ASELSAN brought together the current warfare field and the national technologies of the future with the global defense ecosystem at the SAHA 2026 International Defense, Aerospace Industry Fair held at the Istanbul Expo Center between 5-9 May. ASELSAN, the company with SAHA’s largest stand area and widest product range; At the fair, he presented the national solutions he developed in all areas extending from under the seas to the depths of space, especially ÇELİKKUBBE components, to the international delegations.
ASELSAN’s stand was attended by Vice President Cevdet Yılmaz, Minister of National Defense Yaşar Güler, Minister of Industry and Technology Mehmet Fatih Kacır, Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Alparslan Bayraktar, Minister of Commerce Ömer Bolat, Minister of Treasury and Finance Mehmet Şimşek, Chief of General Staff General Selçuk Bayraktaroğlu and force commanders, MİT President İbrahim Kalın, President of Defense Industries Prof.
Dr. Many local and foreign delegations visited, including Haluk Görgün, SAHA Istanbul Chairman of the Board of Directors and Baykar General Manager Haluk Bayraktar, and Baykar Chairman of the Board of Directors Selçuk Bayraktar. Absolute dominance in the air, on land and at sea. During the fair, ASELSAN launched the New Strike Forces of the Blue Homeland, New Capabilities for ÇELİKKUBBE and Game-Changing Systems in Air Attack.
In this context, Turkey’s first Kamikaze OSA, KILIÇ, and TUFAN Kamikaze İDA, ILGAR 3-LT Combat Electronic Warfare System, KORAL AD Air Defense Electronic Warfare System, MİĞFER Self-Defense FPV Prevention System, GÖKALP Autonomous Kinetic Drone Destruction System, GÖKBERK 10 Laser Weapon System, EJDERHA 210 High Power Microwave Weapon System, FULMAR Three different variations of TOLUN with 500A took part in SAHA. ASELSAN exhibited the ALP Low Altitude Radar, GÜRZ Hybrid Air Defense System, KORKUT Air Defense System, EJDERHA Anti-UAV System, GÖKBERK Mobile Laser Weapon System and PUHU, which are among the components of ÇELİKKUBBE, at SAHA 2026, one of Turkey’s most important meetings in the field of defense and advanced technology.
New collaborations with global defense actors ASELSAN opened the door to new collaborations with global actors of the defense industry with the power of game-changing technologies in SAHA. Unmanned Marine Vehicle Payloads and Mission Critical Communication Systems Contracts were signed between ASELSAN and Indonesian PT REPUBLIK. A contract signing ceremony was held for the establishment of a joint venture between ASELSAN and the Omani defense industry company Sinan Advanced Industries.
At SAHA 2026, new contracts were signed with the Presidency of Defense Industries, which will strengthen the power of our country. In this context, Air Defense Systems Additional Mass Production, Unmanned Combat Aircraft Subsystems Supply, Electro Optical Systems Additional Supply, Early Warning Radars, Close Orbit Satellites and Military 5G, Encrypted Safety Radio Communication System Dissemination and Artificial Intelligence Supported Gendarmerie KGYS Contracts were signed.
ASELSAN Nanotech Eskişehir is being established with the contract signed in SAHA 2026; ASELSAN Nanotech will start its activities in Eskişehir. Thus, the ceramic radomes used in the missile systems within the scope of ÇELİKKUBBE will be produced at higher capacity and quality standards with local and national resources. ASELSAN, together with its supply ecosystem, is shaping the modern warfare field and the technologies of the future today.
ASELSAN presented awards to the companies in the supply ecosystem that have successfully progressed in their nationalization journey in SAHA, at the Nationalization Journey with 1000 Products Ceremony. As part of the fair, a book signing session was held at the ASELSAN stand with the actors of TRT 1’s popular TV series Teşkilat. Citizens who flocked to the fair on SAHA’s public day showed great interest in the signing day.
Citizens chatted with the actors of the series and took souvenir photos. Ahmet Akyol, CEO of ASELSAN, the global technology brand that shapes the world, pointed out that SAHA 2026 is the most important building block of the company’s global brand journey. Stating that important partnerships were signed within the scope of ASELSAN’s export-oriented growth strategy at SAHA, Akyol continued his words as follows: “SAHA became an important platform where Turkey’s point in the defense industry and advanced technology was announced to the world.
With the launches we carried out here, we demonstrated the claim of the power of national engineering in global competition. As ASELSAN, our goal is now to set the standards as a playmaker in the global league with our mass production ability. In this respect, SAHA served as a springboard in ASELSAN’s journey to become a global technology brand. The fair also accelerates ASELSAN’s becoming a brand that leads the world with its increasingly stronger mass production muscles.
Our collaborations and launches have opened the door to new markets in exports. “The fair created a strategic opportunity to bring the power of ASELSAN engineering to the global showcase and raise its competitiveness to the upper league.”
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