Aselsan plans to double production capacity

Aselsan's Gölbaşı site. (Aselsan)

Aselsan briefed international defence journalists including Janes visiting the company's Gölbaşı site in Ankara on 7 October about plans to double capacity with the new Oğulbey technology base under construction across the street and investments at Gölbaşı.

The groundbreaking ceremony took place at Oğulbey on 27 August, with the facility set to become the company's largest site. Approximately USD1.5 billion is being invested in the facility, which will cover 735,000 m² of enclosed space within a total area of 6.5 million m². Scheduled to open in 2028, the Oğulbey facility will be used primarily for developing Türkiye's Steel Dome air and missile defence system.

In addition, USD280 million is being invested in Gölbaşı to expand Aselsan's cleanroom capacity, laboratories, integration areas, and research and development (R&D) spaces. The company expects this to result in a 40% increase in capacity on the way to doubling its capacity.

The 27 August ceremony also marked Aselsan's opening of 14 new facilities, including an air-defence systems design office, radar production and integration facility, advanced engineering materials R&D centre, electro-optic forward-looking infrared (FLIR) systems production facility, guided munitions design and integration facility, avionics integration hangar, and Aselsannet production centre. The first facility is scheduled to become operational by mid-2026.

At the ceremony, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said, “This investment marks the single largest defence industry investment in our republic's history, and this will also be the largest integrated air-defence facility in Europe. As Aselsan serves as the heart of our defence ecosystem, this step represents a critical threshold for the entire sector. In the next 50 years, Türkiye will not only meet its own needs but also become a country that shapes the world with its technology.”