IDEF 2017: Aselsan tests air defences
The new HISAR-A and HISAR-O air defence missile systems are due to complete testing next year.
Tolga Gungor, lead engineer at Aselsan for low/medium altitude air defence missile systems, told Shephard at IDEF 2017 that subsystems qualification and integration is finished and total systems testing is underway.
He said that HISAR-A autonomous short range (interception out to 15km) missile system completed vertical firing tests in December 2016 and established a datalink with the missile. This followed missile control tests earlier that year.
The medium range (interception out to 25km) HISAR-O system is about a year behind the HISAR-A schedule and
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