Aircraft carrier appeared | Defense Industry News

In line with the instructions of President Tayyip Erdoğan, work on a domestic aircraft carrier has begun. The design of the aircraft carrier is made by the Design Project Office of the Naval Forces.

President of the Presidency of Defense Industries Prof. Dr. The delegation led by Haluk Görgün and Naval Forces Commander Admiral Ercüment Tatlıoğlu visited the Design Project Office. In the delegation; National Defense University Rector Prof. Dr. Erhan Afyoncu, ASELSAN General Manager Ahmet Akyol, BAYKAR Technology Chairman Selçuk Bayraktar, HAVELSAN General Manager Dr. Mehmet Akif Nacar and ROKETSAN General Manager Murat İkin took part.

During the visit, aircraft carrier design activities, which were implemented with the design project office’s high engineering-based superior design talent and the warship design tradition and experience of the engineers, most recently crowned with the design and manufacturing of the TCG Istanbul Frigate, were examined on-site. Following President Erdoğan’s instruction, a decision was taken to start the design phase of the aircraft carrier at the Defense Industry Executive Committee (SSİK) meeting on January 3.

According to the information obtained, the domestic aircraft carrier; It is designed to have a full length of 285 meters, a width of 68 meters, a displacement of 60 thousand tons, a speed of 25 knots, a COGAG propulsion system, a STOBAR aircraft take-off/landing system and a draft of 10.1 meters. If supplied, warplanes with vertical landing/short take-off features, such as the F-35B, can be deployed on the TCG ANADOLU Amphibious Assault Ship, which is currently in the Turkish Navy’s inventory. It is planned to deploy unmanned platforms such as KIZILELMA and Bayraktar TB3 on the ship. A much wider category of warplanes will be able to land/take off from the Domestic Aircraft Carrier.