ROKETSAN CEO Murat İkinci stated that the work on GÖKBORA BVRAAM’s solid fuel ramjet was completed during his presentation at Ankara University Teknokent.
Murat İkinci gave the update regarding the completion of work on the solid fuel ramjet engine for GÖKBORA beyond visual range air-to-air missile at the Kamp'üss event held in Ankara University Teknokent.
GÖKBORA, unveiled during IDEF2025, is ROKETSAN’s first air-to-air missile with an emphasis on stealth aircraft. With a length of 3.75 m and folding fins, GÖKBORA is highly optimised for carriage inside the weapon bays of aircraft like KAAN and KIZILELMA. However, non-stealthy aircraft like the F-16 will still be able to use the missile.
On the performance side, the missile can reach a range of 185+ km and is set to use Turkiye’s first AESA RF seeker, AGRAS 3101/AA, being developed by ASELSAN.
Ramjet-Related Projects in Turkiye
There is a number of projects involving the use of ramjets by multiple firms, with most of them being missiles.
TÜBİTAK SAGE is developing the GÖKHAN BVRAAM to use a liquid fuel ramjet and is developing a supersonic anti-ship missile with ROKETSAN, with the deal signed during IDEF2025.
On the other hand, DeltaV recently tested its ramjet test platform at Sinop, which achieved ignition at flight.
Author: Kaan Azman
Editor: Özgür Ekşi
