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Roketsan, was founded on 14 June 1988 by the decision of the Defense Industries Executive Committee for the purpose of “Establishing a leading institution in the country for designing, developing and manufacturing rockets and missiles”.
Roketsan signed a contract in 2013 to build the project of the national UFS Space Launch System. In 2013, the Government of Turkey approved the construction of its first satellite launching center by Roketsan. In August 2020, the Roketsan Satellite Launch, Space Systems and Advanced Technologies Research Center and Explosive Raw Material Production Facility for HMX and RDX production were established. It was said that 55 tons of the country's annual raw material need of 80 tons will be produced nationally in these facilities by the end of the year.
On 29 June 2021, the governments of Turkey and Bangladesh signed a defence memorandum of understanding for the export of Roketsan products to Bangladesh, according to İsmail Demir, president of Presidency of Defense Industries. Roketsan had already delivered the TRG-300 Tiger MLRS to the Bangladesh Army in June 2021 in a separate deal. Bangladesh was set to become one of the top defence equipment customers of Turkey and Roketsan in the following few years. In October 2021, the Bangladesh Army received a second batch of the TRG-300 Tiger missile system. Roketsan started the construction of a new facility on a 9,500-acre land in Kırıkkale in December 2022. Roketsan decided to increase its production capacity by investing $407 million in Ankara and Kırıkkale in 2025.
On April 7, 2026, the Lalahan Missile Integration Facility in Ankara and the Fuel Production Facility in Kırıkkale were inaugurated with the participation of President Erdoğan. It was announced that the total cost of the facilities exceeded 1 billion dollars and that the factories would provide employment for more than 3,000 people. It was stated that with the opening of these facilities, Türkiye's missile production capacity would increase fivefold.
In June 2026, at the Eurosatory defence exhibition, the Czechoslovak Group (CSG) presented the Trident multi-layer air defence system. The modular system is designed to counter a range of aerial threats, including aircraft, helicopters, cruise missiles and unmanned aerial vehicles. It can integrate surface-to-air missiles, gun-based systems, counter-UAS elements and electronic warfare capabilities.
Roketsan is a strategic partner in the project, supplying short-, medium- and long-range surface-to-air guided missiles together with their transport and launch containers. Other contributors include Excalibur International (main system integrator), Retia (radars and command-and-control systems), and Tatra Trucks/Tatra Defence (chassis and armoured platforms).
From Wikipedia’s article on Roketsan, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4