The Secretariat of Defence Industries (SSB) and Meteksan signed a project contract to develop the Underwater Synthetic Aperture Imaging Capability (SAS). The contract aims to develop the National Synthetic Aperture Sonar (MİLSAS) system for military and civilian use. MİLSAS will enable high-resolution underwater image acquisition with its innovative sensor technology and signal processing algorithms.
Meteksan will develop the MILSAS in cooperation with Bilkent, Yıldırım Beyazıt and Gebze Technical Universities. It is planned to be completed in 2026 and enter the inventory at the beginning of 2027 following acceptance tests. Meteksan General Manager Adil Baktır made a statement within the scope of the signed SAS Project.
He stated that MİLSAS could be used in many areas such as mine countermeasures, base, port and critical facility security, control of oil and natural gas lines, marine archaeology and extraction of high-resolution seabed maps by being integrated with Unmanned Marine Vehicles and Autonomous Underwater Vehicles. The company shared a photo from the project initiating ceremony, where former General Manager Selçuk Alparslan appeared.
