MIKES Ranks 5th in Turkey in the R&D Centres Performance Index Study
In carrying out an analysis of the present situation of R&D Centres, in deepening R&D work and in order to determine the contribution of these centres to the national economy, the Ministry of Science, Industry and Technology undertook a recent study. Within the coverage of this study, in order to evaluate the activities of these centres, monitoring their performance by years and creating a road map based on the outcome, first, a R&D Centre Performance Index Analysis criteria were prepared and after collecting the relevant data, work on all R&D Centres’ Performance Index was completed.
From among the 81 R&D Centres included in this evaluation, 69 Centres were ranked and MIKES was 5th in the overall ranking, 3rd in its sector, 1st in the commercialisation ranking and the 4th firm in the R&D personnel employment ranking.
Active mainly in the electronic warfare systems, the MIKES R&D Centre operates on a wide range in the defence electronics sector. MIKES, within TUBIAK’s Technology and Innovation Funding Programmes Directorate (TEYDEB) 1501 legislation, has allocated resources to the Remote/Near Sound Detection System Development (SESAL) Project (3110604) and the Closed-Loop Radar Test Simulator (RTSim) Project (3120651) that is supported by TUBITAK.
The projects commenced to develop various receiver devices required in the communication bands of electronic warfare systems, the HF Direction Finding and Monitoring Receiver Design and Development (3120048) Project and the Monitor Receiver for Communication Publications Design and Development Project (3110727) are also being supported by TEYDEB. The successfully completed projects, such as the V/UHF Band Monitor Receiver device, have reached the serial production stage to be domestically used in various systems.
MIKES at the present time has 148 research personnel on duty of which 6 have a doctorate and 12 are pursuing a doctorate.
