Posted on 02/09/2011 7:31:08 PM PST by sukhoi-30mki
First domestically produced warship to be exhibited at defense fair
10 February 2011, Thursday / ERKAN ACAR, İSTANBUL
Turkey’s first domestically produced warship, the Heybeliada, will be exhibited at Turkey’s 10th biennial International Defense Industry Fair (IDEF 2011), which will be held on May 10-13.
Previous IDEFs, which are organized by TÜYAP Fair and Exhibition Organization Inc., were held in Ankara, preventing the exhibition of naval defense products. IDEF 2009 was held in İstanbul and this year the fair will be held in İstanbul’s coastal Büyükçekmece district, allowing for the exhibition of such products. This year’s fair will mark the exhibition of Turkey’s first domestically produced warship, named Heybeliada, a patrol and anti-submarine warship produced by the İstanbul Naval Shipyard Command in three years as part of the National Ship (MİLGEM) project.
The MİLGEM project stands as a turning point, as it marks the first corvette-class warship designed by Turkish naval engineers, while both the software and hardware of the corvette’s war management systems were also developed in the country, while much of the equipment was designed by domestic companies. Around 38 Turkish private sector companies were involved in the production of the Heybeliada’s sub-systems. The prototype cost close to $260 million to build.
The Heybeliada’s construction began on Jan. 22, 2007, and it has been put under comprehensive sea trials since 2008. Harpoon missiles as well as RAM PDMS air-guided missile defense systems are among the weapons featured on the Heybeliada. The systems and sub-systems developed for the ship include 3-D detection and tracking radars, degaussing systems, fire-control radars, hull-mounted sonar, naval guns, navigation radars and torpedo countermeasure systems.
The construction of the second ship in the MİLGEM project, Büyükada, is still underway at the İstanbul Naval Shipyard Command.
Two ships, TCGS Dost and TCGS Güven, which were produced for the Coast Guard Command, will also be exhibited at the fair. Local and foreign visitors to the fair will be able to tour the ships, which will be docked at Büyükçekmece coast.
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“Harpoon missiles as well as RAM PDMS air-guided missile defense systems are among the weapons featured on the Heybeliada. The systems and sub-systems developed for the ship include 3-D detection and tracking radars, degaussing systems, fire-control radars, hull-mounted sonar, naval guns, navigation radars and torpedo countermeasure systems.”
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