Turkish UAVs to be equipped with optronic system - ASELFLIR-600 PHOTO

Türkiye's leading defence industry companies ASELSAN and Baykar have signed a contract for the supply of an optoelectronic system.

"As part of our cooperation with Baykar, we have signed a contract for the supply of an electro-optical system worth 346,800,285 Turkish liras [$17.5 million]. We will make deliveries between 2023 and 2024," Defence Turk cites ASELSAN as saying.

Various electro-optical systems developed by ASELSAN are said to be used in unmanned systems such as ANKA, Bayraktar TB2, AKINCI and AKSUNGUR.

ASELSAN has published technical specifications for the ASELFLIR-600 electro-optical system developed for high payload platforms such as the AKINCI and AKSUNGUR UAVs. The ASELFLIR-600 can also be used in the T929 heavy-lift attack helicopter. ASELSAN is continuing work on the ASELFLIR F-500C for ANKA and Bayraktar TB2 drones, as well as the R-400D electro-optical systems for helicopters.

The ASELFLIR-600, with higher resolution than previous systems, features a 4096×2880 FHD daylight camera and a 1280×1024 thermal and SWIR camera. The ASELFLIR-600, which can be considered the equivalent of the optoelectronic MX25, in many ways the heaviest member of Wescam's MX family, weighs 120kg. In addition to high resolution, the ASELFLIR-600 also includes features such as increased image range with wider optical equipment, 4-axis mechanical + 2-axis optical stabilisation, automatic target detection, multiple target tracking and a laser marking range of 35km.

🔵🇹🇷ASELSAN ve Baykar arasında tedarik anlaşması

🔸17.5 milyon dolar değerindeki anlaşma ile ASELSAN, Baykar'a Elektro Optik Sistem tedarik edecek
📎 @aselsan @BaykarTech
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— Defence Turk (@Defence_Turk) May 25, 2023