Aselsan

Aselsan A.Ş. (Turkish: Askerî Elektronik Sanayi A.Ş., lit. 'Military Electronic Industries S.A.') is a Turkish defense corporation headquartered in Ankara, Turkey. Its main operating area is research, development and manufacture of advanced military products for air, land and maritime forces. The company is one of the major contractors of the Turkish Armed Forces. Aselsan was ranked by Defense News as the 48th largest defense company in terms of revenue. The Turkish Army Foundation is the founder, and its successor, the Turkish Armed Forces Foundation, is the major stockholder.

Aselsan was founded by the Turkish Army Foundation in 1975 after US's decision to put an embargo on Turkey due to the Turkish invasion of Cyprus. The first CEO of Aselsan was M. Hacim Kamoy.

In early 1979, after completing investments including card payment systems and establishing the necessary infrastructure, Aselsan started production at its Macunköy facilities in Ankara. Since then, Aselsan has expanded its product and customer portfolio, mostly based on indigenous research and development, locally trained personnel, and in cooperation with other Turkish research institutions and universities.

On August 27, 2025, Aselsan delivered a 47 piece high, medium, and low-altitude air defense system and radar, totaling $460 million, to the Turkish Armed Forces at a ceremony attended by President Erdoğan in Ankara. It was announced that these deliveries were the first component of Türkiye's air defense project, the Steel Dome including ALP 100-G,ALP 300-G, Hisar, Siper, Korkut . Erdoğan stated that one Siper system consisting of 10 vehicles, three Hisar systems consisting of 21 vehicles, seven PUHU and two REDET electronic warfare systems were delivered. On 26 November 2025, the Turkish Defence Agency signed a $6.5 billion contract with Aselsan, Havelsan, and Roketsan for the procurement of new air-defense systems for the Steel Dome project.

Aselsan designs, develops and manufactures modern electronic systems for military and industrial customers in Turkey and abroad. The company headquarters is located at Macunköy facilities in Ankara, Turkey. According to the field of activities, Aselsan has been organized in five business sectors:

The HBT, REHIS, SST and UGES sectors have high-technology and automated infrastructure in engineering and production at Macunköy facilities. Electronic production includes surface mount technology, multilayer and flexible printed circuit boards, mechanical and mould productions, system integration and test fields. While the HBT sector's main product spectrum covers military and professional communications systems, REHIS sector's main operations are focused on radar, electronic warfare and SST sector's main operations are focused on command-control systems. The MGEO sector manufactures hybrid microelectronic circuits, night-vision devices, thermal cameras, laser ranger/designators and inertial navigation systems at Akyurt facilities.

In all business sectors, methodologies complying with military standards and ISO 9001 are applied using computer-aided design (CAD), computer-aided engineering (CAE) and computer-aided manufacturing (CAM) technologies.

Aselsan is a member of TÜMAKÜDER and IPC.