The following events took place at the ceremony attended by President Erdoğan, Minister of National Defense Hilmi Akar, Chief of General Staff Gen. Yaşar Güler, Force Commanders, ROKETSAN Board of Directors Faruk Yiğit, and Roketsan General Manager Murat İkinci;
R-H Plant Installation
ROKETSAN was founded to put an end to dependency to other countries. The company made the necessary studies with the main component of equity for original and innovative local and national facilities on the production of RDX and HMX explosives warhead material of manufacture in order to gain the National Defence System in Turkey. The established production facility has been designed to perform RDX and HMX productions in the safest way using full automation with a remote control approach and to separate and classify its own waste.
Thanks to RDX and HMX productions, the explosives used in the warheads and reactive armour systems of ROKETSAN produced rocket and missile systems, which are needed for the defence of the country, will be produced without foreign dependency.
230 Shot
The design of the Laser Guided 230 mm Artillery Missile System, whose requirements were determined by taking into account the urgent needs in the field, was started in April 2020 during the pandemic process. The design process of the missile was shaped by the coordination of Roketsan and Baykar Defence. The aim is to destroy the targets marked by the Baykar TB2 UAV from far away with the precision of the point-hit with the firing power provided from the land.
Introducing Elmadağ Nuri Killigil and Lalahan Şakir Zümre Mosques.
The project of Elmadağ “Nuri Killigil” and Lalahan “Şakir Zümre” Mosques was prepared by taking Seljuk Architecture as an example. Mosques were planned for 800 people, including 650 men and 150 women. The contractor firm plans to complete it in January 2021.
