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New Platforms of the Turkish Navy to Enter Service
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New Platforms of the Turkish Navy to Enter Service
New naval platforms will be accepted into the service with the ceremony on the 19th of January, as TurDef wrote exclusively.
TCG İstanbul (F 515) frigate, TCG Derya (A 1590), TCG Arif Ekmekçi (A 575) logistic support ship and Marlin USV will be accepted into Turkish Navy service with a ceremony to be held in Yalova. President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Defence Minister Yaşar Güler, Chief of General Staff Metin Gürak, Navy Commander Ercüment Tatlıoğlu, President of Defence Industry Agency Haluk Görgün will attend the ceremony.

TCG İstanbul (F 515) is the first frigate of the MİLGEM national warship programme under the İ-class. Three more ships in this class are under construction, and four will be built according to the decision taken during the SSİK meeting. Even though it is not declared, TurDef expects the second batch to have a larger capacity for air defence missiles.

TCG İstanbul (F 515) will use the new naval systems from the Turkish defence industry, such as:

ASELSAN CENK AESA 3D multi-beam naval radar, optimised for medium-to-long-range high-altitude air and surface surveillance and target designation (to replace Thales Nederland’s SMART-S)
SAPAN fire control system for anti-aircraft warfare
ROKETSAN MİDLAS vertical launch system (To replace Lockheed Martin’s Mk41 VLS)
ROKETSAN HİSAR-D medium-altitude air defence missile (In place of RIM-162 ESSM)
SİPER long-range air defence missiles
ASELSAN GÖKDENİZ 35 mm CIWS (In place of Phalanx CIWS)
ALTINAY Helicopter Recovery/Transfer System (to replace Canadian subcontractor)

https://www.turdef.com/article/new-platf...er-service