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KORAL Electronic Warfare System Explained, and ASELSAN’s Wider EW Family
KORAL Electronic Warfare System Explained, and ASELSAN’s Wider EW Family
MURAD AESA Radar Explained: Range, Platforms and Status
MURAD AESA Radar Explained: Range, Platforms and Status
ASELFLIR 500 Explained: Range, Weight, Platforms and Users
ASELFLIR 500 Explained: Range, Weight, Platforms and Users
ASELSAN in Africa: Which Systems Are in Service, and Where?
ASELSAN in Africa: Which Systems Are in Service, and Where?
What Does ASELSAN Make? Company, Products and Global Presence (2026)
What Does ASELSAN Make? Company, Products and Global Presence (2026)
Nurol Makina: What the Turkish Armoured Vehicle Maker Builds and Who Buys It
Nurol Makina: What the Turkish Armoured Vehicle Maker Builds and Who Buys It
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KORAL Electronic Warfare System Explained, and ASELSAN’s Wider EW Family

KORAL Electronic Warfare System Explained, and ASELSAN’s Wider EW Family

ASELSAN's KORAL is a truck-mounted radar jammer used by Türkiye in Syria and Libya in 2020. Official specs for KORAL 200, AD 100 and 23-LT, the unconfirmed Moroccan order, and...

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MURAD AESA Radar Explained: Range, Platforms and Status

MURAD AESA Radar Explained: Range, Platforms and Status

MURAD is ASELSAN's GaN AESA fire-control radar. What the MURAD 100 brochure says, why no range is published, its status on the F-16 ÖZGÜR, AKINCI, KIZILELMA, HÜRJET and KAAN, rivals...

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ASELFLIR 500 Explained: Range, Weight, Platforms and Users

ASELFLIR 500 Explained: Range, Weight, Platforms and Users

ASELFLIR 500 is ASELSAN's 15-inch EO/IR targeting turret for drones and light aircraft. Official specs, platforms from Baykar to Paramount's Mwari, named users, rivals and why no price is published,...

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ASELSAN in Africa: Which Systems Are in Service, and Where?

ASELSAN in Africa: Which Systems Are in Service, and Where?

ASELSAN says its equipment is in service in 21 African countries but has never named them. This is what open sources confirm, country by country, with status labels.

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What Does ASELSAN Make? Company, Products and Global Presence (2026)

What Does ASELSAN Make? Company, Products and Global Presence (2026)

ASELSAN is Türkiye's largest defence electronics company, 74.20% owned by the Turkish Armed Forces Foundation. This hub covers its products, leadership, finances, rankings, subsidiaries and export footprint as of September...

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Nurol Makina: What the Turkish Armoured Vehicle Maker Builds and Who Buys It

Nurol Makina: What the Turkish Armoured Vehicle Maker Builds and Who Buys It

What Nurol Makina builds, who owns it, where its armoured vehicles serve in Africa, the Gulf and Europe, and how to apply for jobs there.

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