Feasibility Studies Started for Domestic AWACS
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Work has started for domestic AWACS production. According to the information obtained by Virtualsavunma.com, feasibility studies have started for the domestic production of AWACS, namely Havadan Erken İkaz ve Kontrol (HIK) Aircraft, which the Air Force Command plans to use in the future.
AWACS aircraft, which enable air, land and surface naval platforms to be detected from long distances without being stuck on the horizon line of the world, include an advanced radar and are considered among strategic weapon systems, are among the indispensables of air combat.
Boeing-manufactured E-7T aircraft, which have been successfully performing their duties since they entered service in 2015, are among the most critical and advanced systems in the hands of the Air Force Command. However, this does not prevent the Turkish Air Force from procuring a domestic Airborne Early Warning and Control Aircraft whose critical data are known only to Turkey.
As a result of the developing defense industry ecosystem, many of our companies, especially Military Electronics Industry (ASELSAN) and Turkish Aerospace Industries (TUSAŞ), develop important technologies in the field of aircraft and electronic systems. Domestic AESA radars, which will be used in domestic platforms such as electronic warfare aircraft Hava SOJ and F-16, Bayraktar Akıncı, MİUS, Hürjet and National Combat Aircraft, can be given as an example to this situation.
The Integrated RF System (BURFIS), developed by ASELSAN for the National Combat Aircraft, is the most advanced air-based AESA radar being developed in our country. Virtualsavunma.com, on the other hand, within the scope of the right to obtain information to learn whether our defense industry will undertake a larger project after this advanced radar, "Will the Air Force Command have a domestic AWACS hysteria?" He asked the question to the Defense Planning and Project Management Presidency.
“Feasibility studies have been started on the subject and the public will be informed according to the results.
DEFENSE PLANNING AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT.”
The present E-7T Peace Eagle AWACS aircrafts
Negotiations for a domestic AWACS started with the USA in November 2000, and Airborne Early Warning and Control (HIC) aircraft were ordered from Boeing in 2003. In 2014, the first E-7T Peace Eagle aircraft was delivered to the Turkish Air Force by Boeing. (See; Gökhan Missile will be used first in the F-16 and then
A MESA radar produced by the US company Northrop Grumman is used in E-7T Peace Eagle aircraft. This MESA radar, which is 360 degrees and can be used operationally in all weather conditions, has a range of more than 400 km at an altitude of 10,000 meters. E-7Ts can theoretically detect 1500 targets simultaneously.
There are 4 of these systems, which can operate at altitudes of 41,000 Dr. and have a range of 3,500 nm, in the Turkish Air Force inventory. 2 options are not used. In the future, feasibility studies have started for the domestic AWACS, which is planned to be developed to be used with E-7Ts.
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