Supply contract signed for national cruise missile

With the signing ceremony held at the SSB, an important stage was reached in the process of making the ÇAKIR Cruise Missile, developed with national resources, available to the Land Forces.

ÇAKIR Cruise Missile Supply Contract was signed by SSB President Haluk Görgün and ROKETSAN General Manager Muratİkinci.

The project, initiated by ROKETSAN with its own research and development activities and progressing with the support of the SSB, makes a strategic contribution to Türkiye's capabilities in the field of cruise missiles with its domestic and national systems.

"A DETERRENT AND VERY CAPABLE CRUISE MISSILE"

In his evaluation at the signing ceremony, SSB President Haluk Görgün stated that Türkiye gained deterrent and highly capable cruise missile capability with the project.

Expressing that the ÇAKIR Project was implemented with the engineering capabilities of ROKETSAN, the support of the SSB and the contributions of the wide industrial ecosystem, Görgün pointed out that there were serious local and national contributions in many critical components of the missile, from the seeker head to the turbojet engine.

Stating that the Land Forces also provided significant support during the qualification and preparation of the system for use, Görgün emphasized that the capability gained by ROKETSAN in the field of cruise missiles is followed with admiration in the world.

Görgün stated that the contract processes were completed in line with the decisions taken and thanked all institutions, ROKETSAN employees and subcontractors who contributed.

COMMON ARCHITECTURE WITH KARA ATMACA

Developed within the scope of the project in which missile types with different configurations were developed, ÇAKIR has the capability of surface-to-surface and air-to-surface use.

Designed to operate against both land and sea targets, the missile can also be fired from the KARA ATMACA Weapon System, which will be included in the inventory of the Land Forces Command. Thanks to this capability, it will be possible to evaluate flexible, sensitive and deep strike capabilities for different operational needs within the common system architecture.

Developed with the participation of approximately 200 companies

Approximately 200 companies contributed to the project, which was carried out with the broad participation of the local and national defense industry ecosystem, with ROKETSAN as the main contractor.

Domestic contributions in critical components such as the seeker head and turbojet engine have significantly strengthened Türkiye's engineering and production capabilities in defense technologies. The Land Forces Command also supported the project during the development and qualification processes.