ROKETSAN develops GÖKBORA long-range air-to-air missile

ROKETSAN has unveiled the GÖKBORA, a solid-fuel ramjet powered air-to-air missile designed to be Türkiye’s longest-range weapon of its kind. Unveiled at the IDEF 2025 fair, the missile has a stated range of approximately 185 kilometers (over 100 nautical miles).

The GÖKBORA is optimized for carriage within the internal weapons bays of the KAAN fighter and the Kızılelma unmanned combat aircraft, though its folding fins also allow for use by F-16 aircraft. The system utilizes inertial navigation and a datalink for midcourse guidance, paired with an active electronically scanned array (AESA) radio frequency seeker for the terminal phase.

In conjunction with the unveiling, the Presidency of Defence Industries (SSB), ASELSAN, and ROKETSAN signed a contract for the missile’s AESA seeker and datalink. This development runs parallel to the GÖKHAN program, a liquid-fuel ramjet missile being developed by TÜBİTAK SAGE.