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``Last Year, We Could Produce Two Engines Per Week; Now, We are Able to Produce Seven Engines Per Week``

Date: Issue 134 - October 2024

Kale Arge, which has taken significant steps toward becoming a "Center of Excellence for Gas Turbine Systems" and achieved 100% growth in the past year, continues the serial production and delivery of KTJ-3200 Turbojet Engines, which have been developed entirely with domestic capabilities for the SOM Air-Launched Cruise Missile (ALCM, TÜBİTAK SAGE) and the ATMACA Anti-Ship Cruise Missile (ASCM, ROKETSAN).

The company has also developed the KTJ-3700 Turbojet Engine with a thrust capacity of 3,700N for the KARA ATMACA Land-Based Cruise Missile (SLCM) developed for the Turkish Land Forces Command (TLFC) and delivered the first engine for the initial test firing at the end of January. The KARA ATMACA SLCM (ATMACA UM), powered by the KTJ-3700 Turbojet Engine, measures 1 meter in length, 370mm in diameter, and weighs 910kg. During the live-fire test announced to the public on August 18, 2024, it hit its target with pinpoint accuracy, marking the longest-range and longest-duration flight ever achieved by an ATMACA series missile. Additionally, another engine developed by Kale Arge, the KTJ-1750 Turbojet Engine with a thrust capacity of 1,750N, was successfully used in the first live-fire test of the ÇAKIR Cruise Missile, conducted from the AKINCI Armed UCAV in May 2023.