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Aksungur UCAV drops aselBUOY sonobuoys for the first time

The Aksungur's first sonobuoy release is a small test with outsized signaling value: it fuses two markets that have historically been separate — persistent maritime patrol aircraft and attritable unmanned platforms. For navies watching anti-submarine warfare budgets, the appeal is cost-per-hour and hull count, not raw sensor performance. The aselBUOY payload is ASELSAN's, not a US or European import, which matters for export customers facing ITAR or transatlantic supply constraints. We read this as Turkey positioning a full domestic ASW kill-chain, not a one-off demonstration.