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According to Aselsan sources the Gokdeniz
CIWS is capable of effective operation at sea
states 0 – 5 due to its stabilized gun turret.
The weapon system offers automatic target
tracking with an integrated tracking platform
including tracking radar and electro-optical
(E/O) Sensors. An optional 3D search radar is
also available. The Gokdeniz CIWS along with 35
mm Airburst Ammunition (ATOM) was developed
by Aselsan as a close-in weapon system (CIWS)
and is considered to be highly effective against
anti-ship missiles. The ATOM 35mm ammunition
was developed together with MKEK and Tübitak
Sage with Aselsan as the main contractor. The
35 mm twin gun system has a high firing rate of
1,100 rounds / min.
CIWS OF CHOICE Aselsan has also upgraded Turkey’s first national

air defence early warning radar ‘Kalkan’ to the
new ‘Kalkan-II’ standard. The upgraded system
features an electronically scanned phased array
ASELSAN’S GOKDENIZ CIWS IS radar and can quickly and accurately detect air
ATTRACTING GROWING INTEREST targets to protect critical military and civilian
facilities. It can detect and track several differ-
ent threats at the same time and then provide
 OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT the data for destruction of these targets. The
Kalkan-II radar can detect 100 targets simul-
Turkish defence firm Aselsan’s Gokdeniz close-in weapon system
(CIWS) is gaining export interest in the region. The Gokdeniz CIWS
has already been selected by Turkmenistan for its largest warship,’
Deniz Han’ which was designed by Turkish shipyard Dearsan Shipyard
and built in Turkmenistan in a joint venture (JV) between Gülsan
and Dearsan Shipyard. The Pakistan Navy’s Babur-Class (MILGEM)
multi-mission corvettes are also be fitted with the Gokdeniz CIWS.
The Gokdeniz CIWS will also be integrated on the Turkish Navy’s
Istanbul Class Frigates, which is the second phase of the MILGEM
programme and will produce four warships.

The CIWS is one of several products offered by Aselsan for the export
market. Aselsan received over USD2 billion in new business in 2021
and its balance orders amounted to USD 8.5 billion as of the end of
2021. The company added six new countries to its list of customers
in 2021, increasing the total number of countries which have placed
orders for its products to 78. Aselsan has gained sales to 15 new
countries since 2018.

Aselsan tested the Gokdeniz prototype on a Turkish Navy ship in May
2018, wherein a high speed target drone having a speed greater taneously with a 360-degree coverage angle.
than 180 m/s was used to represent an antiship missile. It can engage The Kalkan-II radar can also detect and track
targets in sea-skimming scenarios and offers autonomous target enemy systems that try to provide electronic
detection, tracking and firing with the ability to destroy targets at jamming on the battlefield. The upgraded radar
long-range. The system with the automatic link less ammunition feed is also used as a missile intermediate guidance
mechanism allows loading both HEI and airburst ammunition at the radar to destroy the approaching threat as a
same time and switching between ammunition types as needed. part of the HİSAR O+ air defence system. The
In addition to anti-ship missiles, Gokdeniz is also effective against radar system is also portable by helicopter and
helicopters, fighters, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) and asymmetric operate in adverse weather and environmental
surface naval threats. conditions.
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