HTR Strengthened Ongoing Relations in Qatar

In order to increase the relations with the global market and establish new relations with new customers HTR participated in the Doha International Maritime Defence Exhibition & Conference- DIMDEX in Doha, Qatar between 25 and 27 March 2014. HTR successfully completed this event by meeting with new customers and strengthening ongoing relations by meeting with several delegations and companies.

General Manager of HTR, Mr. Enis EROL has provided the following brief information on HTR’s activities during the DIMDEX exhibition. 

Havelsan Teknoloji Radar San. Ve Tic. Inc. (HTR) was founded in 1990 as a Turkish-French joint venture for the production of TRS-22XX Long Range Air Surveillance Radars. By the transfer of Thales shares to Havelsan Inc. in February 2001, HTR has become a national company.

HTR has 3 main fields of activities;

Radar Systems, Depot Level Maintenance, Installation, Integration and Check-Out, Sub-System Production

Network Based Security Systems 

Wire and Harness Design and Assembly.

With these 3 main fields of activities HTR is giving great importance to Research and Development activities. HTR has an R&D Department supporting the ongoing activities by creating high technology solutions for HTR’s customers.

In order to give better products and services for its customers, HTR has developed a Quality Management System which complies with by quality standards. The quality certificates that HTR has are as follows; 

AQAP 2110

AS 9100 REV C.

ISO 9001:2008

Moreover, HTR has NATO Secret Level Facility Security Certificate and National (Turkish Ministry of Defence) Secret Level Facility Security Certificate.

Radar Systems Group in HTR is continuing its activities since 1990. With 24 years of experience in Radar Systems, HTR has successfully participated in many different, worldwide projects and also HTR Radar Systems Group is continuing to accomplish its part of responsibilities. Radar sub-systems production, test, site integration and life-time support services such as on-site maintenance, troubleshooting, factory level repair, upgrade and other technical support services are provided for radar systems in compliance with high quality standards.

At present, HTR is responsible for the depot level maintenance of TRS-22XX Air Surveillance Radars. In addition, in order to increase the endurances and capabilities, HTR is implementing modifications on these radars. Over 15 years, HTR accomplished the depot level maintenance completely by its own personnel, test and repair capabilities. With these depot level maintenance services given by HTR, the activity rate of these radars are very high.

In 2009, RLS project has started in order to prevent the certain problems of antennas of TRS-22XX Air Surveillance Radars, which are in Turkish Air Force’s inventory. Currently, the system, engineering and modification studies to prevent the antennas from generating problems are going on successfully. 

Another project of the Radar Systems Group is the Peace Eagle Program. For this project HTR is contributing its experiences and capabilities for Installation and Check-Out (I&CO) activities for 4 Airborne Radars. In the Peace Eagle Project, the Interim Support Period (ISP) has begun and HTR is accomplishing its responsibilities according to the contract signed with Northrop Grumman on the maintenance and repair operations of MESA Radars.

In the Long-Horizon Project HTR has successfully installed and did the Installation and Check-Out (I&CO) activities for Coastal Surveillance. Also HTR provided training and on-site support services in this project.

Another field of activity of HTR is the Network Based Security Systems Group, which has started its activities in 2003. This group is producing electronic security solutions for critical army bases and civilian facilities, such as oil fields or pipe lines. Network Based Security Systems Group designs the system for the customer and implements and integrates the network based electronic security system solutions. Moreover, maintenance and training services are given for the security systems. HTR is the lead company of Turkey in the field of Network Based Security Systems having highly experienced technical staff and modern technical infrastructure. HTR is capable of providing all steps of solutions including; requirement analysis, creating solutions, defining resources, designing systems, integration and after-sales services.

The last field of activity of HTR is Wire and Harness Design and Assembly. This group started its activities, which was suspended in 2001, again in 2006 with a completely modernized infrastructure and currently working with many domestic and foreign companies.  Besides manufacturing of individual wire harnesses, HTR Harness production department has the experience and capability on wiring of the chassis of cabinets, sub assembly and final assembly of the functional units and racks, wrapping of back planes and bus cables, installation of racks and consoles inside the shelters. With the capabilities of Wire and Harness Design and Assembly Group, HTR is increasing its levels of export by providing engineering and production support for foreign companies for their Industrial Participation/ Offset responsibilities. 

The R&D Department in HTR is ongoing its activities in order to support other departments and create high technological solutions for the customer. Two main project of R&D unit is the Modulator Design (MODÖZGÜN) Project for Radar Systems and Video Alarm Management System (VAMS) Project.

HTR is giving great important to R&D activities and an R&D project of HTR is MODOZGUN. In order to solve the problems of the modulator part of the TRS-22XX Radars, HTR re-designed and produced the modulator unit. This new modulator’s production and testing stages are complete and ready to be used. 

VAMS is a completely national closed circuit TV system. VAMS has the ability to warn the operators in advance by determining all kind of hazards that may occur and the climate conditions with the help of smart video analytics and alarm scenarios.

With VAMS, closed circuit TV systems can be used more efficiently and a third eye is provided for the operators. Because of the fact that VAMS is a national software, it can be integrated with any kind of pre-warning sensors and be adapted to them. It is fully compatible with the latest technologies and independent of a recording platform and operating system. 

VAMS is a system management tool that maximizes the security level with the help of intelligent image analysis that can be customizable according to the need of the customer.

 

Turkey’s “Integrated Logistic Support Center” HTR, is continuing its growth and development, as a competitive partner that creates added value with the national and global collaborations to meet defence and security requirements of Turkey with the maximum domestic contribution.