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ASELSAN GROWS REVENUE

AS EXPORTS CLIMB

Turkish defence manufacturer, Aselsan to develop and manufacture the world’s Aselsan Chairman of the Board and General
which is taking part in the ongoing show, most advanced Unmanned Marine Vehicles Manager Prof. Dr. Haluk Görgün stated that
grew in record terms in 2022 with a 77 technologies. Blue Vatan’s technological the flight tests of the GÖZDE ammunition
percent increase as compared to 2021. protectors, especially the MARLIN IDA and were carried out successfully and said, “In
Aselsan’ s net profit increased by 67% com- Albatros-S IDA Herd Projects developed by the first firing tests, the GÖZDE-ANS guid-
pared to the same period of the previous ASELSAN, will continue to evolve. The com- ed-kit bomb, which was thrown at a speed
year and reached TL 11.9 billion. The com- pany is also continuing to evolve its family of 0.9 Mach from a height of 28,500 feet,
pany has made strong inroads into global of proven unmanned aerial vehicles. The hit the target at a range of 13 km, which
export markets with its wide product port- company recently successfully completed was marked with a laser by the follower
folio, many of which are on display here at the Aselsan LGK shooting test conducted aircraft. Another Gozde -ANS guided-kit
Langkawi. This has resulted in an export by Bayraktar Akinci UAV with the Aselsan bomb, which was thrown at a speed of 0.9
order backlog of USD1 billion. Exports CATS camera system. Previously, the target Mach from a height of 40 thousand feet in
remain a key driver at Aselsan, which added was successfully destroyed with Aselsan’ the ongoing activities within the scope of
three new export customers in 2022. In the s TOLUN (Guided Miniature Bomb), which the F-16 certification tests, hit the target
last four years alone, the Turkish defence was again released from an Akinci UAV. with a laser-marked 21 km range, which
firm has exported its products to 81 Aselsan and Roketsan are continuing with was marked with a laser by the follower
countries, out of which 18 were first time development of the SIPER Long-Range aircraft. Gozde -ANS; MK-82 (500 lb) is a kit
customers. Aselsan has also introduced 50 Region Air and Missile Defense System. that makes general purpose bombs ANS/
different products, which received export The SIPER air defence system will form a Laser guided, and it has the ability to hit
contracts in the last four years. major component of Turkey’s future layered targets at a range of 28 km with high pre-
air defence requirements. Aselsan recently cision when dropped from an altitude of 40
The company also continues to increase the also realized the first mass production thousand feet from F-16 aircraft.
amount of Turkish content on its products, delivery of modernised armoured vehicles
which allows it greater freedom in global for the Turkish armed forces. The guidance kit allows the weapon to
defence exports. In 2022 alone, Aselsan precisely hit fixed targets and targets
successfully completed the nationalization Gozde Guidance Ready moving at high-speed (50-120 km/h). The
process of 160 different products. Over the for Mass Production flight tests of the Gozde ammunition were
last three years, 670 of the company’s prod- recently completed and the first firing
ucts have been engineered with greater Aselsan recently announced that its Gozde
indigenous content, generating savings of guidance kit is ready for mass produc- tests were carried out from the Turkish Air
Force F-16 and Akinci unmanned drones. In
USD500 million. In the ensuing decades tion. Series production of the new guided
since its inception, Aselsan has grown to munition is now underway. Aselsan has shooting tests, the target was hit with high
nearly ten thousand employees and one developed the Gozde guidance kit in part- precision. Over the course of the certifica-
hundred strategic partners. nership with TUBITAK SAGE. The 500Ib tion tests, F-16 aircraft successfully carried
class guided ammunition is essentially a out weapons trials at the Konya Karapınar
Recent Developments MK-82 general purpose bomb converted Shooting Range in Turkey. Later the Gozde
with INS/GPS and Laser Seeker Head guidance kit munition was integrated onto
In the maritime domain, Aselsan continues (LAB). an Akinci.
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