:Meteksan Savunma
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{{Infobox company
| name = Meteksan Savunma Sanayii A.Ş.
| logo = The_Logo_of_Meteksan_Savunma.png
| logo_size = 200px
| foundation = {{Start date|2006}}
|location_city = Ankara
|location_country = Turkey
| key_people = Aziz Tunç Batum (CEO)
Selçuk Kerem Alparslan (President)
| num_employees = 450
| industry = Defence
Software
Electronics
| products = Radar Systems, Perimeter Surveillance Systems,Electro-Optic Systems, Underwater Acoustic Systems, Communication Systems, Platform Simulators
| homepage = [http://www.meteksan.com meteksan.com]
}}
Meteksan Savunma is a Turkish defense technology company based in Ankara, specializing in radar systems, perimeter surveillance systems, laser and electro-optic systems, communication systems, underwater acoustic systems and simulators. It is part of Bilkent Holding, a large conglomerate funded by Bilkent University, which is Turkey's 15th largest industrial group, and privately held.[http://www.hagridproject.net/uploads/Meteksan_%28TR%29.pdf Meteksan Savunma Industry Inc.]
Meteksan is one of the suppliers of the Turkish Armed Forces, and has been involved in projects such as missile defense systems, attack helicopters, UAVs, corvettes and underwater weapons systems.[http://yenisafak.com.tr/Gundem/?i=310916 Bakanlık'tan denizaltı açıklaması]
History
Meteksan Defence is established in 2006 as a subsidiary of Bilkent Holding and Bilkent University. The company's first contract was Army Operational Training Center Project. Then "Millimeter Wave Radar Techniques for Land Target Acquisition"[http://www.airforce-technology.com/projects/t129multirolecombath/ T129 Multi-Role Combat Helicopter, Turkey] and "Naval Warfare Simulation System" projects were awarded through TUBITAK funds.[http://home.janes.com/events/exhibitions/idex2011/sections/daily/day1/high-tech-from-turkeys-me.shtml High tech from Turkey’s Meteksan] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111115024452/http://home.janes.com/events/exhibitions/idex2011/sections/daily/day1/high-tech-from-turkeys-me.shtml |date=2011-11-15 }}
In 2009, it was designated as a "Center of Excellence in Underwater Acoustics" by Turkey's Undersecretariat for Defense Industries, the first such center established as part of a Turkish government initiative to increase the output of its local defense industries.[http://www.naval-technology.com/features/feature77910/ Sonar Systems for 2010]{{cite news|url=http://www.defensenews.com/story.php?i=4296899|title= Acoustics Ambitions|publisher=Defense News|date=28 September 2009|author=Burak Ege Bekdil}}{{dead link|date=August 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}[http://www.bilkentholding.com.tr/Pages/services/meteksan-defense/ Meteksan Defence] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110905215516/http://www.bilkentholding.com.tr/Pages/services/meteksan-defense/ |date=2011-09-05 }} Since 2010 Meteksan launched a product oriented strategy within the defense electronics and has become one of the fastest growing private-sector companies of defense industry in Turkey.
Meteksan demonstrates a performance higher than international industry benchmark, and reveals more than 250,000 USD revenue per employee. The company operates a successful network of suppliers and SMEs; maximizes direct personnel efficiency ratio to its highest in Turkish defense industry, while minimizing overhead to total expense ratio.
Products
- MILDAR Fire Control Radar
- MILSAR UAV SAR/GMTI Radar
- Retinar Perimeter Surveillance Radar Family
- KAPAN Anti-Drone System
- OKIS Automatic Take-off and Landing System
- Radar Altimeters
- Data Links for Missile Systems
- C-Band UAV Data Link System
- YAKAMOS 2020 Hull Mounted Sonar System
- Underwater Early Warning Sensor Networks
- Damage Control Simulator
- Fire Training Simulator
- Retinar FAR-AD Drone Detection Radar
- Helicopter Underwater Escape Training (HUET) Simulator
- ULAQ Armed Unmanned Surface Vehicle