Roketsan

Roketsan (Roket Sanayii ve Ticaret A.Ş.) is a Turkish weapons manufacturer and defense contractor based in Ankara, Turkey. Incorporated in 1988 by Turkey's Defense Industry Executive Committee (SSİK) to establish the nation's industrial base on missile technology, the company has quickly risen to become one of Turkey's top 500 industrial corporations.

Roketsan's current share holders include Turkish Armed Forces Foundation (55.5%), ASELSAN (15%), MKEK (15%), Vakıflar Bankası (10%), HAVELSAN (4.5%).<re[3] Roketsan is best known for its wide range of guided and unguided rockets as well as guided missiles such as Bora, Tayfun, Atmaca, Cirit, UMTAS and OMTAS. The company also produces subsystems for Stinger, Rapier and ESSM missiles and provides technology and engineering solutions for other integrated civilian and military platforms. Recent developments highlight small-diameter precision-strike bombs for unmanned aerial vehicles.

Roketsan is the only Turkish company to have obtained CMMI/ DEV 3 (Capability Maturity Model Integration – for Development) approval for all its design and development processes.<re[4]

It was ranked 96th in 2018 and 89th in 2019 in Defense News' most valuable defense industry companies list.<re[5] In 2023, it was ranked 80th.<re[5]

The company is one of the organizers of the Teknofest Aerospace and Technology Festival.<re[6]

History

Roketsan, was founded on 14 June 1988 by the decision of the Defense Industries Executive Committee for the purpose of “Establishing a leading institution in the country for designing, developing and manufacturing rockets and missiles”.<ref[7]

Roketsan signed a contract in 2013 to build the project of the national UFS Space Launch System.<ref[8] In 2013, the Government of Turkey approved the construction of its first satellite launching center by Roketsan.<ref[9] In August 2020, the Roketsan Satellite Launch, Space Systems and Advanced Technologies Research Center and Explosive Raw Material Production Facility for HMX and RDX production were established. It was said that 55 tons of the country's annual raw material need of 80 tons will be produced nationally in these facilities by the end of the year.<ref<ref[10]<ref[11]<ref[12]

On 29 June 2021, the governments of Turkey and Bangladesh signed a defence memorandum of understanding for the export of Roketsan products to Bangladesh, according to İsmail Demir, president of Presidency of Defense Industries.<ref n[13] Roketsan had already delivered the TRG-300 Tiger MLRS to the Bangladesh Army in June 2021 in a separate deal. {[14] Roketsan started the construction of a new facility on a 9,500-acre land in Kırıkkale in December 2022. {[15]

On April 7, 2026, the Lalahan Missile Integration Facility in Ankara and the Fuel Production Facility in Kırıkkale were inaugurated with the participation of President Erdoğan. It was announced that the total cost of the facilities exceeded 1 billion dollars and that the factories would provide employment for more than 3,000 people. It was stated that with the opening of these facilities, Türkiye's missile production capacity would increase fivefold. {[16] TR-122 : 16–36 km TRB-122 :16–36 km Block II: 20–90 km Block ll: 300 km Block lll: 900 km Block lV: 2500 km Block ll: 100–360 km ! style="background:#DCDCDC " |Name ! style="background:#DCDCDC " |Type ! style="background:#DCDCDC " |Range ! style="background:#DCDCDC " |Name ! style="background:#DCDCDC " |Type ! style="background:#DCDCDC " |Range ! style="background:#DCDCDC " |Name ! style="background:#DCDCDC " |Type ! style="background:#DCDCDC " |Range ! style="background:#DCDCDC " |Name ! style="background:#DCDCDC " |Type ! style="background:#DCDCDC " |Ammunition Type Protected

• align="center" |Range Extender for Artillery Shells
• align="center" | +%30
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• TRGK-30 {[17]
• align="center" |Artillery Rocket
• align="center" |TR-107 : 3–11+ km

