ASELSAN signs €2.46 billion hybrid air defense deal with Türkiye’s SSB

ASELSAN and Türkiye’s Defense Industry Agency signed contracts worth €2.46 billion for hybrid air defense systems.

The Turkiye Times Editorial DeskOctober 05, 2026, 10:06 AMUpdated: October 05, 2026, 12:39 PM

ASELSAN signs €2.46 billion hybrid air defense deal with Türkiye’s SSB

Turkish defense company ASELSAN and the Presidency of Defense Industries (SSB) signed contracts totaling €2.46 billion for the procurement of hybrid air defense systems, ASELSAN said in a filing with the Public Disclosure Platform (KAP). The filing did not disclose the name or number of the systems or the delivery schedule.

According to TRT Haber, the contracts are the largest ASELSAN has signed in a single deal in its 51-year history.

An air defense system at a firing range (from an ASELSAN promotional video)

A firing from the system, aerial view (from an ASELSAN promotional video)

It is ASELSAN’s third major air defense contract announced since Oct. 1, following €1.0085 billion in additional contracts with the SSB for serial production of long-range air defense systems on Oct. 1 and a €488.5 million export deal with a foreign end user on Oct. 2, bringing the total to about €4 billion.

The system’s electro-optical sensor (from an ASELSAN promotional video)