In December 2025, ASELSAN signed one of the largest export contracts in the company’s history. Under the $410 million agreement, the company will deliver electronic warfare systems to the Polish Armed Forces. ASELSAN views the deal as one of the first steps in its strategic expansion into European Union and NATO markets, with Poland being the largest military spender on the Alliance’s eastern flank.
“Our strategy is simple: to become one of the strongest players in the global defence market and a key element of the regional security architecture,” Ahmet Akyol, ASELSAN’s President and CEO, told Defence Industry Europe during an interview in Ankara, Türkiye. “We expect demand for air defence systems, electronic warfare solutions and other defence technologies in which we specialise to remain strong over the long term.”
ASELSAN, Türkiye’s leading defence solutions provider with more than 50 years of experience, reported total revenue of $4.5 billion last year. The Turkish Ministry of Defence remains the main customer for the company’s solutions, but ASELSAN is diversifying its revenue base through the growing contribution of exports. According to the company, in 2025 it signed 272 export agreements across 58 countries, with a total value of more than $2 billion. By comparison, the total value of export contracts signed by ASELSAN in 2024 was nearly $1 billion.
“We are an extremely engineering-focused company. Of our more than 14,000 employees, over 10,000 are engineers. This is why we are so flexible and able to rapidly adapt our solutions to the fast-evolving modern battlefield environment,” Akyol said.
ASELSAN is currently on a strong development trajectory. Over the past three years, the company has recruited more than 5,500 new employees. It operates six production facilities and 11 research and development centres in Türkiye, and invests 7% of its annual turnover in research projects. In addition, ASELSAN has offices and operational facilities in 25 foreign countries, including Poland, Romania, Ukraine and Hungary. The company also has a strong presence in Asian markets.
ASELSAN is playing a central role in Türkiye’s Steel Dome programme, the country’s ambitious effort to build a multi-layered integrated air and missile defence architecture. To support this initiative and meet rising demand for air defence systems, electronic warfare capabilities, radars and advanced electronic technologies, the company is developing the Oğulbey Technology Base, a major new production and engineering complex. Backed by an investment of around $1.5 billion, the site will comprise more than 735,000 square metres of enclosed facilities across a total area of 6.5 million square metres. The new base is expected to significantly expand ASELSAN’s industrial capacity and provide dedicated infrastructure for teams working on Steel Dome and related high-end defence programmes.
“Over the past two years, we have increased our production capacity by 40%. However, we are continuing to develop our industrial infrastructure, production lines, laboratories and design offices. The total value of investments we are currently implementing exceeds $2.7 billion,” Akyol said.
ASELSAN will exhibit its solutions at Eurosatory 2026 in Paris, which begins on 15 June. The company will showcase a broad portfolio of defence products, with a particular focus on counter-unmanned aerial systems, radars, electronic warfare systems, advanced electronic technologies and guided weapon systems.
