Top Turkish defense event sees $6.2B in deals

The SAHA Expo, one of Turkiye’s top defense events, saw the signing of dozens of agreements between foreign and domestic companies and institutions in the Turkish metropolis Istanbul, Anadolu Agency reports. Among the deals were export cooperation agreements and memorandums of understandings. More than 130 agreements were signed worth $6.19 billion, with $4.33 billion of that amount going to export deals, the event organizer – SAHA Istanbul Defense and Aerospace Cluster – said Thursday. The event featured 1,478 companies, including 766 foreign firms and the rest domestic, said Haluk Bayraktar, who heads SAHA Expo and is also the CEO of defense firm Baykar. More than 120 countries attended the fair, including 27 Cabinet ministers from five continents and six chiefs […]