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3February 2018 Roketsan

Message from the Chairman of the Board

Message from the President & CEO

From the Editorial Board

Roketsan’s Agenda

Three Awards for RoketsanRoketsan-Eurosam CooperationMinister of National Defence Visits RoketsanDefense News Top 100 List Welcomes Roketsan!

Our Design & Engineering Strength

Roketsan’s New Generation Cruise Missile SOM

Fairs and Exhibitions

Roketsan at MAKS Air ShowRoketsan at DSEI 2017Roketsan at AUSA for the 7th timeRoketsan at Arms & Security 2017 FairRoketsan at South KoreaRoketsan at the Defense & Security 2017 FairRoketsan Products Made a Strong Impression at Dubai Airshow 2017Roketsan at the Combat Helicopter ConferenceRoketsan at AFA ConferenceITU ROTEK, Ranked First in the World

News from Roketsan

Roketsan Continues to Achieve "Firsts"…We Became the First Foundation Company to Acquire On-Site Import and On-Site Export PermitRoketsan and Airbus Continue to CooperateOur Scientific Achievement

Being a Member of Roketsan

Turkey Became Champion at the European Amputee Football Federation (EAFF)European Championship, Held in Turkey!Our Visit to ATATÜRK

Our Visitors

Roketsan in the Media

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ISSN 1302-1435 • PUBLISHED TWICE a YEAR

Ownership on Behalf of Roketsan

Selçuk YAŞAR

Managing Editor

Yavuz AKA, PhD

Editorial Board

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Doğan SÜRÜCÜMustafa Akın ERDEM

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responsibility of the articles published in this magazine,

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author(s). Roketsan can in no way be held responsible,

to any extent. The articles and editorials published

reflect the personal views of the author(s), and do not

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MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD

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Dear Readers,

Political and social instabilities that have recently been felt throughout the world, has forced countries to prioritize their defencerequirements more than ever, therefore considerably increasing their aspirations towards national defence industrial capabilities. As one ofthe leading factors directly affecting the balance of power between nations, efforts towards the improvement of capabilities and capacities inthe area of defence industry, is also increasing globally. It is no coincidence that countries with indigenous and locally manufacturedproducts and systems are characterized to be stronger and independent. In this regard, the important progress that Turkey is making, ispromising for the future of the country.

Developments in the defence industry, directly effects other industrial areas as well. As a result of its position, investments in the sector, turninto indirect investments on the future of science and thus to our tomorrows. The fact that R&D has been a part of the Roketsan culture sinceits establishment, and the adaptation of planning the future from today, plays an important role in the success that Roketsan has achieved.

Entering the ‘Defense News Top 100 List’ for the first time in 2017, which lists the top 100 defence industrial activities of the world, hasgiven us the satisfaction of achieving one of the short-term goals of Roketsan. This success is an important milestone, not only for Roketsanbut also for the sector. The fact that three Turkish companies have made the list, is a strong indicator of how far the local industry hasadvanced under the support of the Turkish Armed Forces and under the leadership of the Undersecretariat for Defence Industries (SSM).

We see R&D activities as the lifeline of our company. We dedicated roughly 37 % of our 2016 turnover for R&D. Our R&D engineer work-force has reached close to 900 strong. We also attach a great importance to sustainability and cooperation. Roketsan investments are realisedin keeping with our business ecosystem. Our goal is to increase our turnover beyond US$ 1 Billion, in keeping with the 2023 goals of Turkey.

At the Dubai Airshow, Airbus presented a C295 Aircraft integrated with L-UMTAS and CİRİT missiles and TEBER-82 Laser Guidance Kit,all designed and developed by Roketsan. The fact that the Turkish Armed Forces and leading platform manufacturers prefer missiles andguided munitions produced by Roketsan in a highly competitive market, is a strong indication of the capability and maturity of our products.

We continue our efforts at full speed in a move to orbit our national satellite with our own capabilities. We are giving our full attention tothis project, which will elevate the position of Turkey in the world to the next level, both strategically and technologically.

Being a member of Roketsan is about producing and making a difference. Just like the Turkish National Amputee Football Team, thatovercame all the obstacles and won the European Championship. I would like extend my appreciation to the National Team Captain OsmanÇAKMAK, who is a member of the Roketsan Family, and his teammates for making Turkey proud.

We’d like to take this opportunity to celebrate the new year of all of our readers and as Roketsan, we wish for 2018, which is our 30th

Anniversary, to bring peace, serenity and welfare for the whole world.

Sincerely Yours,

Emin ALPMANChairman of the Board

MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT & CEO


Dear Readers,

Throughout the world, the defence sector is one of the leading activities that play an important role in economic development. When weconsider the reflections of those positive developments in our industry, on the Turkish economy, we see how true this approach is. With its

own production capabilities and developing products and systems with many leading edge technologies, Roketsan has achieved many firsts,thus playing an important role in the development of Turkey.

In 2017, we achieved our goal of entering the Defense News Top 100, listing the leading defence companies of the world, at number 98.Thus also confirming in the international arena that Roketsan is one of the world’s leading companies in our area of activity with our

indigenous latest technology products and our product range, which is expanding every year. This achievement is not only important for ourindustry but also goes to show our National strength.

The importance that Roketsan attaches to R&D activities, is one of the main factors behind this success. Under the “R&D 250” studyundertaken by the Turkish Exporters’ Assembly (TİM), which ranks the top 250 companies in R&D expenditures in Turkey, we came out 5th,

with almost 37 % of our turnover. We are very appreciative in seeing the results of our relative efforts generating such positive results onvarious platforms. Again, according to the results of “Turkey’s Top 500 Service Exporters” study carried out by TİM, Roketsan has been

presented with an award as one of the leading companies contributing to the services export of Turkey.

The point we have attained in the ability of integration of our solutions onto various platforms, plays an important role in the decisions toselect our products. TEBER, CİRİT and L-UMTAS, representing the most advanced products in their own classes, were displayed together

with the Airbus C295 Aircraft at the Dubai Airshow 2017, where our cooperation relative to the integration efforts were introduced as well.

We have the utmost belief in the youth onto whom we will be passing our heritage. And they continue to live up to our trust. We are proud toobserve many of our young people whose work we contribute in, are achieving national and international acclaim and seeing that the

producers of future technologies are taking firm steps forward.

While the whole country is filled with joy with the Turkish National Amputee Football Team winning the 2017 European Championship, thefact that the Team Captain Osman ÇAKMAK is a member of the Roketsan Family, only goes to double our joy and pride. On behalf of the

Roketsan Family, we congratulate each and every player and wish them continued success.

We leave behind a successful 2017, a year in which we have achieved our goals. We believe that 2018, when we will be celebrating our 30th

Anniversary, will be a year that we’ll continue to be noted with our successes on national and international platforms. I wish that 2018 willbe a year that brings wellbeing, peace and goodness and I kindly extend my warmest regards.

Selçuk YAŞARPresident & CEO

FROM THE EDITORIAL BOARD


Dear Readers,

We are excited to present our new issue to you on the eve of celebrating our 30th Anniversary. In this issue, we prepared a lotof content that you’ll enjoy reading.

