Roketsan

Roketsan was founded in 1988 as Turkey's primary rocket and missile manufacturer, developing indigenous defense technology to reduce Turkish reliance on foreign missile and rocket systems. The company is headquartered near Ankara and has grown into one of the largest defense manufacturers in Turkey, supplying the Turkish Armed Forces and export customers.

Roketsan's core product lines include short and medium-range ballistic missiles, guided artillery rockets, air-to-ground and air-to-air missile systems, and precision-guided munitions. The company has increasingly extended its rocket propulsion expertise into space launch applications, developing sounding rockets for atmospheric and microgravity research and pursuing indigenous orbital launch vehicle capability as part of Turkey's National Space Program announced in 2021.

Roketsan's space ambitions align with the Turkish Space Agency's (TUA) strategic goals of establishing sovereign launch capability, satellite manufacturing, and eventual lunar exploration participation. The company's solid rocket motor expertise, developed through decades of missile production, provides a technology base for orbital launch vehicle development, positioning Roketsan as a key contributor to Turkey's growing space industry ambitions.