STM and Bahçeşehir University developed the "CTD Probe" system, which is used to collect data on the physical properties of sea water in oceanographic research and military platforms, for the first time in Turkey with local and national resources. The CTD Probe System, which has successfully completed environmental condition, factory acceptance and field tests, can be used in domestic and international military and scientific underwater projects.
STM Defense Technologies Engineering and Trade Inc., within the scope of university-industry cooperation, has achieved more significant success in a critical system that is not produced in Turkey.
BAU İnovasyon ve Danışmanlık A.Ş., a subsidiary of Bahçeşehir University, within the scope of STM's experience in marine projects and University-Industry cooperation. CTD Probe System developed within the framework of joint R&D activities with (BAUMIND) since 2012; Thanks to its robust structure, reliable, accurate, sensitive sensors and advanced processor unit; It was designed to operate in the most challenging conditions in all the world's seas.
Within the scope of an R&D project carried out with domestic resources for the first time in Turkey; Environmental condition tests, factory acceptance and field tests of the Conductivity, Temperature and Depth (CTD) Measurement System, which is one of the most used systems in military surface/underwater platforms, unmanned marine vehicles and scientific research activities in the field of oceanography, have been successfully completed and the product has taken its place in the market.
“We were dependent on abroad, we developed it locally with the university”
Referring to the importance of qualified workforce and R&D in the defense industry, STM General Manager Özgür Güleryüz said, “At STM, we attach great importance to university-industry collaborations for the training of qualified human resources and the production of critical technologies. The CTD Probe System, which we developed jointly with Bahçeşehir University in submarine technologies, is a valuable result of this collaboration. "We are proud to develop a critical system that has not been produced in Turkey before, with domestic resources and in cooperation with universities," he said. Stating that the CTD Probe went through a series of important testing stages, Güleryüz said:
“The Hydrostatic External Pressure Test, which is one of the most decisive environmental condition tests for our product, was completed at the Gölcük Shipyard Command of the General Directorate of Shipyards, an accredited institution. It successfully passed the field tests and took its place among our products to be used in required projects as a licensed product of STM. Before this initiative of STM, CTD Probes were imported from abroad for our domestic and international projects. There was dependence abroad for periodic calibrations of sensitive measurement sensors. Our locally developed CTD Probe system; We aim to use it in many domestic and international projects, including scientific research activities, especially the projects that our Naval Forces Command plans to carry out in the near future. I congratulate the valuable STM and BAU teams who contributed to the project.”
It is also of critical importance in submarines
"Conductivity", "Temperature" and "Water Pressure" at the current depth, which are the basic parameters in terms of the physical properties of sea water; With the sensitive sensors on the CTD System; It is measured in real time and the "Salinity", "Specific Gravity of Water" and "Sound Speed" values at the current depth can be calculated by the built-in processor unit. Thanks to CTD data used to create the propagation pattern of sound under water; Performance modeling of sonar systems can also be done.
CTD Probe System, which offers Turkey a measurement opportunity to carry out scientific research in the fields of oceanography and hydrography, unlike its counterparts in the world, can also provide real-time orientation information of both itself and the platform on which it is mounted, thanks to its 3-axis inertial measurement unit.
The system whose R&D has been completed; Currently, sales and marketing activities are licensed to STM by Bahçeşehir University for its assembly and integration.