Kürşat Stealth Founder Yunus İnce provided TurDef with further details on its KÜRŞAT 3.0 RAM coating that can be easily applied on a wide range of platforms.
The founder of Türkiye-based Kürşat Stealth, Yunus İnce, provided new details on the firm’s KÜRŞAT 3.0 radar absorbent coating that brings practical application, multi-band efficiency, and secondary advantages in an interview with TurDef.
KÜRŞAT RAM coating’s development spans eight years of material research and tests, with the tests against radars performed in cooperation with universities such as Pamukkale University of Türkiye.
The paint is aimed to be applied on various platforms, including UAVs and fighter jets.
Spray-and-Forget
İnce stated that KÜRŞAT 3.0 stands out from the previous RAM coatings, which have complex application and maintenance processes involving panels and paint with adhesives. In fact, this has become a major point of maintenance workload and cost for fifth-generation fighters.
KÜRŞAT 3.0 only involves a one-time spraying process that does not require removal thanks to natural adhesivity.
Additionally, against rapid heating and sudden pressure, the paint keeps its integrity. Tests against high temperature, corrosion and pressure were performed; the paint has been proven to withstand transient heating of +150 degrees Celcius and spot fire at +300 degrees Celcius.
Thanks to being made from materials present (Such as volcanic minerals with structures naturally disrupting the radar waves) or being viable to be produced in Türkiye, the cost expectations are not high.
Minimal Handicap on Platforms
Additionally, the traditional RAM coatings, due to their thickness and different materials, have effects on aerodynamics and weight. The aerodynamic impact becomes more important upon deformation.
İnce stated that the new paint has an area density of 150-200 grams per square meter at 0.10 mm thickness.
Multi-Band Effect
While the recently published test results for KÜRŞAT 3.0 against S-band showed a peak signature reduction of nearly 45 dB against 2.28 GHz, the coating maintains its masking against other bands, such as X-band or Ku-band, also popular in modern radars.
Protection Against HPeM Weapons
İnce noted a secondary advantage of KÜRŞAT 3.0 as providing a “Faraday Cage effect” on the applied platform, providing improved resistance against HPeM weaponry. This is an important point for smaller UAVs, which are vulnerable to the emerging HPeM weapons, including the fibre-optic controlled types resistant to soft-kill.
Request is The Limit for Platforms
Thanks to the aforementioned practical application and negligible load on the platform, KÜRŞAT can be applied on a vast array of platforms, including small UAVs, UCAVS, UUVs, USVs, missiles, and manned aircraft.
Kürşat Stealth is ready to proceed to field tests with any given platform for this reason, with the KAAN fighter jet as the ultimate goal. Yunus İnce notes that talks on investment and potential joint work are ongoing. The firm is planning to enter the market in the near term.
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Author: Kaan Azman
Editor:Özgür Ekşi
