Turkey has become a Leader in the UAV field
Minister of Science, Industry, and Technology Özlü: "Turkey has become one of the few leading countries in designing and producing UAVs."
Turkey has become a Leader in the UAV field
Minister of Science, Industry, and Technology Faruk Özlü answered the questions of the Anadolu Agency regarding the defense industry projects of the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK).
Stating that TÜBİTAK has developed a wide spectrum of defense projects that include products from mine detectors to satellites, Özlü said, "For example, Göktürk 2 Satellite is still in use in inventory and transmits images up to 2.5-meters resolution".
Özlü also talked about the products developed at TUBITAK Defense Industries Research and Development Institute (SAGE). Informing that Intermediate-Range Missile (SOM) that is a part of the inventory of the military was developed at SAGE, Özlü said, "SOM is a useful product. It is a cruise missile with a range of between 280 to 300 kilometers. SAGE has been working on shrinking the SOM missiles to integrate them tp F-35 fighter jets. Those missiles will be produced by ROKETSAN".
Stating that the Precision Guidance Kit in the inventory was also developed at SAGE, Özlü said that this product is being produced by ASELSAN. Özlü also touched upon the Penetration Bomb Project, and said, "This product first penetrates the target and then explodes. It was specially designed to penetrate to the bunkers located in caves and then explode. It is currently under production and will be added to the inventory soon".
"Turkey has achieved very significant progress in the design and manufacture of UAV"
Minister Özlü emphasized that Turkey has achieved very significant progress in the design and manufacture of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV).
Özlü said, "ANKA now will have the capability to be controlled by satellite. Thus, ANKA now will be able to operate within the coverage area of the Turksat satellite. Noting that the next step will be the design and production of armed unmanned aerial vehicles, Özlü said,
"We continue our efforts to arm the previously designed and produced miniature, MALE, and tactical UAVs. We have succeeded so far, we got results. These vehicles are being used for supporting the Free Syrian Army. The main point here is that as the tactical class UAV weighs around 560 to 600 kilograms, it is able to carry only small weapon systems. Our goal is to produce armed UAVs that weigh around 3.5 to 4 tonnes and equip them with stronger weapon systems and better cameras. Turkey has made great leaps forward in terms of UAV design and production and it has become one of the few leading countries in the world in this area.
Stating that TÜBİTAK has developed a wide spectrum of defense projects that include products from mine detectors to satellites, Özlü said, "For example, Göktürk 2 Satellite is still in use in inventory and transmits images up to 2.5-meters resolution".
Özlü also talked about the products developed at TUBITAK Defense Industries Research and Development Institute (SAGE). Informing that Intermediate-Range Missile (SOM) that is a part of the inventory of the military was developed at SAGE, Özlü said, "SOM is a useful product. It is a cruise missile with a range of between 280 to 300 kilometers. SAGE has been working on shrinking the SOM missiles to integrate them tp F-35 fighter jets. Those missiles will be produced by ROKETSAN".
Stating that the Precision Guidance Kit in the inventory was also developed at SAGE, Özlü said that this product is being produced by ASELSAN. Özlü also touched upon the Penetration Bomb Project, and said, "This product first penetrates the target and then explodes. It was specially designed to penetrate to the bunkers located in caves and then explode. It is currently under production and will be added to the inventory soon".
"Turkey has achieved very significant progress in the design and manufacture of UAV"
Minister Özlü emphasized that Turkey has achieved very significant progress in the design and manufacture of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV).
Özlü said, "ANKA now will have the capability to be controlled by satellite. Thus, ANKA now will be able to operate within the coverage area of the Turksat satellite. Noting that the next step will be the design and production of armed unmanned aerial vehicles, Özlü said,
"We continue our efforts to arm the previously designed and produced miniature, MALE, and tactical UAVs. We have succeeded so far, we got results. These vehicles are being used for supporting the Free Syrian Army. The main point here is that as the tactical class UAV weighs around 560 to 600 kilograms, it is able to carry only small weapon systems. Our goal is to produce armed UAVs that weigh around 3.5 to 4 tonnes and equip them with stronger weapon systems and better cameras. Turkey has made great leaps forward in terms of UAV design and production and it has become one of the few leading countries in the world in this area.