ASELSAN signs $442.5m export deal covering radar, counter-UAV and command and control systems

TLDR

• ASELSAN disclosed a $442.5m export contract covering radar, counter-UAV and command and control systems.¹²
• The filing names only an "international customer" and gives no country, delivery schedule or contract duration.¹
• The figure rests on ASELSAN's own filing; Reuters and Anadolu Agency carry the same figure.²³

Turkish defence electronics company ASELSAN has signed an export contract worth $442.5 million, according to a disclosure it filed on Turkey's Public Disclosure Platform (KAP) on 23 October.¹ The filing says the contract covers the sale of radar, counter-UAV ("İHA Karşı Tedbir") and command and control systems to an "international customer" (Uluslararası Müşteri).¹ It gives 23 October 2026 as the date the business relationship is expected to begin, and says the contract will have a positive effect on the company's turnover.¹

The filing does not name the buyer's country, split the value between radar, counter-drone and command and control, or state a delivery schedule or contract duration.¹ Reuters headlined the same figure as ASELSAN saying it had signed the contract, and Anadolu Agency's report cites the KAP statement.²³ Neither, as far as the text available shows, adds independent confirmation of the buyer or terms, so this is effectively a single-source story.

Why it matters: a contract of this size that bundles counter-drone systems with radar and command and control points to export demand for integrated air-surveillance and drone defence from Turkey; with the customer, scope and timetable undisclosed, watch for the buyer to be identified or for ASELSAN to give a breakdown.