Turkiye’s MURAD AESA Aircraft Nose Radar successfully installed on F-16

By News Centre

Turkiye continues to make history in national aviation
technologies. MURAD AESA Aircraft Nose Radar, developed by Aselsan,
was successfully installed on the F-16 fighter plane. The radar
system, which significantly reduces the risk of aircraft being
detected, is used by the world’s most advanced 5th-generation
warplanes. Turkiye now has the technology that was developed by
countries such as the USA, China, England, Japan, and France.

AESA radars, an important part of modern military technology,
are used on many platforms, from warplanes to ships and land-based
systems. AESA radars, which can monitor different targets at the
same time, stand out with their fast target detection feature.
These radars, which offer high resolution to their users,
simultaneously perform other radar tasks while monitoring and
tracking targets.

In case of failure of any of the modules of AESA radars, which
are less detectable compared to traditional radar systems,
automatic backup is activated. This provides high security. MURAD
is expected to provide huge capability gains to the aircraft with
its simultaneous air-air and air-ground missions, multiple target
detection/tracking, beyond-visual missile guidance, high-resolution
ground image creation, and electronic warfare functions.

National unmanned aircraft ANKA III goes higher with each test
flight. The national unmanned aircraft ANKA III, which made its
first flight at the end of December, made its third flight. ANKA
III, which reached an altitude of 8 thousand feet in its first
meeting with the sky, rose to 10 thousand feet in the last test. In
the third flight, which lasted 2 hours, ANKA III’s autopilot and
flight mechanics tests were performed.

TAI General Manager Temel Kotil stated that the delivery of ANKA
III to the Air Force is targeted by the end of the year.

“ANKA-3 cannot exceed the speed of sound now, but its new
version, the twin-engine water speed, will exceed the speed of
sound. We built the second and third ANKA-3. Delivery will be at
the end of this year or the beginning of next year,” Kotil
said.

Turkiye’s first national turbofan aircraft engine, TEI-TF6000,
can also be integrated into ANKA III. The engine, which was fired
for the first time in recent weeks, is an important step on the way
to the national engine of the national combat aircraft KAAN and is
planned to be used in ANKA III and Kızılelma. The current engine
used in ANKA III comes from Ukraine.

Ground systems and data links used in ANKA and AKSUNGUR were
considered basic in ANKA III, which was separated from its family
with a new software system. The ANKA III system will be managed by
the same ground systems as ANKA and AKSUNGUR. These three systems
can be used as complementary elements in common missions, thanks to
the same ground system from which they are controlled. The ANKA III
system will be able to carry 650 kilograms of ammunition at each of
the two stations inside the fuselage, 650 kilograms of ammunition
at each of the wing interior stations, and 100 kilograms of
ammunition at each of the exterior stations. Thus, many options can
be integrated into ANKA III, including large munitions such as
SOM-J, MK-82, and Shelter Piercing Bomb, which are the most
commonly used in unmanned aerial vehicles.

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