The first foreign sale of the Aselpod Electro Optical Targeting System developed by Aselsan, made ready after the completion of the system qualification tests in May, was accomplished with an unidentified country on 10 June 2016. It was stated that “A contract valued at $ 24 million 964 thousand was signed for the integration of the Aselpod Electro Optical Targeting System to the air platforms between Aselsan and a foreign customer” in the statement made by Aselsan at the Public Disclosure Platform (PDP).

The representatives of the buyer country closely followed the development process of the product and were pleased with its performance as a result of the various tests conducted in Turkey and with the help of the intensive contribution of the officials of the Undersecretariat for Defense Industries within the scope of the negotiations conducted throughout the process, a definitive agreement was reached between the two parties and the sale of the product was approved.