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Featured · 2026

GÖKKIRAN V1 Enters Sovereign Demonstration

With the V1 architecture frozen around an under-$300 cost-per-intercept target, Tafaen Aerospace has moved GÖKKIRAN into prototype validation and domestic operational testing. The program's first field-validated AI updates are now entering the loop — the start of a platform that gets smarter with every sortie.

Milestone
2026 · Current

V1 Sovereign Demonstrator Underway

Prototype validation and domestic operational testing of GÖKKIRAN begin, with the first field-validated AI updates entering the loop.

Program
2026 Q1 · Design Freeze

GÖKKIRAN V1 Architecture Locked

The multi-target reusable kinetic interceptor design is finalized around an under-$300 cost-per-intercept target.

Company
2026 · Team

Multidisciplinary Team Assembled

Aerospace engineering, AI/ML systems, defense doctrine, and avionics specialists join the program in İstanbul.

Founding
2026 · Founding

Tafaen Aerospace Established

A sovereign defense technology venture is founded in İstanbul, focused on AI-powered air defense and the economics of interception.

Operational details and test results are disclosed selectively, under export-control protocols. Follow LinkedIn and X for the latest.

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