Overview
- Talks have advanced since October on a plan to export stealth and long-endurance drones from Turkiye for assembly in Pakistan, according to the report.
- Turkiye’s Defense Ministry declined to comment, and Pakistan’s information minister did not respond to requests for comment.
- The proposed project is presented as part of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s drive to expand defense-industry reach and geopolitical influence.
- Turkiye’s defense exports rose 30% to $7.5 billion in the first 11 months of the year, according to Haluk Gorgun, who heads the presidency’s defense-industry body.
- The facility would extend a long-running partnership that includes corvette co-production, F-16 upgrades, Anka UAV component work with technology transfer, and collaboration on the TF‑X/Kaan fighter program.