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Electronic Warfare Systems (EWS) For Requirements of Turkish Armed Forces will be Developed by Aselsan

Date: February 12, 2013

 

According to Aselsan announcement to public disclousure platform on 12 February 2013 a contract est.23 million USD was signed with Undersecretary for Defence Industries (SSM)  . Within the project, all systems will be delivered between 2015 and 2016 to Turkish Armed Forces.

In addition to this agreement Aselsan and SSM have announced the agreement of modular temporary base zone. Regarding to the project all Modular Temporary Base Zone are expecting to be delivered Turkish Armed Forces at the end of 2013. These mobile patrols could be installed within 15 days in mountainous regions and steep-lands where construction of permanent patrols is not possible. Owing to its modular characteristic, they could also be transported to other regions by helicopters as well. These mobile patrols would be resistant to rocket launchers such as RPG-7 and long-barrel weapons and they would have a roof made of a special alloy in order to strengthen the resistance. These new bases, featuring the characteristic of a mobile headquarter, shall encompass remote controlled firing systems, thermal camcorders at watch points, nikon binoculars and radars around the patrols. With the help of these radars no living creature shall be able to approach 7 km near the patrol and the radars shall identify whether the creature entering into the safe zone is a human being or an animal.