Abbreviation TÜBİTAK SAGE Type GO Location Ankara, Turkey | Formation 1972 Headquarters Lalahan, Elmadağ | |
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Purpose Defense industry technology | ||
TÜBİTAK Defense Industries Research and Development Institute (Turkish: TÜBİTAK Savunma Sanayii Araştırma ve Geliştirme Enstitüsü), 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" (Güdümlü Araçlar Teknoloji ve Ölçüm Merkezi, GATÖM) by the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (Turkish: Türkiye Bilimsel ve Teknolojik Araştırma Kurumu, TÜBİTAK). In 1983, the institution was renamed to "Ballistics Research Institute" (Balistik Araştırma Enstitüsü, BAE), 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, 30 km (19 mi) northeast of Ankara. The facility in Beşevler serves as Ankara Wind Tunnel. The institute also runs a site within the Middle East Technical University (ODTÜ).
Projects
The Stand-off Missile (Turkish: Stand-off Mühimmat Seyir Füzesi, SOM) 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.
The HGK guidance kit (Turkish: Hassas Güdüm Kiti, HGK) 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 6 m (20 ft).
The KGK guidance kit (Turkish: Kanatlı Güdüm Kiti, KGK) 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.
The TOROS artillery rocket system (Turkish: Topçu Roket Sistemi, TOROS) is an artillery rocket system consisting of both 230 and 260 mm caliber rockets fired from a launcher vehicle.
The NEB Bunker Buster (Turkish: Nüfuz Edici Bomba, NEB) 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.