Roketsan

Roketsan A.Ş.
Company typeJoint-stock company
IndustryDefense
Technology
Software
Aerospace
Founded1988, Ankara
Headquarters
Ankara
,
Turkey
Key people
Murat Ikinci
(General Manager)
ProductsRockets
Missiles
Cruise missiles
Mortars
Propellants[1]
Peripheral test
Simulation systems
RevenueIncrease $1.1 billion (2023)
Number of employees
3800 (2022)
Websitewww.roketsan.com.tr
Teber 81 Bomb Guidance Kit
Smart Micro Munition (MAM-L) platform with low payload capacity, e.g. unmanned aerial vehicles
FIM-92 Stingers made under license by Roketsan
Precision guidance kit HGK-84, penetrator bomb NEB-84 and laser seeker LAB of Roketsan

Roketsan Roket Sanayii ve Ticaret A.S. is a Turkish weapons manufacturer and defense contractor based in Ankara, Turkey. Incorporated in 1988 by Turkey's Defense Industry Executive Committee (SSİK) to establish the nation's industrial base on missile technology, the company has quickly risen to become one of Turkey's top 500 industrial corporations.

Roketsan's current share holders include Turkish Armed Forces Foundation (55.5%), ASELSAN (15%), MKEK (15%), Vakıflar Bankası (10%), HAVELSAN (4.5%).[2] Roketsan is best known for its wide range of guided and unguided rockets as well as guided missiles such as Bora, Tayfun, Atmaca, Cirit, UMTAS and OMTAS. The company also produces subsystems for Stinger, Rapier and ESSM missiles and provides technology and engineering solutions for other integrated civilian and military platforms. Recent developments highlight small-diameter precision-strike bombs for unmanned aerial vehicles.

Roketsan is the only Turkish company to have obtained CMMI/ DEV 3 (Capability Maturity Model Integration – for Development) approval for all its design and development processes.[3]

It was ranked 96th in 2018 and 89th in 2019 in Defense News' most valuable defense industry companies list.[4] In 2023, it was ranked 80th.[5]

The company is one of the organizers of the Teknofest Aerospace and Technology Festival.[6]

History

Roketsan, was founded on 14 June 1988 by the decision of the Defense Industries Executive Committee for the purpose of “Establishing a leading institution in the country for designing, developing and manufacturing rockets and missiles”.[7]

Roketsan signed a contract in 2013 to build the project of the national UFS Space Launch System.[8] In 2013, the Government of Turkey approved the construction of its first satellite launching center by Roketsan.[9] In August 2020, the Roketsan Satellite Launch, Space Systems and Advanced Technologies Research Center was established.[10]

On 29 June 2021, the governments of Turkey and Bangladesh signed a defence memorandum of understanding for the export of Roketsan products to Bangladesh, according to İsmail Demir, president of Presidency of Defense Industries.[11] Roketsan had already delivered the TRG-300 Tiger MLRS to the Bangladesh Army in June 2021 in a separate deal.[12] Bangladesh was set to become one of the top defence equipment clients of Turkey and Roketsan in the following few years. In October 2021, the Bangladesh Army received a second batch of the TRG-300 Tiger missile system.[13]

Shareholders

Shareholder structure of Roketsan is: [7]

Products

Cruise missile SOM-J at the Roketsan stand at IDEF 2015
Artillery rockets TR-107, TR-122 and TR-300 at the Roketsan stand at IDEF 2015
Medium range anti-tank missile OMTAS at the Roketsan stand at IDEF 2015
Anti-submarine warfare launcher system ASW at the Roketsan stand at IDEF 2015
Land Systems
Name Type Range
Base Bleed Unit (DYÜ)[14] Range Extender for Artillery Shells +%30
TRGK-30[15] Guidance Kit 40–90 km
Artillery Rockets[16] Artillery Rocket TR-107 : 3–11+ km

TR-122 : 16–36 km TRB-122 :16–36 km

T-122 Sakarya Multiple rocket launcher 16–40 km
T-107 Multiple rocket launcher 3–40 km
Multi Caliber Rocket Launcher MCL[17] Multi Purpose Rocket Launcher 10–280 km
TRG-300[18] Guided rocket artillery Block I: 30–120 km

Block II: 20–90 km

TRG-122[19] Guided rocket artillery 13–30 km
TRLG-122[20] Laser-guided rocket artillery 13–30 km
TRG-230[21] Guided rocket artillery 20–70 km
TRLG-230[22] Laser-guided rocket artillery 20–70 or 150 km
J-600T Yıldırım Ballistic missile Block l: 150 km

