TÜBİTAK SAGE Director Gürcan Okumuş, who gave an interview in A Haber’s “Türkiye Yüzyılı’nda Sanayii ve Teknoloji”, announced that projects are being carried out for the use of GÖKDOĞAN and BOZDOĞAN air-to-air missiles from land and sea platforms in the near period.
In the EFES-2022 Combined, Joint Field Live-Fire Exercise, Gürcan Okumuş told Defence Turk that there are plans for the use of missiles developed within the scope of the GÖKTUĞ project on alternative platforms:
“The GÖKTUĞ project includes many test shots and testing processes. We are in the final stages. Our tests and studies on manufacturability continue. Additionally, we continue to work on the use of different platforms. We are examining whether we can use them in UAV, helicopter or close air defense at sea.”
NASAMS, which is used by NATO countries, can be given as an example system for the use of GÖKDOĞAN and BOZDOĞAN missiles on land. Initially developed for launching AIM-120 AMRAAM air-air missiles from land, NASAMS was integrated into the AMRAAM-ER missile, which was developed by combining the rocket engine of the AIM-9X Sidewinder and the RIM-162 ESSM missile and the components of the AIM-120 missiles for different ranges and threats in the following years.
For use at sea, it can be expected that a missile to be developed over BOZDOĞAN will be used for a system similar to Sea-RAM (For Example: ASELSAN GÖKDENİZ ER, ROKETSAN LEVENT), and a missile to be developed over GÖKDOĞAN (For example: the quadpack-capable G-40 missile concept with a larger rocket engine and folding fins introduced at IDEF19). It should be noted that some changes may be required on the design of existing missiles due to the difference in terms and conditions for use on land and at sea.