2017 has witnessed us attending a number of fairs in various regions of the world and in different countries, where wepresented our latest products and systems that will pioneer technology. Each fair has been an opportunity to establish newcooperation and to further the existing ones. During Dubai Airshow, the Airbus C295 Aircraft and CİRİT, L-UMTAS andTEBER were displayed together. Our cooperation with Airbus regarding the integration of our products received widespreadattention in the international media.

While adding new ones to our collection of awards, we climbed to new heights in various rankings. We entered the ‘DefenseNews Top 100 List’ for the first time and took our place among the leaders of the world. In the “R&D 250” study, based onR&D expenditures, we were ranked 5th as a result of our significant percentage we allocated from our turnover.

We hope that articles penned by various our experts, will attract your attention. Additionally, in this issue we’ve initiated anew approach where you’ll find an exclusive interview. While the Turkish National Amputee Football Team, made us all proudby winning the European Championship, as the Roketsan Family we were even more delighted with the success of ourcolleague Osman ÇAKMAK, the Captain of the National Team. We believe that you’ll highly appreciate our sincereconversation with him.

Safeguarding the legacy of ATATÜRK for a secular, modern and democratic Republic of Turkey and carrying it forward is ourmost important asset, both as a citizen and as a member of the Roketsan Family. Like every year, also in 2017, wecommemorated ATATÜRK with ceremonies and paid a visit to his mausoleum to show our gratitude.

With the awareness of our diversities, capabilities and values, as well as the added value that we created and will continue tocreate for our country, we move forward with concrete steps.

We wish that 2018 brings peace, wellbeing and hope for the whole world.

Kind Regards,

The Editorial Board

ROKETSAN’S AGENDA


The awards received in the area of Export, R&D Centre Patent and Added Value was presented by President RecepTayyip ERDOĞAN, to the Roketsan Chairman of the Board Emin ALPMAN and President & CEO Selçuk YAŞAR•

Three Awards for RoketsanAt the ceremony organised for the 54th time this year by the Ankara Chamber of Commerce, Roketsan wasacknowledged with an award in three different categories.

ROKETSAN’S AGENDA


Roketsan-Eurosam CooperationA cooperation agreement was signedbetween the French-Italian consortiumEurosam and Roketsan-Aselsan to carryout efforts for the development andproduction of long range air and missiledefence systems.

During the official visit to France, inwhich Chairman of the Board EminALPMAN participated as well, theagreement signed by the TurkishPresident Recep Tayyip ERDOĞAN andthe French President EmmanuelMACRON sets forth a collaborationbetween the Eurosam consortium andRoketsan.

The system is planned to be used againststealth aircraft, unmanned aerialvehicles and missiles•

Defense News Top 100 ListWelcomes Roketsan!

ranked 98th amongst the leaders of theindustry, thus establishing its positionwithin the top 100.

Increasing its turnover to over TL 1Billion, with a 40 % rise in 2016,Roketsan continues its efforts with thegoal of increasing its technological andcommercial gains thru a large number ofnational and international programmes.

Securing its position in the internationalmarkets with its industry leadingindigenous efforts, Roketsan is set tocontinue achieving its ambitious goals•

Defense News,one of the leadingdefence industrymagazines,released its Top100 List, whichranks theleading defenceindustrialcompanies of

the world.

Maintaining itsrapid rise,Roketsan was

Minister of National Defence Visits RoketsanMinister of National Defence NurettinCANİKLİ and the accompanyingdelegation visited our facilities onDecember 28, 2017 to get first-handinformation on Roketsan activities andefforts underway.

The Minister was hosted by RoketsanChairman of the Board Emin ALPMAN,Roketsan Board Members and RoketsanPresident & CEO Selçuk YAŞAR•

History

With the purpose of meeting therequirements of the Turkish Air ForcesCommand for a cruise missile, the SOMDevelopment Project started in April,2006 under the coordination ofTÜBİTAK Defence Industry Researchand Development Institute (TÜBİTAKSAGE). As a result of the effortsdedicated to the Conceptual Design,Preliminary Design, Ground Tests andthe Flight Tests which were carried outin cooperation with the 1st Air SupplyMaintenance Command(ASMC/HİBMK), the ProductQualification phase was successfullycompleted in 2012.

The first production tender initiated bythe Turkish Ministry of NationalDefence (MoND) for the serialproduction of SOM, was awarded toRoketsan. The Precision Guided Stand-Off Missile (SOM) Project contract wassigned between MoND and Roketsan, inJuly, 2013. The project was transferredto the Undersecretariat for DefenceIndustries (SSM) in December, 2016.Under the scope of the project;Production Line Qualification, SerialProduction, Optimisation andDevelopment efforts and After SalesServices are being carried out as themain objectives.

SOM Weapon System

SOM is a guided cruise missile that canoperate in all weather conditions,developed against heavily protectedfixed and mobile land and navaltargets, adorned with long range, lowvisibility, high survivability, high strikepower, high precision and his resistanceagainst counter measures as well asoperational flexibility characteristics.The modular structure of the SOMSystem makes it possible to derivevarious variants and therefore providemore operational flexibility whencompared to similar systems. With awarhead of 230 kg, the total weight ofthe missile is around 600 kg while total

length stands at around 4 m. SOMmunitions currently under deliveryconsist of the SOM-A, SOM-B1 andSOM-B2 variants. Efforts related tothe SOM-J missile, a variant developedfor the F-35 platform, are being carriedout under a separate project. Under theSOM-J Project, which began in May2012 with Roketsan as the maincontractor, a cooperation has beenestablished with Lockheed Martin, themanufacturer of the F-35 platform. Allversions of the tactical missiles to bedelivered under the SOM project, willinclude inertial navigation, globalpositioning system and terrainreferenced guidance systems.

OUR DESIGN & ENGINEERING STRENGTH


Roketsan’s New GenerationCruise Missile SOM

Under the scope of the Precision Guided Stand-Off Missile (SOM) Project, which is the first undertakingby Roketsan towards the requirements of the Turkish Air Forces Command (TurAF), efforts to produceand develop a national cruise missile continue at full speed.

Next Generation Cruise Missile SOM

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features, SOM differs from similarsystems such as the STORMSHADOW/SCALP EG, TAURUS KEPD350, SLAM-ER, JASSM and JSM andcomes forward as a more successfulsystem in terms of the technology used,capabilities and platform integration.

Production Line Qualification

Production line qualification, the firststage of the Project, began with theprocurement activities relative to theproduction of the qualification lot. Inaddition to the suppliers that are on thesupply chain list, Roketsan establishedmore efficient and cost-effective supplyresources. In addition to thequalification activities at the suppliersend, qualification of the specialprocesses, device and equipment werealso carried. Additionally the assemblyof sub-system and system integrationlines and test infrastructures that willbe operated by Roketsan is completedand put into service.

Serial Production

Completion of the production linequalification was followed by supply

target algorithms. With the inclusion ofencrypted two-way data link systemwithin the scope of optimisation efforts,SOM will be given important abilitiessuch as; target update, target impactinstance imaging, engagementcapability towards opportunity targets,target recognition during flight,damage assessment capability andmission cancellation. Thanks to these

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The SOM-B1 and SOM-B2 variants willadditionally have an imaging infrared(IIR) seeker and automatic targetrecognition systems. While SOM-A andSOM-B1 variants have a HighExplosive (HE) warhead withblast/fragmentation effect, SOM-B2variant has a tandem/dual-stagepenetrator. All variants have a turbojetengine fuelled with JP-10.

