ASELSAN Poland Export Contract Expands ARSUS Deal at MSPO 2026

Türkiye’s ASELSAN is doubling down on its Polish partnership. At MSPO 2026 in Kielce, the company signed a new export contract with AMZ Kutno covering 24 additional sets of ARSUS Reconnaissance and Surveillance Systems for the Polish Armed Forces. It’s a modest-sounding order on paper, but it slots into something much bigger: a relationship that’s steadily grown from a single framework agreement into one of ASELSAN’s most active industrial footprints in Europe.

What the New ASELSAN Poland Export Contract Covers

The agreement builds directly on the Framework Agreement ASELSAN and AMZ Kutno signed back in 2024. Under that original deal, deliveries of ARSUS systems are already scheduled to run through 2035. The 24 new units announced at MSPO will arrive earlier, between 2028 and 2029, effectively front-loading part of the broader program.

For a company that describes itself as Europe’s fifth-largest defense contractor by market capitalization, this isn’t a headline-grabbing figure. What matters more is the pattern it confirms: ASELSAN isn’t just selling equipment into Poland, it’s building toward a long-term industrial presence there, complete with a local office and an expanding supplier network.

A Portfolio Built Around Poland’s Air Defense Priorities

MSPO gave ASELSAN a stage to show off far more than the ARSUS contract. The company used the event to present an integrated portfolio spanning air defense, electronic warfare, counter-UAV systems, UAV payloads, and naval technologies, framing all of it as relevant to where its Polish cooperation is heading next.

The centerpiece was DRONEDEF, ASELSAN’s counter-UAS layer within the wider STEEL DOME air defense architecture. It’s less a single product than a family of systems designed to work together against drone threats, including:

• İHTAR Counter UAV System
• GÖKBERK Laser Weapon System
• KORKUT 100/25 SB Anti-Drone Weapon System
• GÖKALP Autonomous Kinetic Drone-Kill System
• ŞAHİN Dual 40 mm Hard-Kill System
• EJDERHA/AD HPEM Anti-UAV Countermeasure System

Beyond DRONEDEF, ASELSAN also highlighted its KORAL electronic warfare family, core STEEL DOME air defense components, and UAV payloads such as ANTIDOT and the FULMAR 200-A synthetic aperture radar pod. On the maritime side, it showcased the KILIÇ kamikaze autonomous underwater vehicle family alongside the TUFAN and MARLİN unmanned surface vehicles, underlining just how far the company’s underwater and naval ambitions have expanded.

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Momentum That’s Been Building Since Late 2025

This ARSUS agreement doesn’t stand alone. It follows a USD 410 million electronic warfare export deal ASELSAN signed with Poland in December 2025, and together the two contracts point to a genuine acceleration rather than a one-off sale. ASELSAN now works with more than 20 Polish suppliers, and the company says it’s exploring further cooperation in training, maintenance, and centers of excellence.

That shift in language is worth noting. Where ASELSAN once talked about individual procurements, it’s now describing a broader industrial partnership with Poland, one built on shared infrastructure and long-term programs rather than isolated purchases.

Leadership’s Take

Ahmet Akyol, ASELSAN’s President and CEO, framed the deal as part of a wider strategic push into Europe and NATO markets. According to Akyol, Poland has become an important piece of that expansion, and this latest agreement extends the relationship beyond electronic warfare and into reconnaissance and surveillance, an area he described as another important step in deepening the two countries’ defense-industrial ties.

Why This Contract Matters

On its own, an order for 24 reconnaissance systems wouldn’t normally warrant much attention. What makes it significant is the trajectory it represents. ASELSAN has moved from a single 2024 framework agreement to a multi-hundred-million-dollar electronic warfare contract, and now to an accelerated ARSUS delivery, all within roughly two years. For a company founded in 1975 and already exporting to 97 countries, Poland has clearly become a priority market rather than just another customer, and this contract signals that the next phase of that relationship is already underway.

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