EXHIBITOR
SSI
About
Defense and Aviation sector; It is a promising and constantly developing strategic sector for our country, covering many sub-fields of activity such as defense and security systems, software, land, air and sea vehicles and their equipment, electronic warfare systems, support systems and logistics services, R&D, engineering and manufacturing services. Turkish Defense and Aviation Industry has reached the stage of domestic product development and has gained an important infrastructure in system integration. The most basic step required to integrate the Defense and Aerospace Industry sector, which has an important place in the country's economy with its high added value, R&D investments and contribution to employment, into the international market and to make it competitive, is to increase sector exports.
The Defense and Aerospace Industry Exporters Association (SSI), which was established in 2011 with 60 members in order to achieve this goal, continues its activities in a special field that produces solutions with superior capabilities and unique designs, with over 1,700 members today, and contributes to the steady growth of sector exports at an increasing rate every year. Undoubtedly, the Turkish defense and aerospace industry has come to this day with policies that are at the highest level in our country, guiding the sector and supporting it in material and moral terms, as in every country, and has reached the position of an industry that can meet the needs of our Turkish Armed Forces at rates of up to 80 percent. Sector exports, which were 800 million dollars in 2011, the year of the establishment of our association, reached 5.5 billion dollars by the end of 2023. Our systems for the different needs and characteristics of our Turkish Armed Forces are offered to the global market, and although our main target markets include the United States of America, Middle East Countries, Commonwealth of Independent States, Members of the European Union, Caspian Region Countries, Gulf Countries, our effectiveness is gradually increasing in the Far East and African markets.
The Defense and Aerospace Industry Exporters Association (SSI), which was established in 2011 with 60 members in order to achieve this goal, continues its activities in a special field that produces solutions with superior capabilities and unique designs, with over 1,700 members today, and contributes to the steady growth of sector exports at an increasing rate every year. Undoubtedly, the Turkish defense and aerospace industry has come to this day with policies that are at the highest level in our country, guiding the sector and supporting it in material and moral terms, as in every country, and has reached the position of an industry that can meet the needs of our Turkish Armed Forces at rates of up to 80 percent. Sector exports, which were 800 million dollars in 2011, the year of the establishment of our association, reached 5.5 billion dollars by the end of 2023. Our systems for the different needs and characteristics of our Turkish Armed Forces are offered to the global market, and although our main target markets include the United States of America, Middle East Countries, Commonwealth of Independent States, Members of the European Union, Caspian Region Countries, Gulf Countries, our effectiveness is gradually increasing in the Far East and African markets.

