Delivery ceremony for Precision Guidance Kit-82

The Precision Guidance Kit-82 (HGK-82) Delivery Ceremony was held at Ankara Etimesgut third Air Upkeep Manufacturing facility.

Trade and Expertise Minister Mustafa Varank, Minister of Nationwide Protection Hulusi Akar and TUBITAK President Hasan Mandal attended the ceremony.

In his speech right here, Varank stated that the HGK-82s had been developed by the TÜBİTAK Protection Trade Analysis and Growth Institute (SAGE).

FULLY DELIVERED UNTIL AUGUST 2022

Informing that these kits flip common function bombs into good ammunition that may function in all climate circumstances day and evening with their steerage expertise, Varank reminded that the primary deliveries of HGK-82s had been made in partnership with TÜBİTAK SAGE and ASELSAN.

Varan, “The HGK-82s, which we now have delivered in the present day, are the primary batch accomplished throughout the scope of the equipment manufacturing challenge of 1000 items in whole carried out in partnership with ASFAT-TÜBİTAK. Hopefully, all of them will likely be delivered by August 2022.” he stated.

“A VERY IMPORTANT DEVELOPMENT THAT REMOVES EXTERNAL DEPENDENCE”

Noting that, not like earlier deliveries, Kaşif, the client of the native and nationwide world positioning system, has been built-in into this challenge, Varank made the next evaluation:

“Home and nationwide Explorer consumers had been used within the delivered kits. It’s a crucial improvement that eliminates international dependency. As well as, offering our third Air Upkeep Manufacturing facility Directorate with HGK manufacturing functionality is one other vital situation that ought to be emphasised.”

“WE HAVE TURNED THE EMBARGOS IN OUR Favour”

Stating that the political independence of the international locations has handed from the independence within the protection trade, Varank said that they neutralized the key and open embargoes towards Turkey on this subject with home and nationwide manufacturing.

Reminding that the embargo was utilized for the cameras utilized in Turkey’s SİHAs, Varank stated, “Nonetheless, did this intimidate us? We managed to show this to our benefit. We produced the merchandise they didn’t present regionally, and now we now have began utilizing these cameras in our SİHAs. We additionally get superb suggestions from our troopers.” he used his phrases.

“WE LOOKED AT THE TOP”

Noting that underneath the management of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Turkey is a protection trade with a home price of over 70 p.c, a turnover of 10 billion {dollars} and exports exceeding 3 billion {dollars}, Varank stated:

“We’ve got made nice strides in land, air and naval methods. We proceed on our approach with initiatives similar to Hürkuş, MİLGEM, MİLDAR. Our UAVs are on the forefront of the world’s agenda and within the headlines of newspapers. I hope that after we produce our fight UAVs, the world’s F-35s The manufacturing of our TCG Anadolu ship continues for the time being.

Hopefully, we will land and raise our fixed-wing UAVs at TCG Anadolu. After we obtain this, we would be the solely nation on the planet that may do that. We hope to realize larger success. As a result of we set our sights excessive with the imaginative and prescient of the Nationwide Expertise Transfer that our President drew for us.”

“WE ARE WORKING TO STRENGTHEN OUR TECHNOLOGICAL COMPETENCE”

Emphasizing that they’ve decided the protection trade as one of many focus areas within the 2023 Trade and Expertise Technique, which they ready within the gentle of the Nationwide Expertise Transfer, Varank defined that they’re working continuous in public-university-private sector cooperation to clinch technological competence on this subject.

Stating that they elevated the contribution to the protection trade day-to-day with assist applications, infrastructures and analysis institutes, Varank stated:

“TUBITAK SAGE, one of many architects of in the present day’s supply, is considered one of our establishments that began the nationwide good ammunition and nationwide missile revolution of our nation with its capability and capabilities. TÜBİTAK SAGE introduced Turkey’s first bunker-piercing bombs and our first nationwide cruise missile to the stock of our Air Pressure. On this approach, our plane can level to their goal from a distance of 250 kilometers. Gained the flexibility to destroy with a shot.

