Turkey unveils new ULAQ Armored Unmanned Surface Vessel armed with missile systems

October 30, 2020

Navy Recognition:

 

The ULAQ Armored Unmanned Surface Vessel has been built from advanced composites, has 400 km range, 65 km/h speed, day/night vision capabilities, encrypted communication infrastructure, which can be operated from mobile vehicles and headquarters or from sea platforms such as aircraft carriers or frigates, and it will be used for missions like intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance, surface warfare, asymmetric warfare, escort missions, strategic infrastructure protection.

The prototype vessel, whose design was completed in August, and the structural build which has just been completed, is planned to be launched into Mediterranean waters in December after completion of outfitting. First AUSV’s missile systems are inclusive of 4 cells of Cirit and 2 of L-UMTAS missiles, supplied by Turkish national missile systems provider ROKETSAN, where the firing tests are planned for the first quarter of 2021…

 

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