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Turkish defense firm Roketsan is nearing completion of preparations for serial production of the Tayfun Block-3 ballistic missile, with production and deliveries due to begin this year, General Manager Murat Ikinci said Saturday.
Deliveries of the Block-2 variant are continuing at an intensive pace.
"Tayfun Block-2's serial production continues; there is an intensive delivery schedule. Along with this, we are about to complete the activities necessary for the serial production of Tayfun Block-3. Their serial production will also begin this year, their deliveries will begin," Ikinci told Türkiye's state-run Anadolu Agency (AA) at the Teknofest festival in Sanliurfa.
Tayfun Block-3, the anti-ship member of Türkiye's ballistic missile family, struck a moving sea target in the Black Sea in July.
Ikinci also outlined the first export of the Barbaros coastal defense system and Roketsan's export growth.
Ikinci said firing tests are continuing at multiple sites across Türkiye, adding that some have been made public but not all can be shared.
"The Tayfun family has a growing potential in terms of both production capacity and product diversity. At the same time, we are striving to integrate new capabilities through tests in the field," he said.
"Together, Allah willing, we will witness a ballistic missile production schedule that is at a higher level, with higher technology and more intensive," the Roketsan chief added.
According to Roketsan, the Tayfun missile's specifications are as follows:
It carries a pre-shaped fragmentation warhead, with accuracy of 10 meters or less and anti-jamming capability.
Roketsan says the system's hypersonic cruise speed makes it resilient against air defenses and that it can operate in all weather conditions, day or night. Its target types include air defense systems, command and control centers, military aircraft hangars, and strategic objectives.
All Tayfun variants can be launched from a common launch vehicle.
The Tayfun project was launched in line with the requirements of the National Defense Ministry to strengthen Türkiye's capability against strategic targets.
Ikinci said the Barbaros coastal defense system, exported for the first time under contracts signed at the ADEX 2026 exhibition in Azerbaijan, will significantly boost Azerbaijan's naval deterrence.
The system operates with Atmaca and Cakir cruise missiles and can function autonomously or through a command-and-control system.
"Barbaros is a platform that will make a very serious contribution to the Azerbaijani Armed Forces' deterrence at sea. Since it uses our Cakir and Atmaca missiles, we can say we have carried out the export of our products that we produce very quickly and serially," he noted.
"Azerbaijan is not only a country that uses our products, but also a country with which we develop capabilities together. We also opened our joint production facility there," Ikinci said, calling ADEX "one of the most valuable" fairs in the region for Roketsan.
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Ikinci said Roketsan's exports this year are running above target and the company expects to close the year ahead of its goals. Its main aim is to join the world's 50 largest defense companies.
"We experienced a serious climb this year. Next year, with even greater momentum, God willing, we will carry Roketsan to the top very quickly. Both in terms of exports and production potential, Roketsan is in a very fast growth process," he said.
Ikinci said Roketsan's wholly owned subsidiary Kayi Defense, which showcased its capabilities for the first time at ADEX, will produce conventional and long-range munitions, guided 155 mm munitions, mortar munitions and 122 mm and 107 mm rocket systems, with the aim of export-focused growth through high production capacity.
"When a country asks us for a guided aircraft bomb, we have reached the stage of producing and delivering it with its guidance kit, its fuze and the aircraft bomb itself. This was very valuable for us," he said.
"Kayi's biggest growth potential is in fact its high production capacity," Ikinci said.
"We are making very large investments in Kayi," he concluded.
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