Best Aerospace, Maritime and Defense Companies in Turkey
The 32 best Aerospace, Maritime and Defense companies in Turkey in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Aerotim Engineering.
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Our analysis of 50 Aerospace, Maritime and Defense companies
$6.7b in tracked funding; 89% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2025.
Ranked: Best Aerospace, Maritime and Defense companies in Turkey
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Market signals (1y) | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aerotim Engineering Provider of aerospace engineering, helicopter modeling, and other services | $120K | 99 mo ago | Funding Raised | Ilkay Yavrucuk Founder & CEO | 2007 | WordPressMySQLPHP+21 | — | — | — |
| 2 | Aselsan Manufacture of advanced military products | — | 96 mo ago | Public | Brawl Stars Founder | 1975 | Font AwesomeSwiperAOS+6 | — | 2 patents Porous sheet substrates for plant cultivation and horticultural applications | — |
| 3 | Roketsan Manufacturer of defense and aerospace products | — | 127 mo ago | Funding Raised | Murat Ikinci CEO | 1988 | Apple iCloud MailPHPYouTube+19 | 10 signals Announcements | 2 patents Energetic nanostructured metal‑oxide xerogels for advanced propellant and explosive formulations | — |
| 4 | Gökser Provider of custom design and manufacturing services for the defense and aerospace industries | — | 148 mo ago | Funding Raised | Hilal Turkan CEO | 1982 | WordPressMySQLPHP+21 | — | — | — |
| 5 | AES Muhendislik Provider of software development and consultancy services intended to develop projects in the aviation and… | — | — | Private | — | 2007 | — | — | — | — |
| 6 | Ares Marine Provider of spare parts and ship retail services | — | — | Acquired | Mustafa Ozler Co-Founder | 2016 | — | — | — | — |
| 7 | Armass Glass Manufacturer of bullet resistant glass for military | — | — | Unfunded | — | 1984 | PleskLeafletMapbox.js+13 | — | — | — |
| 8 | ASELSAN Defense Electronics company | — | — | Public | Haluk Gorgun Chairman & CEO | 1975 | Animate.cssBootstrapYouTube+13 | 18 signals ▼33% Announcements · Earnings · Contracts | 2 patents Porous sheet materials for plant tissue culture and propagation applications | — |
Top 4 Aerospace, Maritime and Defense companies in Turkey
#1
Funding Raised · Cankaya, Ankara · founded 2007$119.8Kraised▾
Aerotim Engineering is a technology company specializing in rotary-wing aircraft. They offer innovative software solutions for simulators and have developed a comprehensive helicopter modeling, simulation, and analysis tool called Heli-Dyn+®.
- Jul 2018Grant (prize money)$58.4K
- Mar 2018Grant (prize money)$61.3K
#2
Public · Ankara, Ankara · founded 1975—raised▾
Manufacture of advanced military products. It specializes in the research, development, and manufacture of advanced military products for air, land, and maritime forces. Its product portfolio includes air defense systems, radar, electronic warfare, communication systems, electro-optics, command and control systems, and various weapon systems. It also focuses on civilian technologies in fields like health, transportation, energy, and smart systems.
#3
Funding Raised · Ankara, Ankara · founded 1988—raised▾
Manufacturer of defense and aerospace products.
#4
Funding Raised · Ankara, Ankara · founded 1982—raised▾
Provider of custom design and manufacturing services for the defense and aerospace industries. It offers R and D design, engineering calculations, and prototype manufacturing requests for various sectors, including defense and aerospace. It also offers air conditioning solutions in defense, aviation, and industry sectors with their R&D studies.
Funding & investor landscape
Notable founders
Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage
Share of Aerospace, Maritime and Defense coverage by sub-theme.
Regulatory-risk over time rising
Funding & growth over time
funding rising · growth rising
How research on Defense Technology is moving in Turkey
A read on the academic research around Defense Technology — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 76 Turkey-affiliated papers.
- Aselsan24
- TUBITAK BILGEM7
- Middle East Technical University5
- National Defense University5
- Bilkent University4
- Electronic warfare3→8
- Radar1→8
- Electronic warfare8→12
- Aeronautics4
- Computer security3
- Missile3
- Electronic warfare2
- Cyberwarfare2
Where defense tech is researched across Turkey
Location clusters by institution affiliation — each city's volume, stance tone, and a quick read on its hot topic, what's advancing, the opening opportunity, and the main concern.
Common questions
Rohit lives in the feed. He covers what's moving right now — the funding rounds, launches and shifts breaking across the trade press — and ties them back to where the sector is heading.