The Korkut very short range air defense system goes off at Efes 2026. (Breaking Defense/Agnes Helou)
BEIRUT — Turkish electronics giant Aselsan has inked a €780 million ($900 million) deal to provide air defense technologies for Ankara’s Steel Dome project, the company announced in a statement.
Delivery of the components is expected to take place between 2028 and 2032, according to the announcement, released yesterday on social media platform X.
Steel Dome, or Celik Kubbe, is a Turkish layered air defense project akin to the US Golden Dome effort, or Israel’s various layered systems.
Aselsan, the lead of Steel Dome project, inked a $1.9 billion deal with the Turkish Secretariat of Defence Industries (SSB) in September 2025. The Turkish giant also received last year $1.5 billion government investment in a Steel Dome production hub, envisioned as the biggest air defense facility in Europe.
