Press Releases
Handover Ceremony at Roketsan
We are bidding farewell to Mr. Selçuk YAŞAR, our President and CEO since 2012, due to his retirement. Since Roketsan was founded in 1988, Mr. YAŞAR took part in many crucial projects and greatly contributed to the development of the company. We sincerely thank Mr. YAŞAR for his endeavors and contributions to Roketsan, Roketsan family […]
Roketsan Distributed Aid Packages in Bangladesh
Roketsan distributed food packages among 1,000 families in Bangladesh through the Turkish Red Crescent. The food packages were distributed in Narayanganj, one of the country’s worst-hit regions from COVID-19.
Roketsan Has Appointed a New President & CEO
Following a long career at Roketsan, President & CEO Selçuk YAŞAR has announced his retirement from the company, effective end of June. Mr. YAŞAR joined Roketsan in 1988, and has been the President & CEO since 2012. Roketsan’s Board of Directors has appointed Murat İKİNCİ as the new President & CEO, effective as of July […]
Roketsan Distributed Aid Packages in Pakistan
Roketsan distributed food packages among 1,000 families in Pakistan through the Turkish Red Crescent. The food packages distribution in Rawalpindi, was attended by Turkish Ambassador to Pakistan Ihsan Mustafa YURDAKUL and the country’s head of the Turkish Red Crescent Carlos CAMILO.
ATMACA Was Successfully Launched from TCG KINALIADA Corvette
Developed by Roketsan, Turkey’s first national Anti-Ship Missile ATMACA was succesfully launched from the TCG KINALIADA corvette, produced within the scope of National Warship Program of the Republic of Turkey, MİLGEM Project.
HİSAR-A Goes Into Serial Production
Developed by Roketsan and Aselsan, Turkey’s first domestic and national Air Defence Missile System HİSAR-A has successfully hit a high-speed target plane at long range. President of Defence Industries Prof. Dr. İsmail DEMİR has announced the news from his social media account, stating that HİSAR-A will go into mass production. Roketsan and Aselsan conducted missile-firing […]
Vice President Fuat OKTAY Visited Roketsan
Vice President Fuat OKTAY visited Roketsan’s Lalahan facility on September 25, 2019 and was informed about current projects. Presidency of Defence Industries Vice President and Roketsan Chairman of the Board Prof. Dr. Faruk YİĞİT and Roketsan President and CEO Selçuk YAŞAR welcomed Fuat OKTAY to the facilities, where he watched ALKA Directed Energy Weapon System’s […]
Roketsan Sponsors TEKNOFEST 2019
Secondary school, high school, university and postgraduate students showcase their talents in a variety of areas including aerospace, automotive, artificial intelligence, simulation technologies, underwater systems and autonomous vehicles at TEKNOFEST, first of which was held last year. Through the festival in Atatürk Airport through September 17 – 22, 2019, entertaining events await the visitors as […]
Young Talents’ Dreams Touch the Sky with Roketsan’s Rocket Competition
Held with the sponsorship of Roketsan and participation of TÜBİTAK SAGE “Rocket Competition” received a record amount of interest. The competition is held within the scope of second TEKNOFEST 2019 Istanbul Aerospace and Technology Festival, the world’s second biggest aerospace event with over 550 thousand visitors. The first rocket competition was organized last year, again […]
Roketsan Is Moving Up In the Top 100 Defence Industry Companies List
Each year, Defence News magazine publishes the “Defence News Top 100” list based on defence industry sales of the prior year. Roketsan ranked 89th in Defence News Top 100 list of 2019 with a 39% growth in its defence industry revenue compared to 2018 list, where it ranked 96th. In 2017, Roketsan has entered the […]