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ASELSAN Scores Four Direct Hits With LGK and GÖZDE Kits

ASELSAN Scores Four Direct Hits With LGK and GÖZDE Kits

ASELSAN put its guided munition kits in front of an international audience at the Karapınar range in Konya, and the results were unambiguous: four releases,...

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Bayraktar AKINCI in Africa: Confirmed Operators (2026)

Bayraktar AKINCI in Africa: Confirmed Operators (2026)

Three African states have confirmed Bayraktar AKINCI in service as of August 2026: Somalia (delivered March 2025, flown against Al-Shabaab), Sudan (used extensively by the...

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SUNGUR Deliveries & Inventory: When Was It Delivered, Which Platforms Use It? (2026)

SUNGUR Deliveries & Inventory: When Was It Delivered, Which Platforms Use It? (2026)

SUNGUR man-portable air defense missile system. Source: ROKETSAN.SUNGUR is Türkiye's first indigenous man-portable air defense system (MANPADS), developed by ROKETSAN. With serial production beginning in...

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Bayraktar AKINCI Scores Direct Hits with Three Roketsan Munitions: MAM-T Tandem, TEBER-82 and Fixed-Wing TEBER-82

Bayraktar AKINCI Scores Direct Hits with Three Roketsan Munitions: MAM-T Tandem, TEBER-82 and Fixed-Wing TEBER-82

Bottom line: Baykar says its Bayraktar AKINCI combat drone completed live-fire tests with three Roketsan precision munitions, all scoring direct "bull's eye" hits — the...

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US Army Awards Lockheed Martin $8.4 Billion to Ramp Up Precision Strike Missile Production

US Army Awards Lockheed Martin $8.4 Billion to Ramp Up Precision Strike Missile Production

The U.S. Department of Defense announced on June 24, 2026 that it has awarded Lockheed Martin an $8.4 billion contract modification to dramatically expand production...

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Rolls-Royce F-35B LiftSystem: 29,000 BHP LiftFan and the Engineering Behind Stealth STOVL — Full Analysis 2026

Rolls-Royce F-35B LiftSystem: 29,000 BHP LiftFan and the Engineering Behind Stealth STOVL — Full Analysis 2026

The Rolls-Royce LiftSystem is the propulsion subsystem that gives the Lockheed Martin F-35B its Short Take-Off and Vertical Landing (STOVL) capability. It consists of two...

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TUSAŞ ANKA Deliveries Explained: How Many in Turkish Service, Which Operators?

TUSAŞ ANKA Deliveries Explained: How Many in Turkish Service, Which Operators?

The TUSAŞ ANKA medium-altitude long-endurance UAV. Source: Wikimedia Commons (CC).ANKA is a medium-altitude long-endurance (MALE) unmanned aerial vehicle developed by Türkiye’s TUSAŞ. As the country’s...

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Tiger HAD After the Sahara: Europe’s Attack Helicopter at a Strategic Crossroads

Tiger HAD After the Sahara: Europe’s Attack Helicopter at a Strategic Crossroads

In late 2023, after more than 15 years of struggling with its Tiger ARH fleet's maintenance challenges, the Royal Australian Air Force made a decision...