SOM, which is an autonomous system,has the capability of high survivabilitythanks to its geometric design andradar absorbing feature providing lowvisibility, high maneuverability, lowaltitude flight, terrain masking andmission planning system. By usingdifferent types of warheads specificallydesigned for various target types, itcompletes its mission with a high safetyand high precision.

The target range of SOM include fixedradar sites, strategic assets, commandcontrol centres, shelters, air defencesystems, unsheltered aircraft and navalplatforms. The target is hit with a highprecision, thanks to the navigationtechnologies and seeker with infraredimaging. Additionally SOM is a systemthat is resistant to counter measureswith its data fusion and advanced

SOM Missile on a Turkish Air Force F-16 During a Flight Test

The Images of Loading, Safe Separation and Target Impact During a Production Line Qualification Firing Test

While talks with potential customersregarding export continue, it isevaluated that SOM will play asignificant role in the market for a longperiod.

The SOM Weapon System is the mostimportant product currently developedthat shows how far Turkish DefenceIndustry has advanced in the field ofcruise missiles. The indigenous projectmodel of the SOM Programme hasproven that system level production,testing and development activities canbe carried out by Roketsan•

enter into service, a significantflexibility in potential export projectswill be created.

SOM Goes International!

Turkey’s pride, the new generationcruise missile SOM is exhibited in all ofthe international fairs in whichRoketsan takes part and is drawing alot of attention from a large numberofficial delegations. Solutions arepresented for the requests ofdelegations, who examined and receivedinformation about the SOM andpositive feedbacks are being received.

and production efforts for the deliveryof items included in the project deliveryschedule. Sub-system and systemintegration efforts at Roketsan wascarried out with devotion and thedelivery of items such as SOM-B1,SOM-A, training missiles, TvPCsystems to the TurAF, Roketsanproducts entered the inventory.Deliveries continued throughout 2017.

All components making up the SOMWeapon System being delivered underthe SOM Project are under warranty interms of design, production,craftsmanship, assembly, software,integration and materials. After thewarranty period, Roketsan is undercommitment to provide technicalservice, counseling, service and spareparts as well as repair services underany condition and in any environment.A two-level maintenance has beendetermined for the SOM system, thatincludes both unit and depot levels.Necessary efforts such as planning ofmaintenance and sustainment activities,life extension, obsolescencemanagement are carried out in order tosupport the system in terms of logistics.

Optimisation and Development Efforts

Under the scope of the SOM Project,optimisation and development effortsare also being carried out along withSerial Production activities. Theseefforts have been grouped under twoheadings as providing a data linkcapability and surface warfarecapability in the SOM Missile. Theseefforts are carried out by TÜBİTAKSAGE, acting as a subcontractor underthe project.

Efforts were initiated to createdomestic alternatives for criticalcomponents that are procured fromabroad and used in the SOM Missile.Consequently the domestic added valueof the SOM Missile is aimed to beincreased while the rate of dependencyon outside sources will be reduced. It isalso expected that as local products

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SOM Lot Sent for Inspection

SOM System Displayed at the Roketsan Stand

FAIRS AND EXHIBITIONS


Roketsan at MAKS Air Show

Roketsan participated in the International Aerospace Fair MAKS, held in Russia during 18-23 July 2017.

At the Fair that attracted a lot of attention, Turkish Ambassador to Moscow, as well as senior level delegations fromvarious countries visited the Roketsan stand and received information on products and projects on the agenda•

Turkish Ambassador to Moscow Hüseyin DİRİÖZ’s Visit to Roketsan Booth

United Arab Emirates Air Forces Command Deputy Commander Brig. Gen. RashedM. Al SHAMSI at the Roketsan Stand

Visit of the Uzbekistan Air Forces Command Staff to the Roketsan Stand A General View of the Roketsan Stand

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Roketsan at DSEI 2017

Roketsan participated at the DSEI 2017 Fair, held in London, United Kingdom during 12-15 September.

Attracting the attention of visitors with its advanced technology products and system solutions, the Roketsan stand welcomedsenior level delegations from Turkey as well as Slovakia, Romania, Saudi Arabia and Qatar•

Slovakia Defence Ministry Delegation at the Roketsan Stand

MSM Company Officials Welcomed at the Roketsan Stand The Visit of the Naval Forces Delegation to the Roketsan Stand

Republic of Turkey, Deputy Minister of National Defence Şuay ALPAYwas Hosted at the Roketsan Stand

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Roketsan atAUSA for the 7th timeRoketsan participated at the AUSA 2017 Fair, annually held in Washington DC / USA, with its state of theart products and systems.

Military and civilian officials from numerous countries attended the Fair held during 9-11 October 2017. Displaying itsvarious air and land systems, Roketsan has also carried out talks regarding existing and potential projects•

Raytheon Company Officials Welcomed at the Roketsan Stand

The Roketsan Team at AUSA A General View of the Roketsan Stand

The Visit of General Staff to the Roketsan Stand

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Roketsan atArms & Security 2017 FairThis was the first participation of Roketsan at the Arms & Security Fair held in Kiev, the capital of Ukraine,during 10-13 October 2017.

Attracting the attention of visitors with its innovative and solution oriented products and systems, Roketsan welcomed theUndersecretary for Defence Industries Prof. Dr. İsmail DEMİR and as well as senior level delegations from variouscountries•

A View from the Signing Ceremony for the ‘Reactive Armour’ Cooperation Agreement with STE

Lithuania Defence Ministry Delegation was Hosted at the Roketsan Stand The Roketsan Team at Arms & Security 2017

The Visit of Ukroboroprom Company Officials to the Roketsan Stand

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Roketsan at South Korea

Roketsan participated at the ADEX Fair, held in Seoul, South Korea during 17-22 October 2017.

Attending ADEX Fair for the second time, Roketsan displayed its solution oriented and state of the art products and systems.At the Fair that attracted considerable attention from the visitors, delegations from various countries visited Roketsan’s boothand were informed about technological developments•

Bangladesh Air Force Director Flight Safety Air CommodoreM. Mortuza KAMAL was Hosted at the Roketsan Stand

The Visit of Air Forces Academy Alumni Association’s President(R) Lt. Gen. Haksoo YOON to the Roketsan Stand Korea General Staff Director of Logistics Col. Jeung MO was Hosted at the Roketsan Stand

Turkish Ambassador to SEOUL Arslan Hakan OKÇAL and Head of General Staff ForceDevelopment and Resource Management Department Maj. Gen. Reha Ufuk ER Welcomed atthe Roketsan Stand

