Turkish defence firm, Aselsan is rapidly growing its portfolio cutting-edge defence products. In the first nine months of this year, Aselsan has introduced new defence systems into the market, such as the GÖZDE guidance kit, SADAK national release system, KARAKURT reconnaissance and targeting systems, YARASA HF electronic support system and AYI HF electronic attack system. Aselsan recently commissioned a new avionics production facility and has also completed its AESA radar integration and production building. It has also started work on a new additional production facility for guided ammunition.
In the first nine months of 2023, the company’s turnover grew by 81 percent compared to the same period last year, reaching US$10.8 billion dollars with the largest ever outstanding orderbook in the company’s history. The company's gross profit increased by 75 percent, Aselsan’s General Manager Ahmet Akyol said in the first six months of 2023, the company successfully completed the nationalization of 68 products. The total number of products indigenised in the last five years has grown to 738, ensured that over US$900 million worthof foreign currency, remained in Turkey.
Aselsan has also developed Turkey's first autonomous underwater vehicle, DERİNGÖZ and also developed the ALBATROS Kamikaze Unmanned Marine Vehicle swarm, which neutralized the target ship in the tests carried out in Mersin. Important milestones have also been achieved for cutting-edge defence systems such as the GÜRZ hybrid air defence system, GÖKSUR close air defence missile system, GÖKDEMİR missile launching system and GÖKBERK mobile laser weapon systems. GÜRZ stands out as an innovative air and missile defence system that offers multiple interceptor capabilities against very low and low altitude air threats. GÖKSUR can perform air and missile defence missions against a threat set including anti-ship missiles, armed/unarmed unmanned aerial vehicles, cruise missiles, warplanes and helicopters.
Aselsan is also growing its capability when it comes to electronic warfare (EW) systems and unmanned vehicles, with the launch, earlier this year of EJDERHA, SÖKMEN, TUNGA and ERTUNGA products. Launched at IDEF 2023, 16th International Defence Industry Fair, earlier this year; EJDERHA is an EW system and SÖKMEN is an ESM system; while ERTUNGA and TUNGA are both medium class second level unmanned ground vehicles. Aselsan’s DRAGON is another new product developed to neutralize targets with electromagnetic signals.
Some of the other products on offer by Aselsan are the MURAD combat aircraft nose radar, ASELFLIR 500 new generation targeting system, IFF unified interrogator system, LGK 83 laser guidance kit, AMİR100C accident resistant duty station recorder, etc
