GÖKSUR air defence missile derived from BOZDOĞAN WVRAAM, fired from the GÖKSUR 100-N VLS launcher, successfully hit the target UAV with its IIR seeker.
ASELSAN announced the first successful test of the IIR-guided GÖKSUR short-range air defence missile against a target UAV. The missile was fired from the GÖKSUR 100-N VLS vertical launch unit (In angled position again).
Following the launch, the GÜDÜ datalink system provided midcourse guidance to the missile and the IIR seeker was used in the terminal phase. The high-speed target UAV travelling at low altitude was struck at a distance of 11+ km.
Prior to this, GÖKSUR was fired for the first time from a ship. TCG Beykoz (F-503, Burak-class corvette utilised as test ship) fitted with a GÖKSUR 100-N VLS launcher and GÜDÜ antennas fired the missile.
GÖKSUR is set to become a new option for point defence on warships, as well as the truck-based GÜRZ 200 air defence system’s main missile. The missile with an identical layout to the parent design, BOZDOĞAN WVRAAM, has folding rear fins to allow efficient fitting. The missile can engage fixed/rotary-wing aircraft, UAVs, cruise missiles, and USVs thanks to the imaging seeker at a range of 15 km.
ASELSAN is developing three configurations for the launcher component. The first to be unveiled was the GÖKSUR 100-N/StA as a turreted launcher holding 12 missiles, EO/IR, and four AKREP 200-N AESA radars. For higher capacity (Like the Mk49 RAM launcher), GÖKSUR 100-N was also presented with a twin-arm launcher holding 20 missiles. Finally, GÖKSUR 100-N VLS is the most flexible with its use of modular vertical launch units, which allow fitting of any count and placement (Deck-mounted or embedded).
