Roketsan
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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%). Roketsan is best known for its wide range of guided and unguided rockets as well as guided missiles such as Bora, Tayfun, Atmaca, 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.
It was ranked 96th in 2018 and 89th in 2019 in Defense News' most valuable defense industry companies list. In 2023, it was ranked 80th.
The company is one of the organizers of the Teknofest Aerospace and Technology Festival.
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”.
Roketsan signed a contract in 2013 to build the project of the national UFS Space Launch System. In 2013, the Government of Turkey approved the construction of its first satellite launching center by Roketsan. 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.
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. Roketsan had already delivered the TRG-300 Tiger MLRS to the Bangladesh Army in June 2021 in a separate deal. Bangladesh was set to become one of the top defence equipment customers of Turkey and Roketsan in the following few years. In October 2021, the Bangladesh Army received a second batch of the TRG-300 Tiger missile system. Roketsan started the construction of a new facility on a 9,500-acre land in Kırıkkale in December 2022. Roketsan decided to increase its production capacity by investing $407 million in Ankara and Kırıkkale in 2025.
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.
In June 2026, at the Eurosatory defence exhibition, the Czechoslovak Group (CSG) presented the Trident multi-layer air defence system. The modular system is designed to counter a range of aerial threats, including aircraft, helicopters, cruise missiles and unmanned aerial vehicles. It can integrate surface-to-air missiles, gun-based systems, counter-UAS elements and electronic warfare capabilities.
Roketsan is a strategic partner in the project, supplying short-, medium- and long-range surface-to-air guided missiles together with their transport and launch containers. Other contributors include Excalibur International (main system integrator), Retia (radars and command-and-control systems), and Tatra Trucks/Tatra Defence (chassis and armoured platforms).
Shareholders
Shareholder structure of Roketsan is:
- Turkish Armed Forces Foundation - 55%
- ASELSAN - 15%
- Makine Kimya Endüstrisi Kurumu - 15%
- Vakıfbank - 10%
- Other - 5%
Products
| Name | Type | Range |
|---|---|---|
| Land Systems | ||
| Base Bleed Unit (DYÜ) | Range Extender for Artillery Shells | +%30 |
| TRGK-30 | Guidance Kit | 40–90km |
| Artillery Rockets | Artillery Rocket | TR-107: 3–11+ km TR-122: 16–36km TRB-122 :16–36km |
| T-122 Sakarya | Multiple rocket launcher | 16–40km |
| T-107 | Multiple rocket launcher | 3–40km |
| Multi Caliber Rocket Launcher MCL | Multi Purpose Rocket Launcher | 10–280km |
| TRG-300 | Guided rocket artillery | Block I: 30–120km Block II: 20–90km |
| TRG-122 | Guided rocket artillery | 13–30km |
| TRLG-122 | Laser-guided rocket artillery | 13–30km |
| TRG-230 | Guided rocket artillery | 20–70km |
| TRLG-230 | Laser-guided rocket artillery | 20–70 or 150km |
| J-600T Yıldırım | Ballistic missile | Block l: 150km Block ll: 300km Block lll: 900km Block lV: 2500km |
| Bora (missile) | Tactical ballistic missile | Block l: 80–280km Block ll: 100–360km |
| Tayfun (missile) | Short-range ballistic missile | 380–800km |
| Cenk (missile) | Medium-range ballistic missile | 400–1000km |
