The Turkish Minister of Industry and Technology, Mehmet Fatih Kacır, announced the completion of GÖKDOĞAN BVRAAM and BOZDOĞAN WVRAAM’s verification stage.
GÖKDOĞAN BVRAAM and BOZDOĞAN WVRAAM -developed by TÜBİTAK SAGE- have left behind the verification phase with firing tests that used live warheads, as announced by the Turkish Minister of Industry and Technology, Mehmet Fatih Kacır.
The missiles will succeed and gradually take over from AIM-120 AMRAAM and AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles in Turkish Air Force service for F-16 use. At the same time, they will be the primary air-to-air weapons for the KAAN fighter, KIZILELMA unmanned fighter, and ANKA-III multi-role stealth UCAV.
GÖKDOĞAN BVRAAM to succeed AIM-120 AMRAAM features a range longer than 65 km (Stated to be as far as 100 km by Minister Kacır previously) and uses datalink+RF seekfer guidance.
BOZDOĞAN WVRAAM stands out from its peers with a larger design, which incorporates a larger rocket motor, allowing a speed of Mach 4 (Other WVRAAMs mostly reach Mach 2.5-3). The missile uses an IIR seeker and can reach a range of 25 km. In addition to aircraft use, BOZDOĞAN has been adapted for air defence as GÖKSUR, which incorporates folding rear fins and two-way datalink as optimisations for surface-based use from GÜRZ 200 air defence system and GÖKSUR 100-N PDMS.
Author: Kaan Azman
Editor:Özgür Ekşi
