When did Turkey develop GAN manufacturing technology?
Today, ASELSAN’s Radar product portfolio includes Air Defense, Reconnaissance and Surveillance, Airborne Imaging and Weapon Locating Radar Systems.
ASELSAN radar system expertise covers frequency bands L through Ka Band and encompasses advanced radar technologies such as active phased array, GaAs and GaN based Transmit/Receive Modules
Aselsan GaN semiconductor material based nanotransistor technology which is used in GaN based AESA Radars
Raytheon , BAE Systems , Northrop Grumman , Thales , Elbit Systems and Turkish ASELSAN are in top of the world for Electronics , Electronic Warfare Systems , GaN based AESA Radars , etc
Only the US , Russia , China , France and Turkey will have their own Destroyer with own design , AESA radar , combat management system , E/O Systems , electronic warfare system , VLS , SAMs , Anti ship missile , land attack cruise missile , torpedo , CIWS , Towed Active Sonar , Torpedo Counter Measure System , etc
Its GaN based AESA Naval Radar technology
-- 150 km Poliment 5P-20K ( Admiral Gorshkov class Frigate of the Russian Navy ) ... RUSSIA
-- 222 km FCS-3 ( Akizuki class Destroyer of the Japanese Navy ) ...... JAPAN
-- 250 km EL/M-2248 MF-STAR ( Kolkata class Destroyer of the Indian Navy ) ... ISRAEL
-- 320 km Raytheon AN/SPY-3 ( Zumwalt class Destroyer of the US Navy ) .... THE US
-- 400 km BAE Systems SAMPSON ( Type-45 class Destroyer of the Royal Navy ) ... THE UK
-- 400 km Thales SMART-L ( Horizon class Destroyer of the French Navy ) .... FRANCE
-- 450 km H/LJG-346B ( Type 055 class Destroyer of the Chinese Navy ) ... CHINA
-- 450 km Aselsan CAFRAD ( TF-2000 class Destroyer of the Turkish Navy ) ... TURKEY
On 13th December 2018, RIM-162 ESSM missile fired from the Turkish Navy Frigate TCG GOKSU hit a target drone. The live shooting exercise was important as the target was tracked and illuminated by Turkish made AESA Radar System CAFRAD
Active, Non-Rotating IFF Antenna Subsystem
• STANAG 4193 compliant Mode 1/2/3/C/S/5 interrogation
• 450 km range
Active Phased Array Multifunction Radar
• X-Band
• Volume and horizon search
• Air/surface target detection, tracking and classification
• Sea-skimming fast-small target detection and tracking
• Multiple target precise tracking
• 150 km range
• Track capacity >1000
Active Phased Array Illumination Radar
• X-Band
• Semi-active missile guidance
• 150 km range
Active Phased Array Long Range Search Radar
• S-Band
• Long Range volume search
• Air/surface target detection, tracking and classification
• 450 km range
• Track capacity >2000
Land based long range AESA Radars in Europe
-- 470 km Thales Ground Master 400 ... FRANCE
-- 470 km Saab GIRAFFE 8A .... SWEDEN
-- 500 km Leonardo RAT-31DL ... ITALY
-- 600 km Aselsan EIRS .... TURKEY
Aselsan GaN based EIRS Early Warning Radar
EIRS is a new generation S-Band radar developed for long range early warning with its AESA and digital beamforming antenna architecture. EIRS has the ability to detect and track air breathing targets, ballistic missiles, anti-radiation missiles and stealth/low RCS targets from very long ranges
• State of the Art Solid-State Power Amplifier Technology
• Digital Beamforming
• Target Classification Capability
• Various Tactical Operation Modes
• Long Range Mod5/S IFF System (Compatible with NATO STANAG-4193)
• Compliance with the Tactical Communication Networks
• Advanced Electronic Protection Measures and Cyber Security
• Counter Measures against Anti-Radiation Missiles
Aselsan Airborne AESA Radar by 2022
Aselsan AESA Radar is being pitched for integration on the Turkish air force's fleet of F-16s
AESA Radar will be capable of non-co-operative and automatic target recognition, while also featuring protection against radar frequency jamming, and has electronic support and electronic attack functions
Its air-to-air capabilities include extended-range search, track while scan modes and weather detection, as well as multiple target tracking, providing mid-course guidance for missiles and battle damage assessment.
For ground surveillance applications, the design features synthetic aperture radar (SAR) and ground moving target indication/tracking (GMTI/T) modes, along with air-to-ground ranging
Aselsan believes its AESA radar could eventually compete with systems such as Northrop Grumman's APG-83 Scalable Agile Beam Radar