Türkische Rüstungsindustrie

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Turkey Seeks Local Solution to UAV Need

BY BURAK EGE BEKDIL, ANKARA
February 14, 2005


Turkey’s military and procurement authorities have begun work on indigenous unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to meet the country’s long-term needs, even as they assess international bids for the short-term requirement.

“The national program … aims to meet our long-term requirement,” one military official said. “We also have a short-term need for the UAVs which we hope soon to meet through a foreign supplier.”

Turkey’s defense procurement office, the Undersecretariat for Defense Industries, or Savunma Sanayi Mustesarligi (SSM) in Turkish, recently inked a deal with Turkish Aircraft Industries to develop a UAV prototype “that will have features similar to that of the U.S.-made Predator.”

A procurement official familiar with the program said the prototype will fly at an altitude of 30,000 feet and be able to operate for 24 hours.

He said the government has earmarked $30 million for the development phase of Turkey’s national UAV program. Turkish Aircraft Industries, also known by its Turkish acronym TUSAS, will work with Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI), he added.

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Otokar introduces new version of Cobra



Turkish company Otokar has developed a Light Armoured Tactical Vehicle (LATC) version of its Cobra (4x4) light armoured vehicle. This retains its bullet-proof windscreen at the front but the upper part of the sides, rear and roof hatch have been removed.

A roll-over protection cage has been fitted over the crew compartment and the upper part of the vehicle can be covered by a tarpaulin cover. Half doors are fitted in either side and at the rear of the vehicle to provide for rapid exit. Over each of the rear wheel stations are racks that can be lowered to enable an additional 300kg of supplies to be carried. It would typically have a crew of four, including commander and driver.

The LATC is well suited to special operations roles and can be fitted with roof-mounted 7.62mm or 12.7mm machine guns.

Automotive components for the Cobra are from the AM General HMMWV (4x4). Standard equipment includes powered steering and a central tyre inflation system. A wide range of optional equipment can be fitted, such as a winch and electrically operated smoke grenade launchers.

The first pre-production example of the LATC was completed last year and has undertaken a successful series of trials in the Middle East.

Cobra has been in service with the Turkish Land Forces Command for some years in a variety of roles and missions. More than 100 vehicles have been manufactured and an amphibious version has been in service with an export customer for several years.

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Rapid launcher from Roketsan



Christopher F Foss

Turkish company Roketsan is showing for the first time at IDEX a concept demonstrator of a 107mm (24-round) rocket launcher system mounted on the rear of an AM General High Mobility Multi-Purpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) chassis. The concept demonstrator being shown at IDEX was developed in response to a specific customer requirement in the Middle East.

In the cab of the vehicle would be the computerised fire control system coupled to an inertial navigation system to rapidly lay the rocket launcher onto the target within one minute of coming to a halt.

It is envisaged that no chassis stabiliser would be required at the rear of the HMMWV since the computer would ensure that rockets are launched at the correct sequence to avoid over-stressing the chassis.

Once fired, the system would redeploy to a reloading area where new composite pods each of 12 rockets would be rapidly reloaded using a crane.

Currently two types of spin stabilised rockets can be fired – TR-107 high explosive and TRB-107 steel ball – which have a maximum range of more than 11,000m. These are manufactured by Roketsan for the home and export markets.

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