ALACA 35 GHz RCS MEASUREMENT SYSTEM
In line with the projects carried out by Turkish company
Meteksan Defence in the field of radar systems, the agreement for design
and develop of "35 GHz Radar Cross Section (RCS) Measurement System"
for Turkish Navy was signed on July 13, 2018 between Turkish Navy
Research Center Command (ARMERKOM) and Meteksan Defence Industry Inc.
The acceptance tests of ALACA 35 GHz RCS Measurement System, developed
within the scope of the agreement, were successfully completed by
Meteksan Defence and the system is delivered in December 2019 to Turkish
Navy. ALACA will be used for; measurement of the RCS of the naval
platforms which is an important parameter in protection from guided
missiles and fire control radars, for improvement of the millimeter wave
RCS of the existing or newly designed platforms and for measurement of
the RCS of countermeasure decoy used for the deception of guided
missiles likely to target naval platforms. In addition, Inverse
Synthetic Aperture Radar (ISAR) capability of ALACA will allow creation
of ISAR images of naval platforms. With these functions, ALACA will be a
critical system for the survival of Turkish Navy’s combat platforms.
Meteksan Defence, operates in six main areas; radar systems, perimeter
surveillance systems, laser and electro-optic systems, communication
systems, underwater acoustic systems and platform simulators, takes
important roles in Turkey's main platform projects, such as corvettes,
helicopters, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) and missile systems.
The main indigenous products developed by Meteksan Defence include radar systems for helicopters and UAVs, perimeter