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THE FLAGSHIP OF THE DEFENSE INDUSTRY:

ASELSAN

ASELSAN is the largest organization of Turkey in
defense electronics. Standing at the top of the The most important strength of ASELSAN is its
first 500 ranking of ISO, ASELSAN has three main qualified employees. At the company, with more
premises in Ankara, which are in Macunköy, Akyurt than six thousand employees, 60 percent of the
and Gölbaşı. Established in 1975 to fulfil the needs of employees consists of engineers. 32 percent of the
communication equipment of Turkish Armed Forces, employees has a master’s or doctoral degree.
ASELSAN serves in every field of defense electronics
today. R & D activities are of vital importance to ASELSAN.
ASELSAN has reached its current endorsement
ASELSAN ranks 55th on the list of “Defense News with the original products as a result of its R & D
Top 100”, on which the world’s largest defense activities. ASELSAN has always had difficulties. To
industry companies take place. compete with the developed countries which had a
century to improve their technology, ASELSAN had
ASELSAN has become a technology company that to strive harder. It had a very limited time to catch up
designs and manufactures devices and systems with these countries under difficult circumstances
from the construction of materials with nanometric such as strict control to development studies,
details to any kind of land, air, sea, and space vehicles, prohibitions. The biggest factors in ASELSAN
and that can integrate these devices and systems succeeding this have been the tenacity of the
into any platform, as a result of its technology Turkish people, and incorporating the most talented
development studies. engineers of Turkey.
In addition, it works for use of its technologies Technology development studies are conducted
in areas other than defense industry. ASELSAN at 6 R & D Centers at ASELSAN. More than three
continues its works in the fields of transportation, thousand R & D engineers serve at these centers.
energy, security, and health electronics. Thus, it ASELSAN conducted 126 R & D projects with 36
desires to minimize the external technological universities in 2018. In addition, its R & D centers
dependence of our country in these sectors, and hold the certificate of CMMI, which is accepted
help alleviate our problem of current deficit, which is globally and which indicates R & D cultural maturity.
very well known by ensuring the manufacture of high
vale-added technological products in our country.

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