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August 26, 2026
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DHL, El Al, and Turkish Airlines have been issued with financial penalties over night flights involving noisy aircraft at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport. The Aviation Authority of the Human Environment…
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Israel's air strike on Abu al-Duhur Air Base shows the dispute has left the diplomatic arena: Israel seeks to preserve its freedom of action…
Turkey continues to press forward with UAV development. Turkish Aerospace (TAI) has expanded the launch capabilities of its Simsek-K UAV, successfully launching the vehicle from a rail using a…
The system identifies the location, direction and severity of damage and calculates the remaining structural capacity of the platform to provide this information to the operator and the…
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August 25, 2026
The entry into force of the bilateral defense cooperation agreement paves the way to deepen ties between the two countries' industries. Armored vehicles, drones, aviation, missiles and systems…
The commander of the Turkish Navy stated that a definite date already exists for the launch of the new Turkish aircraft carrier. Admiral Ercüment Tatlıoğlu said the ship will be launched on the 27…
Nelson During, Editor-in-Chief of DefesaNet. The talks between Lula and Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and the creation of the Brazil-Turkey Strategic Council gave important political backing…
“The Mecca Pact should not be viewed simply as an arms-export agreement. It is much broader,” one expert told Breaking Defense.
A Bangladeshi government committee has prepared draft documents for negotiations over two planned acquisitions: Chinese J-10CE multirole fighters… The post Bangladesh drafts agreement for Chinese…
A passenger died on a Turkish Airlines flight on Monday (August 24). The passenger fell suddenly ill on board flight TK731 from Colombo to Istanbul. The cabin crew…
This report was originally published on IDRW.org. The Mecca Joint Defence Agreement signed by Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Türkiye has triggered dramatic claims that... The post Even Pakistanis…
Turkish company FNSS presented the U-MAV (Multi-Purpuse Modular Unmanned Amphibious Vehicle), a new unmanned amphibious vehicle designed to take part in the early stages of an operation…
The commander of the Turkish Naval Forces, Admiral Ercüment Tatlıoğlu, confirmed at the Teknofest Blue Homeland fair that Turkey
Art: Roberto Caiafa/InfodefensaPossible Government-to-Government agreementDuring this future visit, which will continue those previously held by the commander of the Brazilian Army and his chief…
Art: Roberto Caiafa/Infodefensa. Possible government-to-government agreement. During this upcoming visit, which will follow those previously made by the commander of the Brazilian Army and his chief…
On 7 August 2026, Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan signed what has been described as the Mecca Joint... The article The “triangle” of Mecca and the twilight of the American umbrella…
German-Turkish airline Sun Express is responding to the changed booking situation at Paderborn/Lippstadt Airport and is expanding its Turkey offering this coming autumn. According to…
August 24, 2026
Meeting between Lula and Erdogan at the G20 in Rio de Janeiro in 2024. Note from DefesaNet. The phone contact between the two was highly anticipated in defense circles in Brazil and Iran…
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan held a phone call today, August 24, to discuss bilateral matters and…
“İ-ZAHA [is] designed to take the crew out of the first wave which is the highest-risk phase of any amphibious assault and to operate as part of a manned-unmanned team (MUM-T) with the Marine…
India-Greece-Cyprus Partnership: Why Turkish Analysts Are Watching BrahMos and Indian Drones Closely
This report was originally published on IDRW.org. Turkish media and defence analysts are increasingly paying close attention to the rapidly expanding strategic relationship between... The post…
This report was originally published on IDRW.org. The reported delivery of a Turkish Next Generation Mobile Mission Control Centre (NG-MMCC) to the Pakistan Air... The post Pakistan Gets Turkish…
This report was originally published on IDRW.org. Turkish media appears to be increasingly attempting to connect India with the rapidly worsening strategic rivalry between... The post Turkish Media…
August 23, 2026
At Abu al-Duhur, Israel bombed an empty base to prevent it from becoming Turkish. It's the same script as at T4... The article Tension rises between Israel and Turkey: eight craters for a…
The goal is not just to build the submarine's hull, but to have a national architecture covering sensors, navigation, propulsion, communications, combat management and…
August 21, 2026
Coinciding with the visit of Turkey's Foreign Minister, Hakan Fidan, to Benghazi on 12 August and his meeting with the commander of the Libyan Arab Armed Forces, Field Marshal…
This report was originally published on IDRW.org. Pakistan’s defence community has reacted strongly to the signing of the Mecca Joint Defence Agreement between Pakistan,... The post Pakistan…
The longevity of some combat aircraft platforms often far exceeds what was initially planned by their designers, manufacturers and operators, which is what is happening…
August 20, 2026
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“We believe HÜRJET has the potential to become not only the trainer aircraft of Türkiye and Spain, but also a training platform for NATO,” CEO Mehmet Demiroglu said.
TEL AVIV — An unexpected industrial strike at Ben Gurion International Airport (TLV) forced commercial flights to turn back mid-air over Turkish airspace. Among the affected services were Air France…
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