“WE WILL GAIN ANOTHER IMPORTANT CAPABILITY”

Our work continues for Bozdoğan and Gökdoğan, Turkey’s first nationwide air-to-air missiles that may improve the air dominance of our military. In fact, we additionally connect particular significance to the localization of the subsystems of those munitions. Our World Positioning System Receiver Explorer, which is built-in into the HGK-82s delivered in the present day, is considered one of them. It is rather vital that we nationalize them. We’ve got to carry them to a aggressive stage on the planet. We’ll achieve one other vital functionality with using Atlas, our Inertial Measurement Unit, developed by TÜBİTAK SAGE, in nationwide munitions.”

Varank said that apart from SAGE within the subject of protection trade, additionally they perform vital research at TÜBİTAK Informatics and Data Safety Superior Applied sciences Analysis Middle (BİLGEM) and TÜBİTAK Marmara Analysis Middle (MAM).

“PROJECTS TO FILL IMPORTANT BLOCKS”

Drawing consideration to the significance of competitiveness within the protection trade, Varank stated, “The best way to extend competitiveness is thru public-private sector cooperation. At this level, organized industrial zones and industrial zones established with the assist of our Ministry have a fantastic significance.

For instance, Kırıkkale Arms Trade Specialised OIZ, Ankara Aerospace and Aviation Specialised OIZ and Konya Expertise Industrial Zone are the initiatives that may fill vital gaps for our protection trade. Clusters in these areas will particularly play an vital function in decreasing prices and growing effectivity. made its evaluation.

“PROJECT POOL EXPANDING”

Varank said that along with the infrastructure creation perform, additionally they offered varied helps to protection trade initiatives, and used the next statements:

“Within the final 19 years, we now have offered 5.6 billion liras of assist to roughly 1000 initiatives within the subject of protection solely by TUBITAK. Once more, our contribution to protection trade enterprises within the final 3 years by KOSGEB has exceeded 65 million liras. 41 R&D facilities working on this subject, 5.1 billion liras. Due to all these helps, the challenge pool on this space is progressively increasing and every challenge triggers the opposite. The merchandise popping out of the initiatives improve the home price within the protection trade on the one hand, and contribute to employment and exports on the opposite. On this context, the high-tech merchandise we now have caught not too long ago The rise in manufacturing confirms this.”

“THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF DETERMINATION”

Emphasizing that homeland protection is an entire with land, air, sea, cyber world and area, Varank stated that Turkey’s mushy energy is a very powerful a part of its deterrence in addition to its wrist energy.

On this context, Varank said that they’ve taken steps to strengthen the facility of the Turkish protection trade in coordination with all establishments.

“PUBLIC IDENTITY WILL BE PROTECTED BY LAW”

Referring to the deliberate change within the construction of the Equipment and Chemical Trade Company (MKEK), Varank stated:

“Sadly, the opposition is finishing up a really soiled disinformation saying that ‘MKEK is being privatized’. We’re unhappy to comply with that some unions have been tricked into this. Within the Treasury, it is going to be remodeled right into a public joint inventory firm topic to the provisions of personal legislation, whose administration, rights and authorities are underneath the Ministry of Nationwide Protection.

“MKEK WILL MOVE MUCH FASTER”

The rights of its workers will likely be protected till the tip. Regardless of many structural issues, MKEK has made nice strides lately. As a public firm, it can develop into extra environment friendly and rather more aggressive, including energy to the energy of the Turkish Armed Forces and making nice contributions to our exports. Simply as there are firms similar to ASELSAN, ROKETSAN, HAVELSAN that may act a lot sooner, MKEK will flip into considered one of them.”

Noting that the logic of the non-public sector ought to be dropped at establishments in an effort to be aggressive within the remodeling world, Varank added that he believes the transformation that MKEK will expertise will even be helpful.