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GÖKTÜRK

GROUND SURVEILLANCE SATELLITES

With the GÖKTÜRK Project, it is aimed to procure a
satellite system to obtain high resolution images for
military intelligence purposes from anywhere in the
world, and at the same time, produce images in many
civilian areas of activity such as controlling forest areas,
monitoring illegal construction, detecting the damage
in the shortest time after a natural disaster, detecting
crop harvest, and generating geographical maps data in
line with the technology transfer and joint development
principles.
Achievements obtained with the GÖKTÜRK Project
are: Establishing a modern and effective method for
monitoring the area and territorial waters surrounding
Turkey; creating a domestic industrialization model
in the space-satellite field, acquiring system and
subsystem level design capability and establishing an
assembly, integration and testing center.
The GÖKTÜRK Satellite was placed into orbit with a
Vega launch vehicle in French Guiana on 5th December
2016 and has begun to serve with the images obtained.

PROJECTS / R&D

AVCI

HEAD - MOUNTED COMMAND SYSTEM

With this project; Head - Mounted
Command System and sub-
components will be designed and
integrated to Attack Helicopter. This
system is integrated into helicopter
avionics and weapons systems
and will show the information
and symbols about day/night
image, navigation, aircraft flight
management to pilot, direct the gun
and FLIR systems over the mission
computer, perform the pilot’s
internal / external communication
functions, protect pilot’s eye
against the laser light and pilot’s
head against possible collisions.
AVCI-1 System, designed nationally
except for Display Module for
1st configuration of ATTACK
Helicopter, was accepted in
2015. AVCI-2 System, designed
nationally including Display Module
and all of the components, System
Acceptance Tests will be performed.

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