1st replacement, so far. OPVs are equipped by another product, developed locally. (Sonitus & HeliPlat).Altınay's ASIST replacement is dubbed the Kuşkapanı/Birdtrap. I like it.
Its acceptance tests were completed aboard TCG Istanbul.
That Lidar one has been proposed as an R&D project but use of Lidar is still boggling my mind. A laser beam provides sufficient information for a 1D moving arrest system, what Lidar would do apart from sensing 3D image of the platform is the arrest system is still moving in a similar manner.Since this is a first time LIDAR is used on the ship instead of laser beacon on the heli, i am wondering how good the system is in adverse weather where the air is literally filled in with thousands of water particle causing wrong detection. Maybe they have a paper published like some aselsan products?