Aselsan Sivas pistol reflex and armored vehicle periscope mass production delivery ceremony; The Holographic reflex sight device, which is a completely national design, was also introduced as a surprise product. So far dorm It was emphasized that a first was achieved by making an original design for this product, which was procured from abroad.

Aselsan Sivas Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors, Osman YILDIRIM, introduced night vision image intensifier tubes in Sivas. also requested to nationalize and mass produce.

TBMM National Defense Commission Chairman İsmet YILMAZ, Deputy President of Defense Industry Dr. Celal Sami TÜFEKÇİ, Governor Salih AYHAN, Aselsan Chairman and General Manager Prof. Dr. While Haluk GÖRGÜN, Sivas Mayor Hilmi BİLGİN, FNSS company and Samsun Yurt Defense company managers attended the program, Aselsan Sivas General Manager Murat Şahin said in his speeches to promote the products;

" In addition to producing all kinds of optical units and thin film coating in our Aselsan Sivas, we produce high-tech electro-optical devices consisting of precision optomechanical production and their combination, next to our factory building here, as well as our R&D building in Cumhuriyet University Technocity area and Ankara. We have a design office. Our facility was put into service with its official opening on May 28, 2016. In the last 4 years, with the close attention and support of our Presidency of Defense Industry and Aselsan, our number of personnel increased 10 times from 30 to 300, even during the epidemic. Additional employment has been made and new products have been put into operation. The majority of our engineer, administrative and technician staff is from Sivas. With our commencement of operations, the mass production of over 200 items of optical units procured from abroad has been nationalized. Currently, 34 different electro-optical devices are produced locally and nationally in our factory. Many of these items were produced by our Aselsan and exported abroad. Especially within the scope of the Commando Modernization Project, 20,000 infantry day vision binoculars, 15,000 night vision binoculars, 20,000 reflex sights and 1500 sniper scopes were delivered to our National Rifles. Nearly 1300 very sensitive continuous focus thermal camera lenses were produced and delivered to Aselsan.

Our Aselsan Sivas was entitled to become an R&D Center in 2019. This year, AS9100 Aerospace Industry Quality Certificate and Facility Security Certificates were obtained. "In addition, due to the recent epidemic, necessary precautions were taken to prioritize healthy working and we were entitled to receive the TSE COVID-19 Safe Production Certificate."

ASELSAN IS THE FIRST IN THE WORLD. AMONG THE 50

Speaking at the ceremony, ASELSAN Chairman of the Board of Directors Prof. Dr. Haluk Görgün stated that ASELSAN is among the organizations with the highest turnover in the world and said, "Turkey is in the epidemic process. is moving determinedly towards a fully independent defense industry. "Our national defense industry is growing day by day," he said.

EXPORTED TO 8 COUNTRIES

Prof. Dr. Görgün said that the lenses they produce in Sivas are exported to 8 countries and said, "ASELSAN, which produces lenses for binoculars and imaging systems used in the defense industry, exports to 8 countries with the success it has achieved in this field. Our products, which are introduced and mass produced today, are taking firm steps towards the top in optical design and production. Our M27 armored vehicle periscope, designed and mass produced by ASELSAN Sivas, was produced with domestic and national resources. "Our pistol reflex sight has been designed entirely with local and national resources," he said.

The contract has been signed to be delivered to the Special Forces Command

Defense Industry Vice President Dr. Celal Sami TÜFEKCİ said, "These products, which will increase our exports significantly, are products that have been contracted to be delivered to the Special Forces Command, and in this way, we will have access to national technology not only in our big cities but also in the heart of Anatolia." "We want to grow our defense industry by producing in different places and spread and develop it throughout Turkey," he said. A test shot was made with a gun.