An agreement was signed with the Presidency of Defense Industries for ULAQ IDA, which was built with the cooperation of Ares Shipyard and Meteksan.
In the statement made on the Twitter account of Ares Shipyard, it was announced that an agreement was made for ULAQ IDA's ASuW (Submarine Warfare) and ASW (Submarine Warfare) models. Within the scope of the agreement, ULAQ IDA's SUH (Submarine Warfare) and DSH (Submarine Defense Warfare) models are expected to enter the inventory of the Turkish Armed Forces.
We signed the contract for ULAQ ASuW & ASW with Defense Industry Agency for the needs of Turkish Navy.#ULAQ #ARESSshipyard #ARESummary2022 #MeteksanDefence pic.twitter.com/3PbgPGb6MC
- ARES Shipyard (@ARESShipyard) December 27, 2022
New configuration for ULAQ SİDA!
President of Defense Industry Prof. Dr. İsmail Demir announced the new configuration of ULAQ SİDA with a video sharing on Twitter. The new configuration, previously exhibited at fairs such as DIMDEX 2021, carried the YALMAN weapon system at the rear and 12.7 mm RCWS at the front.
In the shared video, it was striking that the rear compartment could also carry the DSH Rocket launcher, triple light torpedo launcher and towed sonar, apart from the YALMAN weapon system. With its ability to carry different types of sonar such as towed sonar, immersion sonar, telescopic sonar, it can be evaluated that the new configuration will offer quite extensive options for DSH.
It is noteworthy that the domestic diesel engine is emphasized in the more modular configuration compared to the first produced configuration. As it is known, it was announced that ARES Shipyard and TÜMOSAN would cooperate on the use of domestic marine diesel engines in ULAQ SİDAs. The new configuration will have a locality rate of nearly 90% in total.
Source: defenceturk
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