Turkiye has signed its first export contract for KAAN fighter jets with Indonesia.

Axar.az reports President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced the deal on X.

“As part of the agreement signed with our friendly and brotherly country, Indonesia, 48 Kaan (fighter jets) will be produced in Turkiye and exported to Indonesia. Indonesia’s local capabilities will also be utilized in the production of Kaan” jets,” he wrote on X.

Local media reports that the contract was signed during the “INDO Defence 2025” exhibition in Indonesia. The total value of the deal is expected to reach $10 billion.

It is worth noting that the fifth-generation KAAN fighter is Turkiye’s first domestically produced national combat aircraft. Its prototype made its maiden flight on February 22, 2024, with serial production planned for 2028.