fragmentation ammunition.
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🇹🇷 @roketsan Autonomous LAÇİN TV, the TV seeker-fitted variant of LAÇİN guidance kit for Mk-82 bombs, was tested from @BaykarTech AKINCI UCAV.
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🇹🇷🇵🇹 @STMDefence announced the keel laying for the second AOR+ ship being built for @MarinhaPT, after the keel laying for the first ship in late January 2026.
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🇹🇷 @TUSAS_TR ANKA UCAV flew with the ŞİMŞEK-K UAV, the new iteration of the in-use ŞİMŞEK UAV, usable as a kamikaze UAV or target UAV.
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🇹🇷 @MKEgovtr MPT-55 and its carbine variant MPT-55K commonly entered service with various Turkish special forces units using 5.56x45 mm assault rifles/carbines more often than 7.62x51 mm ones.
Two special purpose derivatives have been developed later on.
➡️TLS-571: Personal Defence Weapon (PDW) with 7" barrel intended for vehicle crew use or other scenarios requiring maximum compactness.
➡️MKE-300: .300 Blackout (7.62x35 mm) carbine capable of firing subsonic ammunition for minimised acoustic signature when using suppressors.
🇺🇸🇮🇱 @LockheedMartin test-fired the SPIKE NLOS missile from an ISV-U buggy, one of the new fire support vehicles to be introduced within the scope of the M-LRPSM programme.
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🇹🇷 @MKEgovtr 's MPT-76 and KNT-76 started out as successors to G3-pattern rifles in Turkish Armed Forces service.
Over the years, new derivatives of the two rifles have been developed, leading to a larger family beyond two battle rifle and DMR variants.




