ASELSAN signed a $125 million contract for the sale of weapons and electronic warfare systems to an end user abroad.
ASELSAN signed a new $125 million sales contract covering the export of weapons and electronic warfare systems to an end user abroad.
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ASELSAN regularly reports defense and electronic system export agreements for its foreign customers to KAP.
ASELSAN signed a new $125 million sales contract covering the export of weapons and electronic warfare systems to an end user abroad.
ASELSAN notified the Public Disclosure Platform (KAP) of a new export contract. According to the company's statement, the contract covers the export of weapons and electronic warfare systems to an end user abroad and the total amount is around 125 million dollars.
In the statement made by ASELSAN, the country or identity of the customer was not shared. No details were given to the public about which platforms the systems to be delivered within the scope of the contract will be used, the quantities of the products and the delivery schedule.
Weapons and electronic warfare systems will be exported
The scope of the contract includes two main product groups: weapon systems and electronic warfare systems. However, no specific product or system name was included in the PDP notification. For this reason, there is not yet enough information to make an official assessment about which existing product family of ASELSAN the contract covers.
ASELSAN has recently announced various export contracts for electronic warfare, electro-optics, communications, reconnaissance-surveillance, weapons and air defense systems to customers in different countries. Foreign sales in different categories were announced in the company's PDP notifications for 2026.
It will make a positive contribution to the company's turnover
In its evaluation of the impact of the new business relationship on the company's activities, ASELSAN stated that the contract would make a positive contribution to the turnover. The beginning of the contract is expected to be 8 October 2026.
The new agreement was added to the foreign sales contracts announced by ASELSAN in 2026. However, it is stated that the $125 million agreement is a new export contract independent from other contracts and should not be combined with the amounts in different PDP notifications.
Customer and delivery details not disclosed
In ASELSAN's PDP statement, no detailed commercial or technical information was shared other than the total value of the contract and the general product group. Therefore, the number of systems, unit prices and delivery schedule, as well as the customer country, are unknown at this stage.
New statements that may be made in the later stages of the contract will reveal more clearly which ASELSAN solutions are included in the scope of export and the delivery schedule of the agreement.
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The contract is expected to start on October 8, 2026
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