MUSIAD - ASELSAN 1st Industrialization Event was held at MUSIAD Headquarters. Speaking at the program, MUSIAD President Mahmut Asmalı stated that Türkiye has further strengthened its strategic position with the defense industry breakthroughs it has made in recent years. ASELSAN Chairman of the Board Prof. Dr. Haluk Görgün, on the other hand, emphasized that ASELSAN has a competent and wide ecosystem in all its achievements.

Organized under the coordination of the Independent Industrialists' and Businessmen's Association (MUSIAD) Defense Industry Sector Board, "MUSIAD - ASELSAN 1st Industrialization Event", MUSIAD President Mahmut Asmalı, ASELSAN Chairman and General Manager Prof. Dr. It was held at MUSIAD Headquarters with the participation of Haluk Görgün and sector representatives.

In the program, which started with the opening speech of Fatih Altunbaş, Chairman of MUSIAD Defense Industry Sector Board, developments in the field of defense industry were discussed comprehensively, and evaluations were made for the sector.

Making statements within the scope of MUSIAD - ASELSAN 1st Industrialization Event, MUSIAD President Mahmut Asmalı said that Türkiye has further strengthened its strategic position with the defense industry breakthroughs it has made in recent years.

"Türkiye draws attention with the high-end technologies it has developed"

"Türkiye has further strengthened its strategic position with the defense industry breakthrough it has made in recent years. While our country has gained attention with the high-level technologies it has developed, it has gained the capacity to carry out all kinds of operations within and beyond its borders without any problems. NATO is the world's largest defense pact. As its leading member, we believe that as we develop our national defense industry, our contribution to regional and world peace will increase.Our defense industry is now in the top 100 list in the world, thanks to its main contractors, subcontractors with advanced capabilities, SMEs, research institutions, universities, and its own unique products in a wide range. We have become a leading country especially in the design, production and sale of armed unmanned aerial vehicles. In the defense industry, beyond meeting today's needs, investments are made in the technologies of the future, the vehicles of the future, and the products of the future. Work based on artificial intelligence At the same time, ambitious projects are being produced in the field of land, air and sea vehicles. We stand out with our domestic and national technologies in every field that will meet the needs of the future, such as herd UAVs, unmanned sea vehicles, unmanned warplanes, electromagnetic guns, laser weapons and satellite systems. Undoubtedly, these successes add strength to the construction of the Turkish Century."

ASELSAN Chairman of the Board Prof. Dr. Haluk Görgün reminded that ASELSAN is one of the 50 largest defense industry companies in the world. prof. Dr. In his evaluation, Görgün said that ASELSAN has a competent and wide ecosystem in all its achievements:

"ASELSAN is among the world's largest defense industry companies"

"We follow together what Turkish engineering and technology can do. One of the biggest defense industry companies in the world, ASELSAN closed last year with a turnover of 21 billion TL and placed orders worth over 2 billion dollars in the last 2 years. Export to 80 countries Our ASELSAN continues to grow and develop, with nearly 10 thousand employees and nearly 100 strategic partners. Of course, these achievements of ASELSAN are not only possible with its own internal dynamics. It is with pleasure to express that ASELSAN has a competent and wide ecosystem in all its achievements. Each of the products we develop and produce is a product of common sense and hard work with our valuable stakeholders. ASELSAN is one of the strongest technology and industrial companies in our country in terms of its total supplier. Today, there are more than three thousand suppliers in more than fifty cities in different regions of our country. happy to express I know that we met about 70 percent of our orders with our domestic suppliers. Feeling this wholeheartedly with all our stakeholders, I express at every opportunity that we work in synergy, and we see the results of this synergetic work in the field as well."