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Our integrated roadmap plays a crucial role various categories. technology transfer projects and joint ven-
in this process. It helps us plan out how tures. We have established local produc-
and when we acquire these technologies, Please elaborate on Aselsan’s success in tion facilities and maintained a reputation
making sure we stay on track with our developing indigenous radar technology for delivering not only solutions but also
strategic goals. This roadmap ensures within Türkiye? support for local manufacturing in different
we’re always moving forward and ready to Aselsan, as a company of Turkish Armed regions. Our cultural familiarity with certain
meet the evolving needs of our customers Forces is responsible for not only devel- regions enhances our ability to train and
and stakeholders. collaborate with our partners effectively.
oping high technology radar systems, but These investments do not only improve
As a company targeting to be among the also developing an ecosystem of local our ability to respond to customer needs
top 30 defence companies by 2030, we companies capable of designing and man- immediately, but also strengthens our
are constantly investing in research and ufacturing certain parts of high-tech radar communication processes. Our increasing
development and incorporating this men- systems. Aligning to this mission, Aselsan footprint globally enables us to establish
tality in all our processes and activities. is currently working with more than 3700 closer and more sustainable relationships
A technology hub like Aselsan may never local companies in Türkiye. with our customers, thus taking customer
stop developing its capabilities constantly Those companies are working on several satisfaction to higher levels. We believe
in the field of research and development. parts of the radar systems ranging from these partnerships will not only increase
Therefore, we have set a strategic vision component level up to subsystem level job opportunities but will contribute to
for ourselves called AselsaneXt 2030. local economies, as well.
assembly. Highlighting examples of their
outputs are GaN transistors, ASICs imple-
As part of this strategic vision:
menting certain tasks, digital processing
 With aTalent, we will find and train qual- boards, embedded and application-level What are Aselsan’s future plans for R&D
ified human resources. software products, power amplifiers, solid expenditure, infrastructure and partner-

 With aFast, we will create a fast and state transmit and receive modules for ships with Turkish academia?
effective working system with digital, lean AESA radar systems. The examples can As an R&D-oriented technology company,
and agile processes. be increased but we can simply say that, Aselsan continuously evolves, innovates,
with our assistance Türkiye now owns a and renews itself, steadfastly pursuing
 We will work on game-changing future highly talented ecosystem of technology our transformation journey. In order to
technologies with integrated roadmaps companies which are working on the de- increase the national contribution in R&D
within the scope of aTech. sign, development and manufacturing of projects we do our absolute best to utilize
 With aMass, we will focus on infrastruc- radar system components the technological opportunities available
ture and investments that will increase in the country. For this purpose, we col-
mass production capability. laborate with all our stakeholders in our

 With aBusiness, we will adopt an export We would like to gain some insight into R&D activities and mutually feed into the
ecosystem we exist in. Therefore, univer-
and business development focused orga- Aselsan’s collaboration with foreign sity-industry collaboration is at utmost
nization, branding and product focused partners for defence technology. importance for us in terms of transform-
approach. Aselsan, which plays a crucial role in meet- ing the scientific knowledge generated
ing Turkey’s defence and security needs at academia to practical knowledge that
What have been the chief results of with its skilled workforce and engineering can be used in the product development
Aselsan R&D over the last 3-5 years? capabilities, has increasingly emphasized processes.
Aselsan, one of Türkiye’s R&D leaders, its identity as a “global defence company”
currently has nine R&D centers and we in recent years. In this ecosystem, we work together with
have over 6,700 employees at our R&D TÜBİTAK (Scientific and Technological
centres. We are fully focused on advanced Following the opening of new offices in Research Council of Türkiye), universi-
technologies with our R&D centres and Poland, Chile, the UAE, and Saudi Arabia ties, research centres, techno parks, our
personnel because Aselsan has been de- in 2023, and the recent establishment of subcontractors and public institutions, in
veloping the best and unique systems in offices in Balkans, Uzbekistan and Oman, coordination with the Ministry of National
its field with its knowledge and extensive our presence around the world has been Defence, Ministry of Industry and the
R&D infrastructure for 49 years. remarkably increased. We are now actively Department of Technology and Defence
Thanks to our R&D centres, we are reaping present in 20 countries through our 22 Industries.
the fruits of our development of unique entities, and we aim to further expand our
products at high standards based on ad- global presence with our plans to open We also offer many development oppor-
vanced technologies. Acting on this vi- new offices. In line with our export-driv- tunities to our work force after starting
sion, Aselsan broke a historical record by en growth strategy, we aim to bring our their academic career at Aselsan. Our
spending a total of 19.486 million TRY on innovative products and modernization employees have the opportunity to pur-
R&D and 16.695 million TRY on external expertise to more countries, particularly sue master’s and doctorate degrees at
R&D in 2023. in Europe, the Middle East, Latin America,
South Asia, and Africa. Türkiye’s best research universities as
The fact that we place the highest val- part of the Aselsan Academy, with the aim
ue on R&D and innovation in our country Aselsan has a strong global presence of reinforcing their technical capabilities
is recorded by the awards we receive in built over many years through successful for the projects they work on at Aselsan.

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