Turkey's state-linked missile and rocket manufacturer Roketsan is aggressively expanding its international defence footprint, reporting $10 billion in national defence exports in 2025 and setting its sights on becoming a top-10 global arms supplier. The company, currently ranked 71st worldwide, is capitalising on surging demand for air defence and missile systems driven by ongoing conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East, where wars have severely depleted global weapons stockpiles. Turkey's push was itself partly shaped by Western sanctions and its exclusion from the US F-35 programme following its purchase of Russia's S-400 system, which pushed Ankara to build a largely self-sufficient defence industry — now operating at over 90 percent local production — and to market itself to buyers in the Middle East, Far East, and Europe through joint-production partnerships rather than simple arms sales.