INAUGURATION OF NATIONAL BALLISTIC PROTECTION CENTER

National Ballistic Protection Center, founded in the frame of the “National Tank Armour Development and Foundation of a National Ballistic Protection Center” contract signed between ROKETSAN and Undersecretariat of Defence Industry (SSM) on November 11, 2009, was inaugurated by Minister of National Defence Mr. Vecdi GONUL on October 28, 2010.

ROKETSAN, an establishment of Turkish Armed Forces Foundation, has engaged itself to the responsibility of designing and developping the Armour Systems of the ALTAY Main Battle Tank with this contract, as well as its ongoing Medium and Long Range Anti Tank Missile Systems design and development studies.

Within the scope of this contract, a National Ballistic Protection Center was founded so as to gain the designing, testing and manufacturing capabilities in a single facility for the first time in Turkey. The National Ballistic Protection Center will not only serve to meet the requirements of the National Main Battle Tank Project, but also will be capable of developing solutions for any future studies about armour technologies in Turkey.

FINAL STEPS FOR 2.75" SEMI ACTIVE LASER GUIDED MISSILE

ROKETSAN Missiles Inc. have completed the design verification phase of its 2.75" Semi Active Laser Guided Missile, CIRIT, after the successful execution of the firing tests performed recently. Primarily developed to be used on the T129 Attack helicopter of the Turkish Armed Forces, CIRIT is an Air-to-Ground missile with 8 km range, filling the gap between the unguided rockets of the same caliber and the expensive anti-armor systems with its cost efficiency and high precision.

During the static and dynamic tests performed until now, many different test scenarios have been executed with success, including firing from moving helicopters against moving targets. The performance of the live warhead against armored targets have also been proved with these tests. AH-1W helicopters were used during these tests as the firing platform.

After completing the qualification of the production line, the missile will be ready for series production in 2010.