Aviation, Space and Technology Festival (TEKNOFEST), of which Anadolu Agency (AA) is the "Global Communication Partner" and carried out by the Ministry of Industry and Technology and the T3 Foundation, welcomes its visitors at Şanlıurfa GAP Airport.
In his statement to the AA correspondent at the festival, ROKETSAN General Manager İleri said that people, especially young people, in TEKNOFEST Şanlıurfa showed great interest in missiles, rockets and aircraft, which are the products of the National Technology Move.
Second, emphasizing that this interest is a great source of motivation for them, said:
"Because this generation will be the generation that will carry this burden in the future and undertake the National Technology Move. Our most important stakeholders are our young brothers here. As a stakeholder of TEKNOFEST from the very beginning, we strive to increase the interest of our young brothers and student brothers who want to improve themselves in this field with our products as much as possible in rocket, missile competitions, underwater competitions and other organizations. It is pleasing for us to see that this is bearing fruit."
BARBAROS Coastal Defense System was exported for the first time
Murat İkin also spoke about the BARBAROS Coastal Defense System, which was exported for the first time with the signatures signed at the ADEX Fair held in Azerbaijan.
Pointing out the importance of the export of BARBAROS, which uses ATMACA and ÇAKIR missiles and can operate autonomously or through a command and control system, İkik said:
"BARBAROS is a platform that will make a significant contribution to the deterrence of the Azerbaijani Armed Forces at sea. Since it uses our ÇAKIR and ATMACA missiles, we can say that we have exported our products, which we produce extremely quickly and serially. Azerbaijan is not only a country that uses our products, but also a country with which we develop capabilities together. We also opened a joint production facility there. When we look at this in this sense, the ADEX Fair in Azerbaijan is one of the most valuable and valuable fairs of this region for us. has become."
Running ahead of the target in exports
Murat İkin also said that ROKETSAN's export performance this year is above their targets and that they will close the end of the year above their targets.
Stating that the main goal of the company is to become one of the 50 most important and largest defense companies in the world, İkik said, "We have experienced a serious climb this year. Hopefully, with even greater momentum next year, we will take ROKETSAN to the top very quickly. ROKETSAN is in a very rapid growth process, both in terms of exports and production potential." he said.
Export-oriented growth target with KAYI Defense
Second, he also gave information about KAYI Defense, which is a 100 percent subsidiary of ROKETSAN and exhibited its capabilities at the ADEX Fair for the first time.
Stating that the company has a structure where classical and long-range ammunition, guided 155 ammunition, mortar ammunition and rocket systems such as 122 and 107 will be produced, İkik emphasized that the main goal is to grow export-oriented by reaching a high production capacity.
The second continued his words as follows:
"ROKETSAN is one of the world's leading companies in the field of guidance kits, but guidance kits are used together with classical aircraft bombs. As an integrated product with these aircraft bombs, guidance kits, and fuzes, ROKETSAN has now reached the capability to deliver them. In other words, when a country asks us for a guided aircraft bomb, we have come to a stage where we can produce and deliver it with the guidance kit, fuze, and the aircraft bomb itself. This was very valuable for us. KAYI's biggest growth was "Its potential is actually high production capacity, and with this high production capacity, ROKETSAN products will have a complementary effect. We are making huge investments in KAYI. Hopefully, we will use its existing infrastructure for mass production and expand it to much larger capacities in the future."
Mass production time in TAYFUN Block-3
Murat İkin also gave information about the work on the TAYFUN ballistic missile developed by ROKETSAN.
Explaining that shooting tests continue in many different parts of Türkiye, İkik stated that they shared some of these tests with the public, but it was not possible to share all of them.
Referring to the developments regarding the TAYFUN missile family, İkik said:
"The mass production of TAYFUN Block-2 continues, there is a busy delivery schedule. However, we are about to complete the activities required for the mass production of TAYFUN Block-3. Their mass production will start this year, and their deliveries will begin. The TAYFUN family has a growing potential both in terms of production capacity and product diversity. At the same time, we are trying to integrate new capabilities with tests in the field. Together, we have a higher level, higher technology and a more intense ballistic missile production schedule. I hope we will all witness it together."