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Rafael is showcasing a wide range of combat proven weapon systems at the ongoing Seoul ADEX 2017, such as the air defence system Iron Done, Python 5 and I-Derby ER air-to-air missiles (AAM), Spice air to surface munitions, advanced versions of the Spike tactical missile family and the combat proven Trophy active protection system (APS) for land forces. Rafael’s Iron Dome is a game-changer as its interception success rate of approximately 90 percent. has allowed Israeli citizens to go on with their

daily lives even in times of daily rocket �re, sometimes even during salvos of rockets �red at Israeli cities and communities. Iron Dome has achieved 1700 interceptions in battle since initial deployment in Israel in 2010 and is continuously undergoing improvements and upgrades to make it the most e�ective system to deal with rocket and mortar �re, UAV’s and other aerial targets. Rafael is also o�ering a range of weapons for the in-development KF-X 4.5 generation �ghter in addition to the FA-50,

Roketsan is extending the application areas of its ballistic protection solutions. Having developed, manufactured and successfully completed the quali�cation of the armour system for the Altay main battle tank, Roketsan is now showing up in this �eld with implementing also the Explosive Reactive Armor (ERA) System. �e ERA system, which uses Roketsan developed insensitive explosives, provides protection against anti-tank ammunition with the tandem warhead. It also minimises collateral damage, and is applicable to various armoured vehicles. �e modular design makes dismantling and renewal processes easier and it does not require maintenance throughout its life

Ready to Protect Korea

Roketsan Showcases Ballistic Protection Solutions

KF-16 upgrade and F-15 upgrade such as: Python 5 close combat IR missile; I-Derby ER - active radar AAM, which incorporates a so�ware-de�ned RF seeker and can engage targets at ranges of up to 100 km; Spice Family (2000, 1000, 250) of stand-o� air-to-ground gliding bombs that can destroy targets at ranges of up to 100 km and the Litening 5 and Reccelite XR advanced targeting and reconnaissance systems. �e Litening system has been integrated on board F-16s and F-15s similar to the RoKAF con�guration. �e latest Litening 5 allows pilots to operate the pod at stando� ranges to reliably identify the targets and consequently avoid collateral damage. Rafael’s Trophy APS for armoured vehicles has been proven in battle numerous times, saving the lives of many soldiers in battle. �e U.S. Army recently announced its choice of Trophy for the Abrams MBT and many other countries have shown a great deal of interest in Trophy, including Korea. Rafael’s systems have been in use with the Republic of Korea (RoK) a rmed forces for a number of years and include the Spike Missile Family for the Navy and Marines Corps, DLV-53 Data Link communication system and numerous advanced Air-to-Surface systems for the RoK Air Force.

cycle, according to a company spokesman. Roketsan also provides protection against RPG (rocket propelled grenade) type threats with its light weight RPG Shield System for the vehicles in the inventory of Turkish users and for the KİRPİ vehicles in the inventory of a foreign user. “One of our key advantages is that we are also working on rocket and missile systems, the aim of which is to overcome ballistic protection

systems. �is brings Roketsan to a very privileged position and we use all the advantages of this privilege for the bene�t of our customers,” says Selçuk YAŞAR, President and CEO of Roketsan. �e company’s ballistic protection solutions also include solutions for helicopters. Roketsan develops �oor, side and seat armour for helicopters and made its �rst application to the Black Hawk helicopters in the inventory of the Turkish Gendarmerie. �e ballistic protection solutions for military camps include RZB-20 Armor Block, which comprises high strength composite protection panels for the protection of military zones against medium calibre armour piercing (AP) threats.

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Roketsan at theDefense & Security 2017 FairThe Defense & Security Fair, one of the prominent organisations in the field of defence industry in theAsian market, opened its doors in Thailand during 6-9 November 2017.

During the Fair in which Roketsan participated with state of the art land and air systems; delegations from various countriessuch as Thailand, Philippines and Cambodia visited the Roketsan booth•

A General View of the Roketsan StandVisit of the Thai Air Forces Command Staff to the Roketsan Stand

Turkish Ambassador to Bangkok Evren DAĞDELEN AKGÜN andthe Accompanying Delegation’s at the Roketsan Stand

Cambodia Deputy Minister of Defence Samdech Pichey Sena TEA BANHand the Accompanying Delegation were Hosted at the Roketsan Stand

longest range in its class, a range of 8 km, continues to expand its capabilities by adding Thermobaric Warhead to its warhead options. Accordingly, the number of alternative warheads offered by the company has increased to three from the previous two options including the multi-purpose warhead with anti-armor, anti-personnel and incendiary functions and the high explosive warhead,

platforms is noteworthy. Work is continuing on the

on the T129 ATAK and the AH-1 COBRA attack helicopters, to the TIGER Helicopter. The latest memorandum of understanding signed between Roketsan and MBDA Germany during the ILA 2016 was about this integration.

BLACK HAWK helicopters is progressing, there is also ongoing work on its integration to light helicopters. During Farnborough 2016 a memorandum of understanding was signed between Roketsan and

the H135M and H145M helicopters and with Airbus Defense and Space for C295 Gunship Aircraft.

802 border patrol aircraft, will be integrated to the C295 Aircraft in accordance with the memorandum of understanding signed with Airbus Defence and Space during Farnborough 2016. Meanwhile, work on the

corvette sized ships is also ongoing. The missile has already been used on some of these platforms during various operations and has also proven itself during combat.

Roketsan also has demonstrated to its customers how

land platform was ordered by a customer abroad and is already in use.

The Smart Micro Munition (MAM-L), developed by

is another product which attracts attention as a solution

low payload capacity, especially that of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV). MAM-L, a variant of the Laser Guided L-UMTAS (Long Range Anti-Tank Missile System) has already been integrated to the BAYRAKTAR and KARAYEL tactical UAVs that are currently being used by the Turkish Armed Forces. The MAM-L, which is being successfully used in various operations involving UAVs, stands out as a munition

With its low weight of about 50 pounds and a length

aircraft as well as UAVs. With its high explosive

against light structures, unarmored ground vehicles, radar antennas and soft targets like weapon pits and personnel, in a 25 m radius. The other version with a

used against heavy armored tanks. The munition can

on the altitude from which they are released.

There is considerable experience gained in the integration of the MAM-L into air platforms. As long as the air platforms have the required infrastructure, Roketsan can operationalize the MAM-L by completing all the related integration work within a few months. In the event of the infrastructure requiring

integration support.

Tank Missile System project UMTAS and its Medium Range Anti-Tank Missile System project OMTAS, both of which are being developed in line with the requirements of the Turkish Armed Forces. The UMTAS and OMTAS missiles, being developed as a product family, enable the company to meet the

While the laser guided UMTAS, L-UMTAS are already in the inventory of the Turkish Armed Forces,

infrared seeker has been completed for the product and

from attack helicopters were successfully completed. Serial production of L-UMTAS will start soon and work on the integration of the missile to armored

are continuing. Moreover, work is progressing on the integration of stabilized weapon systems with UMTAS to naval platforms.

states that “The point is, anti-tank missiles are not just about eliminating the ever-developing armor technologies; now you need to be capable of meeting all kinds of emerging threats. In addition to their anti-tank capabilities, which are their main mission, the

against any other ground or surface threats. We will be witnessing such implementations frequently in the coming period.”

