SALVO, the unmanned naval vehicle produced by Dearsan Shipyards, has successfully passed its tests while being equipped with TRAKON LITE, the nationally-produced naval remote-controlled weapon system (RCWS) developed by UNIROBOTICS.
The UKSS was developed with the work of UNIROBOTICS -one of the Samsun Yurt Savunma (SYS) Group Companies which includes CANiK- and it was successfully integrated into the SALVO Armed Unmanned Naval Vehicle (SİDA) designed and built by DEARSAN Shipyard.
The test firings of the vehicle were carried out on February 21st and 22nd of 2024. On February 22nd, during the tests carried out in the Marmara Sea, remote-controlled firing was carried out from a distance of approximately 11 km, and all tests were successfully completed.
“Developed entirely with domestic and national technologies”
Ömür Baç, General Manager of UNIROBOTICS, stated that unmanned naval vehicles are gaining more and more importance today, and said:
"As UNIROBOTICS, we continue to implement projects of great importance for our country. We are happy to have successfully integrate our Naval Type UKSS TRAKON LITE product; which is equipped with superior command control and navigation systems and developed by DEARSAN Shipyard, financed and carried out with our own resources and we developed entirely with domestic and national technologies; into SALVO and we are happy to have brought it to the Turkish Defense Industry. As you know, our country's indigenous naval ASV systems are designed by considering the inventory and needs of all friendly and allied countries, especially Turkey. With this project, we will increase Turkey's capabilities in the maritime field and serve Turkey's goals to stand out in international competitiveness. In the coming period, we will continue to develop domestic technology and increase Turkey's domestic production capacity in the defense industry by assuming a pioneering role in the field of arming unmanned naval vehicles."
Research and development activities for unmanned naval vehicles, one of the most important technologies of today, are being carried out by many countries around the world. In the future, the role of unmanned naval vehicles is expected to increase even further with the developments in technology. In this context, Turkish defense industry aims to increase the performance and efficiency of autonomous unmanned naval vehicles such as SALVO SİDA, which are developed entirely with domestic and national technologies, and to expand their operational capabilities.
📌@DearsanShipyard tarafından üretilen insansız deniz aracı SALVO'ya, UNİROBOTICS'in milli deniz tipi uzaktan kumandalı silah sistemi TRAKON LITE entegre edildi ve testleri başarıyla tamamlandı.
🔗https://t.co/xdg5faudKB pic.twitter.com/vzszclNgf7— DefenseHere (@defensehere_tr) March 18, 2024
