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Turkey’s HİSAR A+ Autonomous System Hits Jet-Powered Target
Turkey’s HİSAR A+ Autonomous system hit a jet-powered target in a missile test.
The test was coordinated by the Presidency of Defence Industries, with ROKETSAN and ASELSAN as lead contractors.
The system is already in the Turkish armed forces’ inventory and was developed with contributions from more than 200 local companies.
It brings its components together on one vehicle and is designed to protect military units and fixed sites from air threats.
HİSAR-A has a range of more than 15 kilometres and can reach targets at up to 10 kilometres altitude.
The system is intended to counter aircraft, drones, cruise missiles and air-to-ground missiles.
The successful test demonstrated the system’s ability to hit a target, but no further steps were announced.
Turkey’s HİSAR A+ Autonomous system fired a missile that hit a jet-powered target in a test.
The missile had an imaging infrared seeker.
The test was conducted under the HİSAR project, coordinated by Turkey’s Presidency of Defence Industries.
ROKETSAN and ASELSAN were the project’s main contractors.
The test took place on the 41st anniversary of the Presidency of Defence Industries.
- Who
- Turkey’s HİSAR A+ Autonomous system fired the missile.
- What
- A missile with an imaging infrared seeker hit a jet-powered target.
- When
- On the 41st anniversary of the Presidency of Defence Industries; the date of the test was not stated.
- Where
- Not stated.
- Why
- The HİSAR-A system was developed to defend armored, mechanized and fixed units against air threats.
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- Test target
- Jet-powered target
- Missile seeker
- Imaging infrared (IIR)
- Project coordination
- Presidency of Defence Industries
- Main contractors
- ROKETSAN and ASELSAN
- Domestic contributors
- More than 200 companies
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What people are saying
In the 41st year of pride for our Presidency, the autonomous will of our Sky Homeland, HİSAR A+ Autonomous, successfully hit its target.
The system, which is in our forces’ inventory and was developed with contributions from more than 200 domestic companies, brings all its components together in one vehicle, strengthening our air defense capability.
The HİSAR-A system, developed to provide air defense for armored and mechanized units and fixed units against air threats, has ground systems developed by ASELSAN and a missile developed by ROKETSAN.