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Roketsan is showcasing its TEBER laser precision guidance kit at the ongoing Defence & Security 2017. �e TEBER guidance kit will convert MK series general purpose bombs (MK-81, MK-82) to precision munitions and was developed with Roketsan resources. Models of TEBER have been showcased at defence exhibitions worldwide and the guidance kits have attracted interest from several countries across the globe. “�e MK-81, MK-82 are in widespread use both within Turkey and internationally by many forces of the world, hence we

expect a good market for low-cost laser guidance kit TEBER,” a Roketsan o�cial says. MK-81(250lb) and MK-82 (500lb) general purpose bombs �tted with TEBER guidance kits will be e�ective against both �xed and mobile targets travelling at high speeds due to its inertial measurement unit (IMU), global positioning system (GPS) and laser seeker. �e TEBER project has also seen the development of a proximity sensor to �t into the body of the seeker head. �e addition of the proximity sensor allows the user to adjust the desired height of the explosion based on the type of target

thereby increasing the overall e�ectiveness of the warhead. Development of the smart munition started in 2014 and a calibration sortie on an F-16 �ghter aircra� was successfully made during the �rst half of June 2016.

Roketsan TEBER Targets Asian Market

Leonardo is highlighting its state-of-the-art systems for naval defence at Defence and Security 2017. �e company is focusing on its naval products and also on its radar systems KRONOS and RAT31DL. Leonardo is playing a major role in the �eet renewal of the Italian �eet and is also o�ering completely integrated systems to the Asia-Paci�c market such as: large-caliber naval guns - 127/64 mm LW, medium caliber naval guns - 76/62 mm (in various con�gurations including compact, super rapid, STRALES and

multi feeding) and small caliber guns - Marlin WS 30mm/40mm. Leonardo is also showcasing its light torpedo A244 Mod3 in addition to its complete range of underwater systems including a torpedo launching system, heavyweight torpedo, sonar and countermeasure systems.

Also, being highlighted are the innovative VULCANO and DART munitions. �e VULCANO 76mm projectile can engage a target at up to 40km, doubling the range of a standard 76mm projectile. �e technology can also be applied to smaller calibers,

Leonardo Offering High-Level Naval Warfare Capabilities enhancing the capabilities of 76/62 naval guns, which are in service with about 60 navies around the world. �e 76/62 Super Rapid (SR) lightweight, rapid-�re naval gun, in particular provides unrivalled performance and �exibility in roles such as: air defence, anti-surface, anti-missile and can also engage shore-based targets. Suitable for installation on ships of any type and class, including small naval units, the 76/62 SR is unique in o�ering sustained �re, that allows simultaneous engagement of multiple moving targets (to cater for asymmetric warfare scenarios). �e 76/62 SR can also intercept potential airborne threats beyond eight km with DART guided ammunition. By following a radio frequency beam, the DART guided projectile can change its trajectory and be re-vectored towards the target during its �ight. �is makes it very e�ective against maneuvering missiles and small moving targets at sea, which are very common in current asymmetric con�icts where the security of large and expensive naval units can be jeopardized by small, cheap, explosive boats. A model of an O�-Shore patrol vessel totally equipped by Leonardo is also on display.

Guidance modes for TEBER

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Roketsan Products Made a StrongImpression at the Dubai Airshow 2017At Dubai Airshow 2017, held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates during 12-16 November 2017, Roketsanpresented its latest technology products and systems.

Bahrain Chief of General Staff Representative was Hosted at the Roketsan Stand

Sudan Defence Industry Systems Director Lt. Gen. Mohammed Hassan ABDULLAHand the Accompanying Staff at the Roketsan Stand The Roketsan Team at Dubai AirShow

Kazakhstan Minister of Defence Beibut ATAMKULOV andthe Accompanying Staff Welcomed at the Roketsan Stand

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In addition to the wide range of products displayed at the Roketsan booth; CİRİT 2.75” Laser Guided Missile, L-UMTAS LaserGuided Long Range Anti-Tank Missile, UMTAS Long Range Missile and TEBER Laser Guidance Kit were displayed togetherwith Airbus C295 Aircraft and as a result, Roketsan products made strong a impression at the Dubai Airshow. At the Fair,attended by over 1.200 participants from 60 countries, Roketsan welcomed visitors from numerous countries such as Turkeyand the United Arab Emirates as well as Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Pakistan, Mauritania, Sudan, South Korea andIndonesia•



Roketsan at the Combat Helicopter Conference

Roketsan attended the CombatHelicopter Conference, held in Kraków,Poland during 17-19 October 2017.

At the conference attended by ArmedForces and industry representativesfrom many countries, TFS BusinessDevelopment Manager GörkemERTÜRK delivered a presentation titled‘Precision Guided Missiles for CombatHelicopters’•

ITU ROTEK,Ranked First in the World

ITU Rocket Technologies Club ROTEK,participated in “IRW2017”competition, organised in Scotland on21-28 August 2017, with their rocketnamed “Sancak”, which is producedentirely by them, and competed underpayload category.

At the competition, organised within thescope of “International Rocket Week”

and included more than 100 rockets,ROTEK Team, who reached to thedesired altitude and successfullycompleted the mission, won the firstplace in the world in its own category.We congratulate ROTEK, who wedelighted to support as RoketsanFamily, for this achievement and wishthem continued success•

Roketsan at AFA Conference

Roketsan attended AFA Conference,annually held by Air Force Association(AFA) in Washington, USA on 18-20September 2017.

At the event that was morecomprehensive this year due to the 70th

anniversary of US Air Forces, Roketsandisplayed it JSF Compatible PrecisionGuided Stand-Off Munition SOM-J•

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Roketsan Continues to Achieve "Firsts"…

supported program focusing on“Branding Turkish Products in ForeignCountries and Establishing the Imageof Made in Turkey”.

TURQUALITY®’s mission is toincrease our country’s export byestablishing strong global brands thatcan acquire a position within today’scompetitive environment and strengthenthe reputation of Turkish Goods andTurkey. This program, which meansthat our government’s moral andmaterial strength is always at the sideof Roketsan, who is included inTURQUALITY® as of 9 January,2018, is of great importance forRoketsan’s 2023 goals.

Two basic goals come to the fore inTURQUALITY® program, acomprehensive support platform

Stepping forward in defence industrywith its brand awareness in the nationaland international market, Roketsanbecame the first defence industrycompany that was included inTURQUALITY® by Ministry ofEconomy, the first and only government

established to ensure that companieswith product groups having brandingpotential and of which our countryholds the competitive advantage canbecome a global player in theinternational markets throughout themeans of managerial knowledge,institutionalisation and development. The first goal is to perform a series ofefforts to ensure that our products thathave the branding potential areadvertised and secured a place in thetargeted foreign markets through thepositive image of Turkish Products, andthe second goal is to form anaccreditation system for productgroups, which have a high level ofbranding potential of which our countryhas the competetive advantage, thatwould involve all processes fromproduction to marketing, sales andafter sale services•

We Became the First Foundation Company toAcquire On-Site Import and On-Site Export Permit

Authorized Economic Operator (AEO)certificate is a privilege for reliablecompanies who meet the requirementsstated in the legislation to minimize thetime spent on customs procedures inimport and export processes and it alsoensures that these companies can bring

the import goods directly to the factoryor send the export goods from factory tothe customs border.

