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Aselsan is keen to grow its market presence resources, from chip level to final system as the SIPER long-range air defence system,
in Malaysia and is participating in the ongo- integration, with zero errors. With the GaN DÜFAS which is Aselsan’s first over-the-
ing DSA with a wide portfolio of products on (Gallium Nitrate) chip development and horizon sonar, TOLUN guided munition and
display. The Turkish firm’s strong focus on production technology it acquired, Aselsan autonomous underwater vehicle DERİNGÖZ.
homegrown R&D resulted in many new prod- has reached a level where it can compete
ucts entering the market in 2023 such as the with the world's leading radar companies in
CENK, AKREP and ALPER Radars, YENER terms of technology. Over time, AESA tech- Aselsan ended 2023 with new orders worth
Mine Detection System, ASELFLIR-400 nologies began to be used in all systems US$5 billion and its order backlog is now in
Camera, Gözde Guidance Kit, Gökdeniz Air developed at Aselsan in the fields of radar, excess of US$ 11 billion. The company is
Defence System, ODAKAN camera family. electronic warfare and communications. rapidly growing defence exports and export-
“We are in the final stages of many products ed to four new countries for the first time in
that we think will play a game-changing role,” Aselsan’s General Manager Ahmet Akyol said 2023. It also won a historic export contract
a company official told Daily News, adding, that the nose radars with AESA technology worth US$601 million last year, in addition
“We have successfully completed the test- will work in F-16 ÖZGÜR, HÜRJET, National to winning an important tank modernization
ing phases of many products, and have Combat Aircraft (KAAN), AKINCI, KIZILELMA tender in Chile. Aselsan’s platforms such
started mass production for some of them.” and ANKA-3 UAVs. The global market size as the ATAK, Hürkuş, Bayraktar TB2, Anka,

for fighter jet AESA Nose Radar is estimated MİLGEM, Ejder Yalçın, Kirpi have proved
to be five billion dollars annually. The com- popular both at home and abroad and the
The company is constantly increasing its company now ranks 47th in the list of the
investments to develop and produce high pany touts its SELFLIR-500 as an outstand-
technology. Last year, Aselsan’s Advanced ing camera, along with other products such world's largest defence companies.
Materials Facility, Guidance Kit Integration
and Production Facility and Electronic
Warfare Production and Integration Facility
became operational. “We have initiated
four more important and major invest-
ments in the fields of FLIR camera sys-
tems, air defence systems, microelectron-
ics and AESA radar,” the official added.

Preparations for the mass production of
the AESA aircraft nose radar have been
completed at Aselsan’s technology base
in Ankara. The AESA aircraft nose radar
is produced with 100 percent national

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