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purposes. The information should flow
from the headquarters to the soldier as
well, after the headquarters analyses the
situation based on details received from
different teams on the field. It is a truly
collective operation.”

The company’s Digital Soldier product fam-
ily comprises CENGAVER, Mixed Reality
Product Family ASGER, C4I Product Family
DOOB, and middleware software OCTOPUS.
The Digital Soldier concept involves equip-
ping the soldier with CENGAVER, digital sol-
dier solution developed to monitor the health
and activity data of military personnel. The
DOOB product family ensures top-level in-
formation flow between units in the field
and the headquarters as a C4I (Command,
Control, Communication, Computers, and
Intelligence) system. ASGER incorporates
Mixed Reality (MR) technology into mil- the soldiers on the field will still be able to From the country, we sell to other neigh-
itary operations. Data from CENGAVER remain connected and have continuous bouring countries. We are in advanced stag-
and UAVs are displayed in real-time and communication.” es of discussions with some companies.”
in three dimensions through both screens
and MR glasses via the ASGER system. The system is equipped with components
CENGAVER, DOOB, and ASGER communi- such as the Activity and Health Tracking It may vary from year to year, but 70 to 80%
cate through middleware software called Watch, Portable Computer, Positioning Unit, of the company’s business comes from
OCTOPUS, which has been developed in and Radio, which work in integration with the defence side, says Ünal. “Our history
accordance with JDSS (Joint Dismounted the DOOB-Mobile command and control is military applications and software. Our
Soldier System) standards. OCTOPUS or- application via Bluetooth. international sales on the military side is
ganizes data transfer between systems, good, but there is a tremendous scope for
ensuring seamless integration of all units Growing Internationally improvement. We are working hard on that.”
in the field and at headquarters. This allows
for faster tactical decision-making. The company’s products are based on input A large chunk of its international business
from the Turkish Armed Forces. “We are a comes from regions such as the Asia Pacific
“The soldier will be able to see the map software company, a solutions company, and Central Asia, says Ünal. “We are very
and the location,” says Ünal. “He can see an integration company. We have a lot of good in these regions. Also, the Middle
where he is, where his friends are, where his ex-military staff with engineering back- East, and in our homeland, of course. We
enemies could be. It gives him situational ground. Everything we do, we do together have started to infiltrate into Africa, North
awareness. He will also get guidance from with the Turkish Armed Forces. It is based Africa mainly. Some sales have already
the headquarters. This will work not just for on some requirement of the armed forces.” happened on the military side in the region.
individuals but groups.
Havelsan has been successful in finding The split in revenue between the domestic
“The small smart wristlet, which works on customers for its unmanned systems in- and international side of the business for
ultra-wideband and also GSM, will be car- ternationally, says Ünal. “We are doing very the military segment has seen change over
ried by each and every soldier. It looks like good with the export of the VTOL; we have the years, says Ünal. “On average, 30 to 40

a smartwatch but has different capabilities. sold them to quite a few countries. As for % of our business comes from international
It is for the security and safety of the sol- the UGV, we are discussions with some customers. But this year, it looks like a
dier. Even in case of a malfunction in com- countries. We look at big countries and if 50-50 split. We have been very successful
munication from soldier to headquarters, it is possible to invest for local production. this year.”

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