AEO practice doesn’t only provide just ainspection advantage but also make itpossible for companies to carry out their

customs procedures as if they arecustoms administration. In this regard,AEO is an international procedure thatbrings a whole different perspective tothe customs procedures.

On Site Import Permit Code of Practicewill be put into practice by Ministry ofCustoms and Commerce in the lastquarter of 2018 and with itsimplementation:

• Goods held in Warehouse andTemporary Storage Areas will bedirectly taken to Roketsan SafeStorage Area.

• Since customs procedures will beperformed at Roketsan facilities thematerials that the production needswill be quickly delivered to thedepartments that require them•

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Roketsan and Airbus Continue to Cooperate

Aircraft’s air-to-ground engagementabilities.

During Farnborough InternationalAirshow in 2016, Roketsan had signedtwo different agreements with Airbusregarding the integration of some ofRoketsan’s missile systems into variousplatforms. The efforts continue withinthe scope of the related agreements.

Developing new technologies,developing innovative products based

During Dubai Airshow 2017, Airbusdisplayed C295 IntelligenceSurveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR)Aircraft’s “Armed ISR” version withair-to-ground munitions designed andmanufactured by Roketsan.

Roketsan’s field proven products thatmake a difference in their fields; LaserGuided Long Range Anti-Tank MissileL-UMTAS, Laser Guided MissileCİRİT and Laser Guideance KitTEBER’s integration increased C295

on these technologies and implementingdesigns that would compete globallyare some of the strategic goals ofRoketsan. Roketsan will continue itsefforts towards this goal•


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Our Scientific AchievementPyrotechnical Systems DesignDirectorate presented a paper titled“Effect of Proton Scavengers on theTextural Properties and Performanceof Fe2O3 Xerogels for BoronContaining Pyrotechnics” and FundaEROĞUL KÖMBE from OES

“AIAA Propulsion and Energy Forumand Exposition 2017”, in which effortsand latest developments are followedregarding solid fuel and hybrid fuelthrust systems designed and producedin the world as well as energycomponents and systems, were held inAtlanta, United States of America on10-12 July 2017.

At the conference organised byAmerican Institute of Aeronautics andAstronautics-AIAA, Roketsanparticipated with two different paperpresentations of OES DepartmentEngineering Directorate.

Ezgi DİNÇER YILMAZ from OESDepartment, Warhead and

Department, Warhead andPyrotechnical Systems DesignDirectorate and Fuse Director SuzanKOÇ presented a paper titled BallisticPerformance of BPN IgniterCompositions Containing Micron andNano Sized Boron Particles”•

Throughout the championship, ourNational Team played againstGermany, Georgia, Spain, Russia,Poland and England at the final andmanaged to win championship with nolosses.

While the success of our national teammakes all of us proud, as RoketsanFamily we felt another kind of joy.Osman ÇAKMAK…

We made an exclusive interview with theCaptain of the National Team and alsoRoketsan employee Osman ÇAKMAKboth about himself and the success theyachieved for our country.

First of all, as Roketsan Family wewould thank you and your team formaking us proud. Your success cannot

be a coincidence. How long has thisendeavour been continuing? For howlong have you been in this team andteam’s captain? > I’ve started playingamputee football in 2009. I was living inTokat back then. The headquarters wasin Ankara and amputee football was notavailable in Tokat. I had to play in oneof the teams in Ankara. You do personalexercise but it’s not enough, you need todo team exercises as well. Then I wasselected for the National Team. Asfortune would have it, I became teamCaptain later on. I have a football playerbac kground so unavoidably myleadership skills and knowledge isreflected on the team as well. So theytalked among themselves. Normallythere were others who are older theywanted me to be their Captain. Theywanted me to be their big brother and

their Captain. So, I became the Captain.

Who is Osman ÇAKMAK? Can you shareyour life story with us? > I was born inTokat’s Zile county, in Narlıkışla village.I really liked playing football. Didn’thave a physical education teacher backthen. There was one teacher attendingall classes. I was an ambitious and avidstudent in classes. My teacher had greatconfidence in me as well. After Igraduated from the elementary school, Ihad to play football. I was all aboutfootball... I needed to go to the big city.Otherwise how would I get training orget discovered? My teacher said “Thesethings only happen in Istanbul”. So Ispoke with my family. I said “Dad, I’mgoing to Istanbul.”, and he replied“Where will you stay?” And I said “I’llfind some place.” I was 11 when I came


Turkey Became Champion at theEuropean Amputee FootballFederation (EAFF) EuropeanChampionship, Held in Turkey!At the championship, in which one of the participants were our National Amputee Football Team affiliatedunder Turkish Disabled Sports Federation and supported by Turkish Football Federation under “TurkeyPlays Football” project, 12 teams had a fierce competition.

over yet!”. My teammates said the samething “Osman you felt the match so deepwe felt sorry. We were about to collapseto the ground but you made us keepgoing by yelling like that”. For amoment, there was a silence in thestadium. This was a silence I didn’t like.“Come on, come on!” I said. One minutelater there was a throw-in followed by acorner. Talked to the other defenceplayer and said “I’m going to Barış, I’mleaving here to your care.” When theball hit the net I yelled so hard that evenafter so many months since thetournament ended I recently pulledmyself together. It was exhilarating. 45thousand people standing up and yelling“Turkey” and referring to me as“veteran” when they call out the nameOsman ÇAKMAK, it really made meproud. In the end, we shattered therecords with our supporters, wecompleted the tournament with nolosses.

Especially the final match drew a lot ofattention, thousands watched the matchlive. I believe it was one of the matchesyou played with highest number ofspectators. Of course you also knewthat there are millions of people as well,watching you on n screen. How did itfeel like playing in front of such acrowd? > God bless them. I wasthinking it was 25-30 thousand but 45thousand people came to the stadiumwith the capacity of 41 thousand. Ourpeople is quiet emotional, a communitywith strong nationalist feelings. Theywere with us since we beat Russia, theywere the last world champion, and notafter we win the championship.Messages coming from social media,slowly getting the attention of the mediaand being recognised on the street...

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to Istanbul. I started working at acarpenter’s shop. Then I went to theaudition of Zeytinburnu Sports Club.Afterwards, life brought me to differentdirections. There wasn’t enough moneyin youth setup to get by and still thereisn’t. Of course this ambition, this desireI had... When I began playing football,my greatest desire was to make it to theA Team in my club and wear theNational Team uniform. As I wasmoving towards that goal, I had aninjury. At that time I had to earn mykeep so went to Russia with a company.I worked six months on furniture-assembly. I went there with a sevenyears of experience. I was a carpenterand also I started working at Roketsanas a carpenter as well. After I cameback I continued playing football butbefore I can become fully professionalthe time came for me to do my militaryservice. I went there to carry out mynational service, a duty that all Turkishindividuals aspire to carry out. First Iwent to Manisa, Doğukışla andafterwards went to Istanbul for a specialtraining that lasted for 45 days. Fromthere, I went to Şırnak. I enjoyed doingmy miltary service. I might be the personthat is most mindful about one’s clothes.I never wore my clothes while they werein wrinkles even when going tooperations at 5 a.m. Before going tobed, we were laying our clothes underthe bed so that they remain straight. Idid my military service with this kind ofenthusiasm. My Commander took mealong and asked “Would you like to be amessenger?” And I said “With pleasureSir”. I was very happy and lovedeveryone in my squad. We went tomissions in various regions.

