Roketsan Advances the Strike Power of Armed UAVs with MAM-T The New Addition to the Smart Micro Munition Product Family
Members of the Smart Micro Munition Family, which can be integrated with Armed Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (AUAV) in the inventories of the Turkish Armed Forces (TAF), the General Command of Gendarmerie and the Turkish National Police, have been used successfully in operations, since 2016 for MAM-L, and since 2018 for MAM-C. Enhancing the efficiency of air platforms with low payload capacity and particularly of armed UAVs, the MAM product family, is included also in the inventories of friendly and allied nations. MAM-L and MAM-C outperform their rivals with not only their technologies, but also their operational experience.
MAM-T, developed by Roketsan engineers in the light of the experience gained from MAM-L and MAM-C, provided a new advancement in AUAV capability. Its first firing test was completed in April from a Bayraktar AKINCI Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicle (UCAV). In this test, the AKINCI UCAV deployed the Smart Munitions MAM-C, MAM-L and for the first time, MAM-T, successfully destroying the intended targets.
Developed nationally and indigenously, and optimized in terms of weight/efficiency, MAM-T can be used against armored or unarmored vehicles, buildings and surface targets. Along with the mid-stage guidance capabilities, which can be supported by Global Positioning Systems (GPS) and Inertial Navigation Systems (INS), the ammunition, providing high precision against moving and stationary targets in Block-1 configuration, also has a semi-active laser seeker. Designed to be compatible with different platforms, the newest member of the family, MAM-T, with a 30+ km range capability from armed UAVs, 60 kilometers from light attack aircraft and 80 kilometers from fighter aircraft, will continue to demonstrate the game-changer identity of the family in the field.
Roketsan targets to include MAM-T in the inventory of the TAF in the second half of this year, following the completion of test activities
