ASELSAN's annual report for 2022 has been published. In this context, it was stated in the report that the serial production contract was signed with TAI within the scope of the ÖZGÜR project carried out by the Presidency of Defense Industries, which aims to modernize the Block-16 version of the F-30 aircraft, which is one of the most important attack elements of the Air Force Command, with national avionic systems, and the first deliveries were made with the rapid start of serial device production.
The serial production phase was started in the F-16 ÖZGÜR modernization.
Abdurrahman Şeref Can, Head of the Aircraft Department of the Presidency of Defense Industries, speaking at the 9th Air and Avionic Systems Seminar, as reported by Savunmatr, announced that the mass production phase was started within the scope of the F-16 ÖZGÜR modernization project. Can said, “The modernization of ÖZGÜR on the first aircraft has been completed, the serial modernization on the other aircraft has started.” had statements.
In the ÖZGÜR project, which includes the avionic modernization of the F-16 Block 30 warplanes in the Turkish Air Force inventory (IFF System, Mission Computer, Colored Multifunctional Display…), the F-16 Block 30 combat aircraft will be modernized within the scope of the priority Özgür project of the MURAD AESA radar developed by ASELSAN. planned to be used in aircraft.
In his presentation at the 10th Defense Industry Days organized by the Machine Technologies Club at Yıldız Technical University, Ahmet Akyol, Head of Electronic Warfare and Radar Systems Department of the Presidency of Defense Industries, announced in the presentation shared by Defense Here that the MURAD Aircraft/UAV AESA Radar has entered the integration and testing phase. .
Project Özgür will be applicable to F-16 Block 40 and 50
President of the Turkish Presidency of Defense Industry Prof. Dr. İsmail Demir was the guest of the "Special Under Record" program broadcast on Haber Global on August 10, 2022. Answering the questions of the program host Saynur Tezel about the defense industry, Demir also touched upon some new information about the F-16 Özgür project.
In this context, Demir used the following statements: “We will definitely do the F-16 modernization ourselves. And we do very well. In addition, mission computer and other elements avionics, which are fully equipped with national systems, can be put into use as a completely domestic system. This was brought to a place with our Free Project in the Block 30s. Block is coming to be implemented in the 40s and 50s. We have no doubts about that.”
Source: defenceturk