KILAVUZ Radio Frequency Signal Analysis System
The International ANATOLIAN PHOENIX-2021 Exercise was held at the 3rd Main Jet Base in Konya between May 24 and June 04, 2021, with the participation of Azerbaijan, Qatar, TRNC, and Turkish Air Force elements. During the exercise, one of the domestic design products that was caught in the lense of our writer Cem DOĞUT was the KILAVUZ Radio Frequency Signal Analysis System (RF SAS), which entered service in 2014.
In line with the needs of the Air Force Command (TurAF), the Radio Frequency Signal Analysis System (RF SAS) Development Project called 'KILAVUZ' was initiated by the Presidency of Defense Industries R&D and Technology Management Department to develop a national system that will compare the radar and jamming signals emitted from hostile Electronic Warfare (EW) platforms, reveal the parameters of the jamming technique, and provide detailed information for analysis.
The project, signed on February 10, 2010, was carried out by a partnership between Havelsan, Havelsan-EHSIM, and SDT. Developed and produced with national capabilities, the KILAVUZ System successfully completed Field Acceptance Tests between 03-07 February 2021, and after successfully passing all tests in March 2014, the system entered the inventory of the TurAF.
In order to bring additional capabilities to the system, the 'KILAVUZ Project Additional Capabilities Acquisition Protocol' was signed, and the upgraded system was accepted in the second half of 2015.
KILAVUZ RF SAS System:
Detects the signals emitted from target radars and Electronic Warfare (EW) jamming platforms in the test and evaluation environment,
Measures the broadcast parameters of the target radars and reveals the jamming technique,
Provides analysis of the interaction of jamming techniques with target radar signals.
The system has a mobile design and consists of,
Shelter,
Mast, power, and air conditioning systems,
Transport truck/trailer,
Antenna and receivers,
Central control unit,
Detection and analysis software,
Recording system,
Target tracking systems (Electro-optics, Radar direction finder, etc.) and
External/internal communication systems.
According to the information we received, the KILAVUZ RF SAS System detects the radar signals of the Russian and Western origin real air defense systems (such as SA-6 Gainful/Straight Flush Radar, SA-8 Gecko, SA-10B Grumble, SA-11A/B Gadfly, SA-15 Gaunlet/TOR, SA-19 Tunguska, D7 Super Fledermaus Radar, ZSU-23/4 Gundish, Skyguard/Sparrow, Rapier Mk2B, and I-HAWK) used in the Electronic Warfare Testing and Training Range (EWTTR/EHTES) during the engagement phase. After analyzing their broadcast parameters, KILAVUZ later monitors the signals emitted by the self-protection (EW) systems of the TurAF aircraft used against these threats and the tactics applied. Therefore, the system contributes to creating a national RF database/library against foreign air defense systems. In short, thanks to the KILAVUZ System, necessary data can be obtained for the development of indigenous EW solutions against threat radars.