Block ll: 300 km Block lll: 900 km Block lV: 2500 km

Bora (missile) Ballistic missile Block l: 80–280 km

Block ll: 100-360 km

Tayfun (missile) Ballistic missile 380–600 km
Cenk (missile) Ballistic missile 400–1000 km
Air Defense Systems
Name Type Range
ALKA Directed Energy Weapon System (YESS)[23] Directed Energy Weapon System Laser: 500 m

Electromagnetic Destruction System (ETS): 1.000 m Electromagnetic Jamming System (EKS): 4.000 m

Hisar-A Air Defense Missile System 2–15 km
Hisar-O Air Defense Missile System 3–25 km
SİPER Air Defense Missile System 30–150 km
PorSav[24][25][26] MANPAD 4 km -6 km+[27]

(Also mounted on BMC Vuran vehicle integrated with Sungur Mobile air defense missile system)

Sungur MANPAD 500 m–8 km
Licensed production of FIM-92 Stingers[28] MANPAD 4.8 km+
Naval Systems
Name Type Range
Anti-submarine warfare launcher system ASW[29] Submarine Defense Rocket Laser: 500–2.000 m
Atmaca Long Range Anti-ship missile > 250 km
Çakır Medium range Anti-ship missile 150+ km
AKYA 533mm[30] Heavy Torpedo 50 km range[31]
Roketsan ORKA 324 mm[32][33][34][35] Lightweight Torpedo 25 km range[36]
HIZIR[37] Torpedo Countermeasure System Aselsan joint production
TORK[38] Anti-Torpedo Aselsan joint production
ZOKA[39] Acoustic torpedo countermeasure jammers and decoys Aselsan joint production
Precision Guided Missiles
Name Type Range
Roketsan Cirit Laser Guided Anti-Tank Missile 1.5 – 8 km
Roketsan TANOK 120mm[40] Laser Guided Anti-Tank Missile 1–6 km
Roketsan KARAOK 125mm[41] Fire-and-forget Anti-Tank Missile 2,500 m
Roketsan CİDA 90mm[42] Guided missile 50–750 m
Roketsan YATAĞAN 40 mm[43] Laser-guided miniature missile system 1,000 m
KARA ATMACA[44] Surface-to-Surface Cruise Missile 280 km
SOM A Air-to-Surface Cruise Missile 250 km
SOM B1 and B2 Air-to-Surface Cruise Missile 250 km
SOM J Air-to-Surface Cruise Missile 275 km
UMTAS 160 mm Long range anti-tank missile system 500–8,000 m
L-UMTAS 160 mm Laser-guided long range anti-tank missile system 500–8,000 m
OMTAS 160 mm[45] Medium range anti-tank missile system 200–4.000 m
Precision-guided munition
Name Type Range
Roketsan TEBER[46] Laser Guidance Kit 2–28 km
MAM-C high explosive variant Laser-Guided UAV Bomb 8 km
MAM-L thermobaric variant Laser-Guided UAV Bomb 8 km
MAM-T GPS/INS Guided variant[47][48] Laser-Guided UCAV Bomb 30 km launched from UCAVs

60 km launched from Ground attack aircraft

90 km launched from Multirole combat aircraft[49]

Ballistic Protection Systems
Name Type Ammunition Type Protected
RZK-7[50] Composite Armor Blocks Shrapnel - Mortar shell
RZK-10[51] Areal Protection System Shrapnel - Mortar shell
RZB-20/20B Areal Protection System Light weapons, Shrapnel and High explosives
ROKETSAN Ballistic Protection Center (BPC)[52] Ballistic Protection System Maximum protection against anti-tank missiles and RPG-type threats
Fuze Systems
Name Type Working system
107 mm Rocket Fuze Impact, Precision/Delayed
122 mm Rocket Fuze Impact, Precision/Delayed
122 mm Proximity Rocket/Missile Fuze Rocket Fuze Impact, Time (0-200 s) Proximity (1–15 m)
300 mm Proximity Rocket/Missile Fuze Rocket Fuze Impact, Time (0-200 s) Proximity (1–15 m)
20 mm M56 (M505 A3) Ammo Fuze Ammunition Fuze Impact
Space Projects
Name Type Details
Space Launch System (Turkey) Satellite Launch System The Micro-Satellite Launching System (MSLS)[53]

Facilities

  • Munition Disposal Facility (MAAT)
  • Air Bag Project “Booster Bag” used in airbag systems by ARC Automotive Company /U.S.A.produced by ROKETSAN.
  • Ammunition Surveillance Facility (MIGYEM)
  • Space Systems and Advanced Technologies Research Center

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