AKINCI UAV Program – Global Defense Corp

Turkiye’s Akıncı UCAV completes firing test with domestic guidance kit

May 13, 2025 GDC 0

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Baykar Akinci To Integrate 100km Range Cakir Cruise Missile

September 14, 2024 GDC 0

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World-first, Turkish Akinci drone test fires Cakir cruise missiles

August 16, 2023 GDC 0

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Turkish drone maker Baykar signs largest ever sales agreement with Saudi Arabia

July 20, 2023 GDC 0

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Baykar Defense To Launch Bayraktar TB2 and Alinci Drones Production Line in Ukraine

June 28, 2023 GDC 0

Turkish company Baykar will build a drone strike factory in Ukraine by the middle of this decade. CEO Haluk Bayraktar spoke about the implementation of the project. The construction of the company in Ukraine was […]

Turkish Akinci Drone Successfully Test-fires Laser-Guided Bomb

July 31, 2022 GDC 0

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Turkish Defense Industries Will Make Major Deliveries, Says Ismail Demir

October 27, 2021 GDC 0

In 2021, Turkish defense industries will make the first deliveries of the AKINCI Attack UAV. The low altitude air defense missile system HİSAR-A will enter the inventory and its first deliveries will be made, reported […]

UK interested in buying Turkish Akinci drone

October 19, 2021 GDC 0

Turkey has presented options to the United Kingdom, which is “very interested” to buy Turkish-made armed drones, the industry and technology minister said on Friday. “The U.K. is very interested in Turkish armed drones. Now, […]

Turkey Develops Local Manufacturing Capabilities As It Inducts New Akinci Drones

September 6, 2021 GDC 0

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Bayraktar TB3 to perform maiden flight in 2022

September 6, 2021 GDC 0

Bayraktar announced that an upgraded version of Bayraktar TB2 will perform its maiden flight in 2022, said Baykar’s Chief Technology Officer (CTO) Selçuk Bayraktar during the induction ceremony Akinci drone. Currently under development at the […]

Finland doubles its K9 Howitzer fleet to 112, strengthening its firepower.

April 15, 2026 0

Finland signed a €546.8 million deal with South Korea to acquire 112 additional K9 Thunder 155 mm self-propelled howitzers. The purchase nearly doubles its fleet and strengthens NATO’s long-range artillery power on Russia’s border. Finland [...]
Czech Republic to purchase Spyder LR anti-air missiles from Israel

March 12, 2023 0

The Czech Ministry of Defense negotiates the delivery of Israeli-made Rafael Spyder LR air defense missile systems. Last year, the Czech Republic signed a contract in October last year with the Israeli company Rafael to [...]
Ukraine Sets to Procure 5 Bayraktar TB2 Drones

November 28, 2020 0

Ukraine is set to purchase five more Turkish-made Bayraktar Tactical Block 2 (TB2) unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) next year, local media reports said Thursday, learned GDC citing Daily Sabah. Ukraine Plans To Buy 24 More [...]
Israel shows images of tanks in Gaza as war on Hamas militants deepens

October 31, 2023 0

Israel signalled intent to encircle Gaza’s main city on Sunday, publishing pictures of battle tanks on the Palestinian enclave’s western coast 48 hours after ordering expanded ground incursions across its eastern border. Infantry backed by [...]
A drunk Russian driver drove the S-350 Vityaz air defense system straight into mines

February 13, 2024 0

A video circulating on social media yesterday shows the new Russian S-350 Vityaz surface-to-air missile system straight into a row of mines and exploding on the temporarily occupied territory of the Luhansk region in Ukraine. [...]
Boeing, MHI Partner on State of the Art Upgrades to Japan’s F-15J fleet

August 5, 2020 0

TOKYO (GDC) – Boeing and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) recently signed a Direct Commercial Sale agreement to support upgrades to Japan’s F-15J fleet. The contract is part of a larger $4.5 billion modernization program, announced by [...]

Philippine Army Test Fires Israeli-made ATMOS 155mm Howitzer Boosting Long-Range Strike.

April 27, 2026 0

The Philippine Army has conducted its first live firing with its new Israeli-made ATMOS 155mm wheeled self-propelled howitzer during Exercise Salaknib 26, a joint U.S./Philippines military exercise, bringing a faster and more mobile long-range strike […]

Israel uses the Roem howitzer in its first combat strikes in Lebanon.

April 24, 2026 0

The Israel Defense Forces has used its new Ro’em self-propelled howitzer in combat for the first time, firing the system during artillery strikes in southern Lebanon. Units from the 282nd Artillery Brigade brought the wheeled […]

Turkey test-fires the KORAOK short-range anti-tank missile.

April 22, 2026 0

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Australian Army successfully test-fired the first domestically manufactured HIMARS.

April 16, 2026 0

Australia test-fired the first domestically manufactured GMLRS missile from a HIMARS launcher at Woomera Test Range, South Australia on April 9, 2026. The government committed $320 million to integrate Australian suppliers into GMLRS production at […]

China delivers FN-6 MANPAD and HJ-12E anti-tank missiles to Iran.

April 15, 2026 0

US intelligence indicates China delivered new air defense systems to Iran, CNN reported on Friday, citing three people familiar with recent intelligence assessments. According to intelligence outlined in the CNN report, Beijing transferred shoulder-fired FN-6 […]

Finland doubles its K9 Howitzer fleet to 112, strengthening its firepower.

April 15, 2026 0

Finland signed a €546.8 million deal with South Korea to acquire 112 additional K9 Thunder 155 mm self-propelled howitzers. The purchase nearly doubles its fleet and strengthens NATO’s long-range artillery power on Russia’s border. The […]