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• T-122 Sakarya
• align="center" |Multiple rocket launcher
• align="center" |16–40 km
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• T-107
• align="center" |Multiple rocket launcher
• align="center" |3–40 km
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• Multi Caliber Rocket Launcher MCL {[18]
• align="center" |Guided rocket artillery
• align="center" |Block I: 30–120 km

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• TRG-122 {[19]
• align="center" |Laser-guided rocket artillery
• align="center" |13–30 km
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• TRG-230 {[20]
• align="center" |Laser-guided rocket artillery
• align="center" |20–70 or 150 km
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• J-600T Yıldırım
• align="center" |Ballistic missile
• align="center" |Block l: 150 km

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• Bora (missile)
• align="center" |Tactical ballistic missile
• align="center" |Block l: 80–280 km

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• Tayfun (missile)
• align="center" |Short-range ballistic missile
• align="center" |380–800 km
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• Cenk (missile)
• align="center" |Medium-range ballistic missile
• align="center" |400–1000 km
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• colspan="3" align="center" style="background:#C0C0C0 " |Air Defense Systems
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• ALKA Directed Energy Weapon System (YESS) {[21] {{Ci[22]
• align="center" |MANPADS
• align="center" |500 m–8 km
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• Licensed production of FIM-92 Stingers {{Ci[23]
• align="center" |Submarine Defense Rocket
• align="center" |Laser: 500–2.000 m
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• Atmaca
• align="center" |Long Range Anti-ship missile
• align="center" |> 250 km
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• Çakır
• align="center" |Medium range Anti-ship missile
• align="center" |150+ km
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• AKYA 533mm {{Ci[24]
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• Roketsan Orka 324 mm {{Ci[25] {{Ci[26]
• align="center" |Lightweight Torpedo
• align="center" |25 km range {{Ci[27]
• align="center" |Torpedo Countermeasure System
• align="center" |Aselsan joint production
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• TORK {{Ci[28]
• align="center" |Acoustic torpedo countermeasure jammers and decoys
• align="center" |Aselsan joint production
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• colspan="3" align="center" style="background:#C0C0C0 " |Precision Guided Missiles
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• Roketsan Cirit
• align="center" |Laser Guided Anti-Tank Missile
• align="center" |1.5 – 8 km
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• UAV-122
• align="center" |Laser Guided Air-to-surface missile
• align="center" |55 km
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• UAV-230
• align="center" |Laser Guided Air-to-surface missile
• align="center" |150 km
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• Roketsan TANOK 120mm {{Cite[29]
• align="center" |Short-Rang fire-and-forget Anti-Tank Missile
• align="center" |2,500 m
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• Roketsan CİDA 90mm {{Cite [30]
• align="center" |Laser-guided miniature missile system
• align="center" |1,000 m
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• KARA ATMACA {{Cite [31]
• align="center" |Medium range anti-tank missile system
• align="center" |200–4.000 m
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• colspan="3" align="center" style="background:#C0C0C0 " |Precision-guided munition
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• Roketsan TEBER {{Cite [32] {{cite [33]
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• colspan="3" align="center" style="background:#C0C0C0" |Ballistic Protection Systems
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• RZK-7 {{Cite [34]
• align="center" |Areal Protection System
• align="center" |Shrapnel - Mortar shell
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• RZB-20/20B
• align="center" |Areal Protection System
• align="center" |Light weapons, Shrapnel and High explosives
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• ROKETSAN Ballistic Protection Center (BPC) {{Cite [35]
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Facilities

• Munition Disposal Facility (MAAT)
• Air Bag Project “Booster Bag” used in airbag systems by ARC Automotive Company /U.S.A.produced by ROKETSAN.
• Ammunition Surveillance Facility (MIGYEM)
• Space Systems and Advanced Technologies Research Center

External links

• ROKETSAN official website
• ROKETSAN Products & Services
• Turkish Undersecretariat for Defence Industries (SSM)