Then I have bad news for you. Number of ongoing military projets ≃ 650
In fact, the current number of projects has reached 700. Total contract size is close to 70 billion dollars. However, there are two important details here: First, these projects run with the responsibility or coordination of the Defense Industry Presidency. So legally and financially under the guarantee of the state. Secondly, 90% of these projects are related to subsystem / component / microcomponent / meterial / production technologies.
In other words, the diversity of this projects is mainly directed towards the vertical specialization of the defense industry. Diversification on the basis of the main system has not yet started.
Currently, there are 5 Turkish companies among the 100 largest defense companies in the world. One of them is electronics (Aselsan), one is rocket technologies (Roketsan), one is system engineering and design (STM), one is space and aviation (TAI), and one is armored land systems (BMC). In the near future 3 to 5 more companies will be included in this short list.
However, the Turkish defense industry organization structure is based on an ecosystem where clusters of small and medium-sized enterprises integrate with large corporations. In other words, one area of expertise refers to about 100 companies. hundreds of suppliers and hundreds of project offices. And universities and TUBITAK collaborations for all these structures.
We do not claim to be on the same level as China. This is not possible. However, with our system and especially the results obtained in the last 15 years, we have managed to create the fastest growing defense industry in Europe. This system has now brought the country's needs to 70% indigenousness, and the ultimate goal is to become the largest industry in Europe at 95% indigenous levels.
At this stage, the issue of profitability is not a priority problem for the Turkish defense industry. The state guarantee on the projects will continue to exist for the completion of this transformation.