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Turkish defense company - ASELSAN maintained its leadership in
the country by ranking 49th in the Defense News Top 100 list, which
publishes the list of the world's top 100 defense industry
companies annually, Yeni Shafak reports.
ASELSAN has retained its long-term success among the world's
defense sector titans, by rising from 97th place in 2007 and
becoming the only Turkish business to be represented among the top
50 defense companies.
The Defense News Top 100, which is issued by the Defense News
magazine based on the companies' annual defense sales, is regarded
as the most prominent defense industry ranking in the world.
ASELSAN Chairman of the Board and General Manager Prof. Dr.
Haluk Gorgun stated that Turkish engineering, research, and
development, as well as innovation, are behind this success.
“Despite all the difficulties, such as disruption of global
production and logistics chains, restrictions, and geopolitical
uncertainties that continued in 2021, Turkiye's ASELSAN achieved
many achievements. ASELSAN's turnover in 2021 increased by 25
percent compared to the previous year reaching 20.1 billion TL
($1.1 billion),” Gorgun stressed.
According to him, as a result of sustainable growth in the
investments, ASELSAN's net profit was 7.1 billion TL ($389
million). The company received over US$2 billion worth of new
orders in 2021 when uncertainties were too much. ASELSAN's balance
orders amounted to US$8.5 billion as of the end of 2021.
“We worked to rapidly expand our global activity with our sales
and production network. In 2021, we sold ASELSAN products to six
new countries where no sales had been made so far. In the last
three years, we had added 15 new countries to the number of our
customers, increasing this number to 78. In order to make our
achievements sustainable, we will continue to work with the most
competent human value of our country, and aim for the greatest
achievements by working for the best,” Gorgun said.
Founded by the Turkish Army Foundation in 1975, ASELSAN is a
Turkish defense corporation headquartered in Ankara, Turkiye. The
company is mainly involved in the research, development, and
manufacture of advanced military products for air, land, and
maritime forces.
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