Turkey’s defense industry is leaning into autonomy and targeting Gulf markets

Middle East Bureau Chief Agnes Helou shares what she learned at Turkey’s SAHA defense expo.

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Turkey’s defense industry is leaning into autonomy and targeting Gulf markets

Middle East Bureau Chief Agnes Helou shares what she learned at Turkey's SAHA defense expo.

The war in Iran has helped spark regional interest in the burgeoning Turkish defense industry, which includes a growing assortment of unmanned applications. Breaking Defense Middle East Bureau Chief Agnes Helou recently returned from the SAHA defense expo in Istanbul, where many of these systems were on display.

In this edition of the Middle East Defense Digest, Helou describes what she witnessed and how some industry officials from the region are feeling about future acquisitions.

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