Turkey to Develop Homegrown Air Defense System

The HİSAR Low and Medium Altitude Air Defence system has been designed by Roketsan. It is the First National Air Defence Missile system of Turkey (Credit: Roketsan)

Turkish companies Aselsan, Roketsan and Tübitak Sage have signed an agreement with SSM, the Turkish Undersecretariat for Defence Industries, for a national long-range air defense system project.

Aselsan, Turkey's largest defense electronics company, announced on Tuesday that its share under the agreement was $227 million and $342 million and that the deliveries will be completed in 2021.

Roketsan, a major Turkish weapons manufacturer and defense contractor, designs, develops and manufactures rockets and missiles. Tübitak Sage is a Turkish institution carrying out research and development projects on defense industry technology.

 

Source: Army Recognition

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