HİSAR-O 100 Air Defence System Gets a Range Upgrade

HİSAR-O 100 Air Defence System Gets a Range Upgrade
ASELSAN CEO Ahmet Akyol has announced a series of upgrades on the HİSAR-O 100 medium-range air defence system on his X account. Akyol has listed the upgrades on performance, communication, and electronics as:

• 40+ km interception range (Formerly 25+ km)

• Extended radar range 

• Improved RF and IIR seekers for the missiles 

• Capability to use two different missiles on one launcher at the same time 

• New generation ad hoc communication system

When the firing test of the upgraded HİSAR-O 100 is inspected, there seems to be no change in the size of the missiles, suggesting that an improvement has been made on the rocket engine. The range improvements will likely be seen on the HİSAR-D RF naval air defence missile, the SİPER Block 1 long-range missile and the short-range HİSAR-A missile. The first two missiles are already based on the HİSAR-O RF missile while the last has a similar propulsion section.

On the radar, a new version of KALKAN radar has likely been developed as HİSAR-O currently uses KALKAN-II radar. When the radar in the video is compared with KALKAN-II, a few differences can be spotted like the antenna arrangement. The current KALKAN-II has an instrumented range of 120+ km. Aside from radar range, the radar's performance against lower RCS targets and jamming resistance might have been improved as well.