Turkey is developing a slew of indigenous weapon systems including stealth fighters and armed drones, seeking to reduce its dependency on foreign countries in an era when the domestic and foreign ...

The first of the Altay T1 Main Battle Tanks (MBTs) will have a South Korean power pack while later Altay T2s will be fitted with the locally made BMC BATU engine. Turkey’s BMC has told Shephard that ...

Turkey is forging ahead with ambitious plans to field a fourth-generation main battle tank (MBT). Ankara’s interest in designing a next-generation MBT stems back to the 1990s. The project, spearheaded ...

An early version of Turkey's Altay tank participates in a military parade in Ankara, Turkey, on Aug. 30, 2015. (Burhan Ozbilici/AP) ANKARA — Turkey and South Korea have signed a letter of intent by ...

Türkiye's locally produced Altay main battle tank will enter the Turkish army’s inventory in 2025, the head of Türkiye’s Presidency of Defense Industries (SSB), Haluk Gorgun, announced Monday at BMC's ...

Akkor is an active protection system (APS) developed by Aselsan, equipped with both hard- and soft-kill functionalities. It provides protection against antitank missiles and rockets for armoured ...

The chairman of the board at Otokar, Ali Koç, told reporters in April that his company is “ready to fulfill all the obligations with the highest sensitivity and ambition in the Altay tank project, ...

March 10, 2021: In early 2021 Turkey presented an unexpected modification of its German Leopard 2A4 tanks using technology from the new Turkish developed Altay tank. This hybrid consisted of the ...