ROKETSAN


Roketsan Roket Sanayii ve Ticaret A.S. is a major Turkish weapons manufacturer and defense contractor based in Ankara. Incorporated in 1988 by Turkey's Defense Industry Executive Committee 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, Aselsan, MKEK, Vakıflar Bankası, Havelsan. Roketsan is best known for its vast range of unguided rockets as well as laser and infrared guided missiles such as Cirit and UMTAS. The company also produces subsystems for Stinger and Rapier missiles and provides technology and engineering solutions for other integrated civilian and military platforms. Recent developments highlight small-diameter precision-strike bombs for UAVs.
Roketsan is the only Turkish company to have obtained CMMI/ DEV 3 approval for all its design and development processes.

History

In 2013, Government of Turkey approved the construction of its first satellite launching center by Roketsan.

Projects

Roketsan signed a contract in 2013 to build the project of the national UFS Space Launch System.

Products

Missiles and rockets