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Akya Heavy Class Torpedo will be put into service at the Turkish Naval Forces Command in 2021, according to the SSM annual report.
Under the AKYA National Heavyweight Torpedo Program, of which the €24 Million valued Phase-1 (Development Phase) contract was signed between the Presidency of Defence Industries (SSB), the main contractor Roketsan, and various domestic defence industry companies on May 8, 2009, a new Launch Test was carried out on December 20, 2019. According to our information and the test video shown at the evaluation meeting, the launch was performed from an underwater test platform at a depth of 40m. During this launch test, the AKYA Heavyweight Torpedo (HWT) was equipped with a live active/passive acoustic sonar sensor for the first time.
The first launch test of the 533mm AKYA HWT without the warhead and active/passive acoustic sonar sensor was carried out successfully in the Sea of Marmara on July 11, 2013. Under the AKYA National Heavyweight Torpedo Program, Roketsan will develop the warhead and guidance system, Meteksan Defence will develop the sonar transducer arrays (sonar wet end), and Koç Information and Defence Technologies (KBS) will develop the Wake Sensors, Torpedo Test Range Underwater Detection and Positioning System, Acoustic Signal Generators, and the Underwater Acoustic Models (to verify the systems and software to be developed under the program).
defenceturkey.com / Ibrahim Sunnetci
Under the AKYA National Heavyweight Torpedo Program, of which the €24 Million valued Phase-1 (Development Phase) contract was signed between the Presidency of Defence Industries (SSB), the main contractor Roketsan, and various domestic defence industry companies on May 8, 2009, a new Launch Test was carried out on December 20, 2019. According to our information and the test video shown at the evaluation meeting, the launch was performed from an underwater test platform at a depth of 40m. During this launch test, the AKYA Heavyweight Torpedo (HWT) was equipped with a live active/passive acoustic sonar sensor for the first time.
The first launch test of the 533mm AKYA HWT without the warhead and active/passive acoustic sonar sensor was carried out successfully in the Sea of Marmara on July 11, 2013. Under the AKYA National Heavyweight Torpedo Program, Roketsan will develop the warhead and guidance system, Meteksan Defence will develop the sonar transducer arrays (sonar wet end), and Koç Information and Defence Technologies (KBS) will develop the Wake Sensors, Torpedo Test Range Underwater Detection and Positioning System, Acoustic Signal Generators, and the Underwater Acoustic Models (to verify the systems and software to be developed under the program).
defenceturkey.com / Ibrahim Sunnetci