Unfortunately, because of the calamitousterrorism I lost my left leg due to acowardly planted mine. Now I’mmarried with three children. I have twodaughters and a son. One of mydaughters is 16 years old and my son is10. My older daughter is 17 and she’lltake the university entrance exam nextyear.

How did you decide to play football?How did your professional football lifestarted? > In 2007, when I was atTurkish Armed Forces RehabilitationCentre my Commanders wanted me toplay football. Back then, I just recentlyhad my prosthesis. A lot of our soldierswere being martyred, there were a lot of

wounded veterans. So we said “Sir, if weneed men at the front, we’ll go there.”And he said “No, you should honour ourflag in different domains. For example,why don’t you play football. I can seefrom your resume that you are a formerfootball player. And I said “Sir, it’s notthat easy” but then I started playing andit went on. Being invited to the NationalTeam was a real pride, I was reallyexcited.

What things have changed in your lifeafter you won the championship? > In2014 we almost won the world’schampionship in Mexico. At the semi-finals, we lost with a last second goal.But this time, in 2017, it happened in50+2nd minute. In regular football wecan’t outmanoeuvre England but inamputee football we can outmanoeuvrenot only England but also countries suchas Brazil, Germany and Spain. These arecountries that excel in football but wecan beat Argentina at the last momentwith a score of 3-0. In amputee footballthere was a country that we couldn’t winand that was Russia. And we achievedthis success by beating Russia. After Ilost my leg in the military I was thinkingthat it wasn’t something that I couldever forget but this championship mademe forget many things.

You made your country champion byscoring in 50+2nd minute? What did youfeel at that moment? > I was indefence, as it was my position. We areback-stage and not in front of the lights.I didn’t have any goals in thetournament, nor did I aspire to. In theworld championship, I scored one goalagainst Mexico. I hit the ball comingback from the corner with a half volleyand we made it to the final. And thistime, Osman scored and thechampionship is won. That day, as I wascoming out to the field, thought tomyself “There is a festive atmosphere atthe stadium, what can we do? We needto make a difference.” We were quiteeager and ambitious. We thought wecould beat England easily because theconversations we had that day, thebehaviours of the teammates, thecoach’s speeches were extraordinary.They scored at the 50th minute. Ichecked the time, it was 50 and if weplay overtime we needed a team that canplay at the overtime. But our goalkeeperand the defence were holding their faces.So I yelled at them “come on, it’s not


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The call from our General Director andChairman of the Boards and expressingtheir support and the support of thewhole Roketsan Family. And when someof the other companies andmunicipalities made announcements aswell, we sit and thought “We deserve towin the championship!” I really wantedto play the finals at Vodafone Park. Infact it was originally at Riva Facilities. Isaid, “Let’s first beat the Russians. Thenyou can wish for whatever you like. I’lldemand it from our government”. Andthey said, “We want to play the final ina big stadium.” When we beat Russiaafter the 60th minute, the semi final wasin front of us and Poland was a strongrival. We could even be defeated but Igrabbed the microphone on livebroadcast and said, “We want to playthe final at Vodafone Park!” I said. Sowhen our President and Besiktas FootBall Team Management granted theirapproval our wish came true. TheRoketsan Family coming to the matchmotivated me even more, which isanother thing that made me proud.

Playing at such a big stadium is astandard that we are not used too. Thinkabout it, we normally play with 1.000-1.500 spectators. The closest one was inArgentina and it was 15 thousand. Theinternational media wrote that the Turksbroke a historical record.

We’d like to know this team who madeus proud more closely. We know thatthere are another 13 people who committhemselves to this team just like you.Can you tell us about your teammates?> I like some of them as my brother andsome of them as my son. Some of themare as young as my children; in fact weare investing to our future, trying tomake sure that they breath in thisatmosphere and keep it going when wequit at some point. If I’m to talk abouteveryone in short; Rahmi ÖZCAN;team’s 2nd captain, he’s born withdisability. He’s at peace with life andbecame even more after he met withamputee football. He’s 12 years youngerthan me. He always optimistic with hismorale and motivation. This keeps the

team happy, keeps the community andeventually the country happy. He’s ateacher. Fatih ŞENTÜRK; He lost hisleft leg in a motorcycle accident. He’s anemotional person. He is the NationalTeam’s striker. When he gets the windbehind him there is no country that wecannot beat. He’s a teacher too. BarışTELLİ; Our brother, who passed the ballthat turned into the last goal. Normally,he never passes me during exercises. Hestarted amputee football before I did. Hehad a traffic accident when he was at ayoung age. Fatih KARAKUŞ; He lost hisleft arm as a result of a electricityaccident. Whether he gets play time ornot he always says “If my team wins, mycountry wins”. Muhammet YEĞEN; Heis born with no right leg. He is fromErzurum. He’s with us since he’s 15. Ifyou ask me the person that I tendedmost, I’d say Muhammet. And if you askme the person that tired me most, I’dsay Muhammet again. We explained tohim that he’s not handicapped. “Whenwe send you somewhere to get somethingyou do that, you are not handicapped at


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all” we said. He plays the same positionas me and now he became a quitevaluable and promising player. KemalGÜLEŞ lost his left leg from above theknee in Şırnak in an accident. He was 12when he came to us. We’ve come todaywith special motivation and specialefforts. Feyyaz GÖZAÇIK; He’s fromKayseri. Let’s say you’re depressed. It’llonly take five minutes. How’s it possiblefor a man to laugh all the time? Nomatter what happens, he laugh fiveminutes later. He’s always happy. SelimKARADAĞ; He is from Malatya, bornwith a shorter right arm. He is our goalkeeper. He is old like me, he’s at the ageof 38. Seeing their support when I act asa Captain makes me happy. When youwalk the road together, success becomesinevitable. He’s always helpful towardsme. Alican KURUYAMAÇ; He is bornwith no right foot. He plays defencetogether with me and Muhammet. Whenit comes to it, he becomes my left foot.He’s a very good friend when he thinksoptimistic but when he plunges intopessimism it can take a while to pullhimself together. Ömer GÜLERYÜZ;When you are speaking with Ömer, youmust be always positive. If he’s doingsomething and you say that he’s doing itwrong, he’d blush right away, he got aquite white skin. It’s arguable whetherhe’s strong or not but he is one of theplayers who distinguish themselves inTurkey and prove their talent againstother countries. We play with ourstrength, he plays with his talents. He’s avery talented and smart player. SerkanDERELİ; He is experiencing amisfortune that no one would ever wantto have. He’s born with disability. Helost his mother in a traffic accident,after that his father gets married andthey sent Serkan to a orphanage. Manytalents come out from such places.Today, Serkan DERELİ is the world’sbest midfield player in amputee football

and he was raised in an orphanage.Serkan never sees this as a deficiencyand says that if he’s a beneficial personthat he owes that to the orphanage. He’svery talented, very young, likes to work,he’s a very intelligent player. Ourmatches are 50 minutes. He won’t sayno if we say let’s play another 50minutes. He is very determined. MehmetYUNSUR; He is from Çorum, he lost hisright leg to the haymaker on the field.He was five. He’s a humble and matureperson. Gürkan GÜNAYDI; He’s ourphysiotherapist. He’ll come to you whenyou’re in pain even in the middle ofnight. And he doesn’t leave before he’sdone treating you. He knows our body byheart now that he can treat us eventhrough the phone. He’s a person wholoves his job. Uğur ÖZCAN is ourTechnical Director, he’s a veteran. Whenour team founded in 2003, he was one ofthe first players in the team and he wasthe Captain of the National Team for aperiod. Now he shares all his experienceand knowledge with us.