| Air Defense Systems | ||
| Name | Type | Range |
| ALKA Directed Energy Weapon System (YESS) | Directed Energy Weapon System | Laser: 500 m Electromagnetic Destruction System (ETS): 1.000 m Electromagnetic Jamming System (EKS): 4.000 m |
| Hisar-A | Air Defense Missile System | 2–15km |
| Hisar-O | Air Defense Missile System | 3–25km |
| Hisar-RF | Air Defense Missile System | 3–40km |
| SİPER | Air Defense Missile System | 30–150km |
| Levent | SAM-based CIWS | 2–11km |
| Sungur / PorSav | MANPADS | 500 m–8km |
| Licensed production of FIM-92 Stingers | MANPADS | 4.8km+ |
| Naval Systems | ||
| Name | Type | Range |
| ASW rocket launcher system | Submarine Defense Rocket | Laser: 500–2.000 m |
| Atmaca | Long Range Anti-ship missile | > 250km |
| Çakır | Medium range Anti-ship missile | 150+km |
| AKYA 533mm | Heavy Torpedo | 50km range |
| Roketsan Orka 324mm | Lightweight Torpedo | 25km range |
| HIZIR | Torpedo Countermeasure System | Aselsan joint production |
| TORK | Anti-Torpedo | Aselsan joint production |
| ZOKA | Acoustic torpedo countermeasure jammers and decoys | Aselsan joint production |
| Precision Guided Missiles | ||
| Name | Type | Range |
| Roketsan Cirit | Laser Guided Anti-Tank Missile | 1.5 – 8km |
| UAV-122 | Laser Guided Air-to-surface missile | 55km |
| UAV-230 | Laser Guided Air-to-surface missile | 150km |
| Roketsan TANOK 120mm | Laser Guided Anti-Tank Missile | 1–6km |
| Roketsan KARAOK 125mm | Short-Rang fire-and-forget Anti-Tank Missile | 2,500 m |
| Roketsan CİDA 90mm | Guided missile | 50–750 m |
| Roketsan YATAĞAN 40mm | Laser-guided miniature missile system | 1,000 m |
| KARA ATMACA | Surface-to-Surface Cruise Missile | 400km |
| SOM A | Air-to-Surface Cruise Missile | 250km |
| SOM B1 and B2 | Air-to-Surface Cruise Missile | 250km |
| SOM J | Air-to-Surface Cruise Missile | 275km |
| UMTAS 160mm | Long range anti-tank missile system | 500–8,000 m |
| L-UMTAS 160mm | Laser-guided long range anti-tank missile system | 500–8,000 m |
| OMTAS 160mm | Medium range anti-tank missile system | 200–4.000 m |
| Precision-guided munition | ||
| Name | Type | Range |
| Roketsan TEBER | Laser Guidance Kit | 2–28km |
| MAM-C high explosive variant | Laser-Guided UAV Bomb | 8km |
| MAM-L thermobaric variant | Laser-Guided UAV Bomb | 8km |
| MAM-T GPS/INS Guided variant | Laser-Guided UCAV Bomb | 30km launched from UCAVs 60km launched from Ground attack aircraft 90km launched from Multirole combat aircraft |
| Ballistic Protection Systems | ||
| Name | Type | Ammunition Type Protected |
| RZK-7 | Composite Armor Blocks | Shrapnel - Mortar shell |
| RZK-10 | Areal Protection System | Shrapnel - Mortar shell |
| RZB-20/20B | Areal Protection System | Light weapons, Shrapnel and High explosives |
| ROKETSAN Ballistic Protection Center (BPC) | Ballistic Protection System | Maximum protection against anti-tank missiles and RPG-type threats |
| Fuze Systems | ||
| Name | Type | Working system |
| 107mm | Rocket Fuze | Impact, Precision/Delayed |
| 122mm | Rocket Fuze | Impact, Precision/Delayed |
| 122mm Proximity Rocket/Missile Fuze | Rocket Fuze | Impact, Time (0-200 s) Proximity (1–15 m) |
| 300mm Proximity Rocket/Missile Fuze | Rocket Fuze | Impact, Time (0-200 s) Proximity (1–15 m) |
| 20mm M56 (M505 A3) Ammo Fuze | Ammunition Fuze | Impact |
| Space Projects | ||
| Name | Type | Details |
| Space Launch System (Turkey) | Satellite Launch System | The Micro-Satellite Launching System (MSLS) |
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