TÜBİTAK Defense Industries Research and Development Institute


TÜBİTAK Defense Industries Research and Development Institute, shortly TÜBİTAK SAGE, is a Turkish institution carrying out research and development projects on defense industry technology.
It was established in 1972 at Beşevler neighborhood in central Ankara under the name "Guided Vehicles Technology and Measurement Center" by the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey. In 1983, the institution was renamed to "Ballistics Research Institute", and finally in 1988 it took its current name. The organization conducts research and development activities to meet the needs of the Turkish Armed Forces and national defense industry.
SAGE moved in 1993 to its new location in Lalahan village of Elmadağ district, northeast of Ankara. The facility in Beşevler serves as Ankara Wind Tunnel. The institute also runs a site within the Middle East Technical University.

Projects

;SOM cruise missile
The Stand-off Missile is a high-precision long-range cruise missile, which can be launched from land, sea and air platforms.
Certification efforts are in progress to enable the SOM missile for integration with both Turkish Air Force F-35 Lightning II and NATO allied F-35.
;HGK guidance kit
The HGK guidance kit is a GPS/INS guidance kit with flap out wings that converts 2000-lb Mark 84 bombs into smart weapons. It enables precision strike talent
in all weather conditions with long range at a deviation of .
;KGK smart wing adapter kit
during the IDEF 2015.
The KGK guidance kit a precision guidance wing kit that converts 1000-lb Mark 83 bombs and 500-lb Mark 82 bombs into long range fire-and-forget smart weapons.
;TOROS artillery rocket system
The TOROS artillery rocket system is an artillery rocket system consisting of both 230 and 260 mm caliber rockets fired from a launcher vehicle.
;Thermal battery
;NEB bunker buster
during the IDEF 2015.
The NEB Bunker Buster is a bomb able to destroy the reinforced concrete fixed and buried targets by penetrating to them with desired time delay. It is compatible with HGK and GBU-10 Paveway II.

Under development Projects

;GÖKTUĞ
The GÖKTUĞ is a turkish program to develop two indigenous Air to air missiles, the Gökdoğan and Bozdoğan. The Peregrin will be a WVRAAM with an IIR seeker while Merlin will be a BVRAAM equipped with an Active radar seeker