In this determination that sets anexample for many sports teams, whatwas the source of your immaterialmotivation? > Its special source is ofcourse the conservations. From ourcoach to our ball boy… Believe me,when you say something it’s reallyimportant and if you do that personallyit’s a little different... Our people needsone thing and that is success. If youmake Turkish people happy they’ll makeyou happy even more. The attention wesaw was beyond our expectation. Ourstatesman always say; you paid yourdues. But if you ask me I’m indebted tothe Turkish People, that is, I see it nowthat I owe them. Why didn’t we let themfeel such happiness before?

What awaits our National AmputeeFootball Team now? What is your next

goal? > In 2014, we were eliminated atsemi finals. This time we aim to win2018 World Cup for our country. Ifthere is no changes, Mexico wants toorganise it again. My goal for 2018 thatmy daughter gets into a good universityand that we win the 2018 World Cup forour country.

Lastly we would like to ask a question.What does it mean for you to be amember of Roketsan Family? > When Ijoined 2010 World Cup, my home was inTokat and I was here. For the WorldCup in 2012 we moved to Ankara. Ofcourse, it’s not easy to get by in Ankarawith veterans pension, so I needed anextra job; applied to Roketsan andstarted to work. Brought my children toAnkara as well. I’ve had a very happyand peaceful life here. I both work atRoketsan and play football. You knowwhat they say, there is family behindeach successful person. Roketsan is mysecond family. I feel indebted toRoketsan. I say it all the time. Roketsanhas a great role in this success. There isno age for learning and since I had noproblem getting leaves for the matchesand trainings my performance got evenbetter. It increased with proper life styleand determination to work. I saw thissupport from Roketsan and actedaccordingly. We have a quite humblepersonnel. Don’t need to mention itssuccess, it’s among the world’s topcompanies... I always say, if you want totake some life lessons you should cometo Roketsan and work for a month. Areyou happy? I’m very happy. Are youpeaceful. I’m very peaceful if there is ameal on the table, if we contribute tothat table in any way, good for us.

We don’t doubt that you’ll achieve manymore successes for our country. We areproud of you and extend our thanks formaking us feel this joy•


W ith the ceremony we held atAnıtkabir on 23 November2017, we commemoratedATATÜRK with respect and longing.

Our Visit to ATATÜRKOnce more, we visited ATATÜRK’s mausoleum in the 79th anniversary of Great Leader Mustafa KemalATATÜRK’s departure from among us.

As a leading organisation which Turkeyand the world follows regarding rocketand missile related matters, we take

pride in living up to ATATÜRK’slegacy. We take firm steps towards thegoal he showed us•



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Our Visitors

Pakistani Chief of Air Staff Gen. Sohail AMAN and theaccompanying Delegation visited Roketsan facilities.

Qatar Strategic Command Personnel visited Roketsanfacilities.

18 July 2017 27 July 2017

3 August 2017 9 August 2017

15 August 2017 18 August 2017

Vietnam Military Attache Maj. Gen. Tran Minh SON’s andthe accompanying Delegation visited Roketsan facilities.

Pakistan Land Forces Deputy Chief of Staff Maj. Gen. MajidEHSAN visited Roketsan facilities.

Brig. Gen. Muhammad Afzal AWAN from Pakistan AirForces Command and the accompanying Delegation visitedRoketsan facilities.

The Delegation consisting of Quwait Ministry of Defencepersonnel visited Roketsan facilities.

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Col. Taoufik AL ASRI and the accompanying Morocco AirForces Delegation visited Roketsan facilities.

Lebanon's Minister of Defence Yacoub Riad SARRAFand the accompanying Delegation visited Roketsan facilities.

21 September 2017

27 October 2017 2 November 2017

20 November 2017 24 November 2017

Maj. Gen. Muhammad Zahid MEHMOOD from Pakistan AirForces Command and the accompanying Delegation visitedRoketsan facilities.

Oman Land Forces Pl. Policies Head of Department Brig.Gen. Saad Juma Mohammed Al FARSI and theaccompanying Delegation visited Roketsan facilities.

Bangladesh Land Forces Command Artillery School visitedRoketsan facilities.

Hungary Minister of Defence Dr. Istvan SIMICSKO,Ambassador Gabor KISS and the accompanying Delegationvisited Roketsan facilities.

20 September 2017

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Saudi Arabia Armed Forces, Artillery Commander Maj. Gen.Mohammed Ahmed A. ALSHAIKHI and the accompanyingDelegation visited Roketsan facilities.

Romania Armed Forces Battalion Commander Lt. Col. FlorinCOTET and the accompanying Staff visited Roketsanfacilities.

7 December 2017

7 December 2017 7 December 2017

14 December 2017 19 December 2017

Tunisia Air Forces Chief of Staff Brig. Gen. Nabil ZRIBIvisited Roketsan facilities.

Azerbaijan Armed Forces 3rd Army Deputy Commander Brig.Gen. Teymur EYYUBOV and the accompanying Staff visitedRoketsan facilities.

Head of Nigeria Air Forces Operations and TrainingDepartment Maj. Gen. NA BALOGUN and the accompanyingStaff visited Roketsan facilities.

The Delegation consisting of Hungary Ministry of Defencepersonnel visited Roketsan facilities.

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capabilities by adding a Thermobaric Warhead to its warhead options. Accordingly, the number of alternative warheads offered by the company has increased to three. Previously there were just two options including the multi-purpose warhead with anti-armor, anti-personnel and incendiary functions and the high explosive warhead,

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between Roketsan and MBDA Germany during the ILA 2016 was about this integration.

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- The Smart Micro Munition (MAM-requirements, attracts attention as a solution that increases the efficiency of air platforms with low payload capacity, especially that of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV). MAM-L, a variant of the Laser Guided L-UMTAS (Long Range Anti-Tank Missile System) that is also developed by Roketsan, the only difference being that it does not have a rocket motor and glides in the air has

used by the Turkish Armed Forces. The MAM-L, which is being successfully used in various operations involving UAVs, stands out as a munition that has proved itself in the field.

With its low weight of about 50 pounds and a length of 1 m, the MAM-L offers a cost-efficient solution for light attack aircraft as well as UAVs. The MAM-L, with its high explosive fragmentation warhead, is highly effective against light structures, unarmored ground vehicles, radar antennas and soft targets like weapon pits and personnel, in a 25-m radius. The other version with tandem high energy anti-tank warhead is effectively used against heavy armored tanks. The munition can be used efficiently at ranges of up to 8 km, depending on the altitude from which they are released.

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