Türkiye’s Presidency of Defence Industries (SSB) has signed a contract with ASELSAN and ROKETSAN for additional serial production of the HİSAR-A and HİSAR-O air defence systems. ASELSAN disclosed the deal to the Public Disclosure Platform (KAP) on 10 July 2026, putting the total value at €1,470,500,012.38, or roughly €1.47 billion.
The contract adds to serial production projects already under way and follows the decisions of the Defence Industry Executive Committee (SSİK) dated 18 February 2026.
SSB President Haluk Görgün said the agreements are meant to strengthen the country’s multi-layered air defence. “In line with the SSİK decisions of 18 February 2026, we have signed additional serial production contracts with ASELSAN and ROKETSAN for the HİSAR-A and HİSAR-O air defence systems,” he said.
Görgün framed the step within Türkiye’s Steel Dome (Çelik Kubbe) programme and the country’s NATO commitments. “We are committed to strengthening our multi-layered air defence architecture within the scope of our Steel Dome vision and our commitments under NATO,” he said.
HİSAR-A and HİSAR-O are domestically developed systems that cover the Turkish Armed Forces’ low-altitude and medium-altitude air defence needs respectively. Both are already in the Turkish Armed Forces’ multi-layered air defence inventory, and the added production is intended to field more of them operationally.
In its KAP filing, ASELSAN gave the total contract value as €1,470,500,012.38 and said the deal, signed on top of ongoing serial production projects, would have a positive effect on its revenue.
Pointing to 23 years of growth in the defence industry, Görgün said the sector now employs about 100,000 engineers and technicians, with an average age under 34, across more than 4,000 companies. He said domestic and national projects keep resources inside the country, support employment and expand industrial capacity.
