Substantial Projects Brought into Life by Undersecretariat for Defence Industries
ÇAFRAD-Phase-1 Project
Signing of the Multipurpose Phased Arrays Radar (ÇAFRAD) System that shall be developed indigenously through national resources and capacities to be used in the TF2000 Aerial Defence Combat Frigate (which will be manufactured to cover the demand of the Naval Forces Command) was accomplished at IDEF. With the signing taking place on the second day of IDEF, in line with the decision of the Defence Industry Executive Committee (SSİK), the project is planned to be executed by Aselsan with the participation of TÜBİTAK and other national institutions and establishments. Three main radars shall exist in the project which is developed for early warning.
ÇAFRAD Configuration shall consist of long-ranged early warning purposed radar, a detection tracking radar named as multifunctional radar and illuminating radar with non-rotating IFF antenna featuring electronic scanning.
The system to be actualized by national resources of institutions and universities and manufactured by the domestic industry shall;
Provide detection and tracking of aerial and water surface targets.
Produce sensitive target location data for guided missiles and artillery shooting.
Provide illumination through the illuminator radar for the guided missiles.
Launching of the negotiations on the agreement with Aselsan for the 1st Phase of the project was decided in the SSİK meeting on January 5, 2012. The agreement for the first phase of the project is expected to take place until June 2013 as a result of the works carried out by SSM and Naval Forces Command.
Final ÇAFRAD configuration shall consist of three main radars namely; long-ranged early warning purposed radar, a detection tracking radar named as multifunctional radar and illuminating radar with non-rotating IFF antenna featuring electronic scanning. These three radars shall have a stable multi-faceted antenna structure.
Development of one facet of the multipurpose radar and illuminating radars of a Technology Development Prototype nature is aimed with the signing of the first phase. In order to decrease the the project’s duration, each facet shall be produced partially in order to confirm the essential validations. Manufacturing of guidance of guided missiles that shall be produced within the scope of the TF2000 project is aimed within this project.
Multi-Functional Radar shall accomplish aerial and/or water surface target detection, tracking and illumination functions simultaneously in a particular sector or total volume owing to its structure consisting of total solid-state send/receive units and numeric beam shaping capacity. With its scalable structure envisaged for the usage of bigger or smaller vessels except TF2000, ÇAFRAD structure’s antenna’s size and number of faces could be adapted for the various platforms and operational needs. ÇAFRAD provides detection and tracking of aerial and water surface targets and produces sensitive target location data for guided missiles and artillery shooting. Besides, the system can deliver illumination via the illumination radar for guided missiles and these functions could run in integration with the combat management system.
Joining the long-ranged radar within the final ÇAFRAD configuration with the Fixed/Mobile Radar demanded by the Air Forces Command is continuing to be assessed and with all its radars and aspects final ÇAFRAD is expected to be accomplished as a project within the scope of TF2000 program.
As can be derived from its name, the Multipurpose Phased Arrays Radar System has a structure that could accomplish the research, surveillance, fire control, guidance functions simultaneously in real time and with high performance. All main hardware technologies from semi-conductive send/receive modules to high performance processing structures and software modules ranging from complex algorithms to critic interfaces within this structure shall be developed by Aselsan and the universities with domestic resources and shall be manufactured by domestic industry. Moreover, within the scope of the project, the production of demanded core technologies such as high-powered transistors and notable test infrastructures are intended to be conducted by Aselsan.
HİSAR Low Altitude Air Defence Missile System (HİSAR-A) and HİSAR Middle-Altitude Air Defence Missile System (HİSAR-O) Cooperation Agreement
Agreement for HİSAR-A and HİSAR-O Project also actualized through domestic resources and capacities signed at IDEF. Prototypes of 3 Self-Propelled Autonomous Low Altitude Air Defence Missile Systems, 5 Missile Firing Systems and 3 Missile Transportation and Mounting Systems shall be manufactured under the leadership of Aselsan in order to meet the demands of the Turkish Armed Forces. Roketsan shall be in charge of the missile, TÜBİTAK SAGE shall be responsible for the missile warheads and thermopile and Aselsan HBT Group shall be the controller of data link together with Meteksan Savunma while MilSOFT shall execute the Link-16 software in the projects. HİSAR systems that could be effective against the aircrafts, helicopters, cruise missiles, unmanned aerial vehicles and air to ground missiles within their range and altitude shall be equipped with an air defence system that could accomplish target detection, tracking and missile firing functions in a fully autonomous manner. Missile Firing Systems with their Fire Control and Command Control functions made by Fire Control Equipment shall also be utilized in the low and middle altitude air defence of the permanent facilities such as bases, harbors and logistical centers.
Atak Helicopter Simulator (ATAKsim) and Firing Training Simulator (ATESim) Projects
Atak Helicopter Simulator (ATAKsim) supplied for the Atak Helicopter project that is one of the most important projects conducted by SSM shall be used in trainings for T-129 Atak helicopter and for the proficiency, refreshing, emergency, combat readiness and functional trainings of the helicopter pilots and technicians.
Atak Helicopter Simulator agreement was signed between Undersecretary for Defence Industries Murad Bayar, Havelsan’s Chairman of the Board Mehmet Taş and Havelsan General Manager Sadık Yamaç. This project shall be actualized under Havelsan’s main contractorship and TAI’s sub-contractorship. Firing Training Simulator (ATESim) project was another project signed by the SSM. With this Project, training systems for increasing the Basic Marksmanship and Joint Combat capacities of the Special Forces Command shall be developed. As a result of the agreement signed by Savronik and SSM, accomplishment of combat training through construction of virtual targets and threat risk elements is intended. Within the scope of the project, a simulation with higher efficiency and constancy shall be actualized by firing the virtual threat components of artificial intelligence with laser or actual ammunition. The Project is expected to be completed within 24 months.
Supply of an Active/Passive Convoy Protection System Project
The manufacturing of the Active/Passive Convoy Protection System Supply Project shall be undertaken by Aselsan in line with the agreement made between the Undersecretariat for Defence Industries (SSM) and Land Forces Command. The first prototype MILKAR-5A3 System, manufactured within the scope of the Supply Contract for the Radio Frequency Active/Passive Interference System (MİLKAR-5A3) signed between Aselsan and SSM on March 23, 2007, was delivered to the Land Forces Command in September 2010 after the Acceptance Tests and Inspections. Within the scope of the Feasibility Report prepared for expanding the frequency band and the military unit test that took place after the delivery of the Prototype MILKAR-5A3 Active/Reactive Electronic Interference System, 6 Active/Passive Convoy Protection System (MILKAR-5A5) shall be mass produced and therefore its integration into the Armored Vehicle Partially Protected Against Mine and its entry into the inventory of the Turkish Armed Forces is planned to take place. Prototype MILKAR-5A3 Active/Reactive Electronic Interference System is the first and only Reactive Interference System in the Turkish Armed Forces inventory and is among the worldwide known systems. The System provides high efficiency ranges that are over the active interference systems’ current or potential access. Within the framework of the project, a receptor structure with wideband tuner and very high processing/sampling speed, DDS based Active/Passive (Reactive) Technical Unit with high signal generation infrastructure, special control software that could avoid the delays stemmed from protocols and that could accelerate the process and detection and interference algorithms shall be actualized through domestic resources.
