Turkey signs serial-production contract at SAHA 2026 for KAAN fighters and, reportedly, 50+ ANKA-3 drones

Turkish Aerospace (TAI)/ANKA-3

At the SAHA 2026 defence show, Turkey's procurement agency SSB and Turkish Aerospace signed a contract to move KAAN and ANKA-3 from prototypes into series production. It covers 20 KAAN Block-10 fighters delivered between 2028 and 2030 and, per this report, more than 50 ANKA-3 drones to fly as wingmen.

• KAAN: 20 Block-10 aircraft for the Turkish Air Force, 2028 to the end of 2030.
• ANKA-3: more than 50 reported; the CEO had said in January 2026 that an order of 50+ was expected this year.
• CEO Mehmet Demiroglu called the deal the step that takes KAAN into series production.