Turkish defense company ASELSAN plans to build a manufacturing plant in Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan.

Haluk Görgün, head of Türkiye’s Presidency of Defense Industries, said that ASELSAN and Azerbaijan-based NOVASIS LLC have signed a preliminary protocol on the construction of the facility in Nakhchivan, according to Daily Sabah.

Boğaziçi Defense and NOVASIS also signed a memorandum of understanding on their partnership to develop radio-frequency-based systems, while Kayı Defense and NOVASIS signed a cooperation memorandum.

MKE and Miras signed a memorandum of understanding on strategic cooperation and business development, while Otokar and Miras concluded a logistics support cooperation contract.

"We will train our engineers together with brotherly Azerbaijan. Local production and joint projects will be steps that strengthen our bonds of brotherhood," Görgün said.

"I wish these agreements every success for our two brotherly countries and the Turkic world."