Defense will not slow down in 2024

In 2024, the Turkish defense industry will offer the platforms and equipment it has been working on for some time to the use of security forces for the first time, and important milestones will be reached in development work.

Defense will not slow down in 2024

Efforts to meet the needs of security forces with domestic and national solutions, to minimize foreign dependence in the defence industry, and to create a surprise effect on the battlefield with new technologies will not slow down in 2024.

KAAN will meet the sky

The first flight of the national combat aircraft KAAN, one of Turkey's most important technology projects, will take place next year. To date, KAAN has undergone ejection seat tests, full-length static tests, inertia and static tests of control surfaces, landing gear drop tests, avionic system tests in the system integration laboratory, fuel tests and engine start-up tests. KAAN's first flight will take place in a few weeks.

Tests will continue for the unmanned combat aircraft ANKA III, the jet trainer HÜRJET and the heavy class attack helicopter ATAK-2.

Serial production time for Bayraktar KIZILELMA

Serial production of Bayraktar KIZILELMA, Turkey's first unmanned fighter jet, which has been undergoing tests for some time, will begin. Bayraktar KIZILELMA, which will be able to conduct air-to-air combat with aggressive maneuvers, will be a force multiplier for security forces with its low radar cross-section. Bayraktar KIZILELELMA, which has the ability to take off and land from ships with short runways, will be able to attack the specified targets with the ammunition it will carry in the fuselage.

Work will be carried out to deploy the Bayraktar TB3 UCAV, which has a folding wing structure, on the TCG ANADOLU ship. Bayraktar TB3 UCAV, which has the ability to take off and land from ships with short runways, will be able to carry out reconnaissance, surveillance and intelligence missions, as well as operations with domestic smart munitions carried under its wings.

The first national frigate TCG ISTANBUL will be delivered to the Turkish Armed Forces. After TCG ISTANBUL, the fifth ship of the MİLGEM project, the construction of the sixth, seventh and eighth ships of the project, which was launched at the same time, will continue.

National weapon system and radars

With TCG ISTANBUL, many products developed by the Turkish defense industry will enter the inventory of security forces for the first time.

The GÖKDENİZ Close Air Defense System, which neutralizes air and surface targets at close range with cluster munitions, will be acquired by the Naval Forces.

CENK, which will function as the ship's air defense radar, will enable the detection and identification of all approaching aircraft, missiles and surface vehicles.

Another product to be acquired by the Naval Forces will be the AKREP Naval Platform Dual Band Fire Control Radar. AKREP was developed as a system that can produce target track information with high precision and provide illumination for X-band semi-active surface-to-air guided missiles.

National land and air engines to enter inventory

Various unmanned naval vehicle systems, including Turkey's first armed unmanned naval vehicle ULAQ, will enter the inventory for the first time.

The MERT Portable Electronic Attack System will be offered to security forces for the first time. With its wide frequency coverage and new generation techniques, MERT will be able to neutralize different targets simultaneously from a long distance.

VURAN 4x4 vehicles, in which the domestic military land vehicle engine TUNA is used for the first time, will be delivered to the Turkish Armed Forces. Within the year, the TUNA engine will also be used in KİRPİ vehicles.

PD170, the military turbodiesel engine that powers national UAVs, will enter the inventory for the first time with AKSUNGUR.

Software developers will work for defense

Work will continue on the kamikaze unmanned naval vehicle ÇAKA DAY-KİDA, the new member of the "digital unity" concept realized by HAVELSAN.

The work and tests of the Mixed Swarm Operation Center, which will enable unmanned aerial, land and naval vehicles to perform missions together, will continue with field demonstrations.

Within the scope of efforts to reduce foreign license dependency, KOVAN and Open Source Data Management Platform ODAK will be expanded.

Within the scope of the Biometric Data Management System Project, after the qualified fingerprint recognition system, the unqualified fingerprint recognition system will be completed.