Unmanned systems, radar, and electric vehicles unveiled at first day of IDEF 2025
Host nation Turkey took advantage of the Istanbul exhibition, with defense firms showing off a host of new tech.
Turkey’s Aselsan receives $616 million investment for Steel Dome-related tech facilities
“We want to maximize our technological independence, ensuring that Türkiye both generates technology and becomes a leading country in the manufacturing and export of high-tech products,” Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said of the new investment.
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Australia, Canada announce $4B over horizon radar agreement
This may be "the single biggest defense industry export from Australia in our history. So this is a really, really big opportunity for the nation," Australian Defense Minister Richard Marles said today.
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Raytheon awarded sole-source radar upgrade for Taiwan
The upgrade will “increase the air surveillance capability for the system. This effort will further enhance the air surveillance mission software capabilities,” an Air Force spokesperson told Breaking Defense.
Emirati defense giant EDGE Group teams with Spain’s Indra to dive into advanced radar market
The agreement speaks "volumes about EDGE’s resolve to develop sound domestic production capabilities of next-gen radar systems in the short term and to position itself as a competitive radar production hub regionally in the long run," one analyst told Breaking Defense.
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