Aselsan Sivas 5th anniversary events were held with the participation of the Minister of Industry and Technology, Mustafa Varank.

"ASELSAN Sivas has made a contribution of 100 million dollars to our defense industry ecosystem with the steps it has taken in line with this goal. More importantly, it has undertaken valuable R&D studies to localize the technologies it uses. The company, which has its own R&D center and design office, In a short period of 5 years, it delivered very critical products to our security forces, including 40 thousand day vision binoculars, 25 thousand night vision binoculars, 30 thousand reflex sights and 2 thousand sniper scopes, and over 2,500 very sensitive continuous binoculars. focused thermal camera lens can be produced here. Many critical technologies such as Optical Lithography, Laser Optics and Band Pass filter were developed here. More than 300 sensitive optical products can be produced in ASELSAN Sivas.”

"WE WILL BE ONE OF THE RARE COUNTRIES WHEN WE PRODUCE THE SPACE TALESCOPE LENS"

Emphasizing that almost all of the product items produced are exported in certain quantities, Varank explained that the products with the "Made In Turkey" stamp come from the center of Sivas and are used all over the world.

ASELSAN and Sivas Optik Malzemeleri A.Ş. were established in order to produce locally and nationally the optical products used and imported in our country's defense industry. Founded in partnership with ASELSAN Sivas, it started its activities on May 28, 2016. In five years, ASELSAN Sivas has become a leading company that mass-produces 50 different items of electro-optical devices, including optical components, rifle-mounted day vision scopes, pistol reflex sights, holographic sights, armored vehicle periscopes, night vision scopes and thermal weapon scopes. It has become a company.

In the facility built on an area of ​​30 thousand square meters, ASELSAN Sivas has a closed production area of ​​7,500 square meters and a closed area of ​​750 square meters in the Cumhuriyet Teknokent campus. It has an R&D facility and a design office in Ankara.

With the slogan "National Eye of the Defense Industry", Turkey has eliminated its foreign dependency in the production of electro-optical devices and lenses. ASELSAN Sivas, which is taking firm steps towards its goal of eliminating technology, has nationalized more than 300 optical units, including CATS and ASELPOD optical units, by developing critical technologies such as Optical Lithography, Laser Optical production and Band pass filter production. ASELSAN Sivas, which saved our country from foreign dependency in its field of activity, also exported.

ASELSAN Sivas has been providing services for the security forces in the 5-year period since its establishment. It successfully delivered infantry day vision binoculars, night vision binoculars, reflex sights and sniper binoculars. Additionally, thousands of very precise continuous-focus thermal camera lenses have been produced. The economic contribution of ASELSAN Sivas to the Turkish Defense Industry with its domestic and national products since 2016 has exceeded 1 billion Turkish Liras.

ASELSAN Sivas, which also carries out design activities, Within the scope of these activities; It has brought the pistol reflex sight family, armored vehicle periscope family, holographic reflex sight and laser pointer products to the mass production stage.

ASELSAN Sivas aims to contribute to our country's economy with its localization and nationalization studies. He also contributed to the development of Sivas and surrounding regions. In this regard, it supported the development of local suppliers in order to provide materials and services from different domestic or international suppliers in Sivas in the production processes. It supported existing businesses and new entrepreneurs in making qualified, sustainable and high value-added investments and production.

ASELSAN Sivas, Turkey Chambers and Chambers between 2017-2019. Among the top 100 fastest growing companies determined by the Association of Stock Exchanges It ranked 26th.

Within the scope of social responsibility projects carried out in Sivas; During the COVID 19 period, he carried out activities such as donating respirators to Sivas Cumhuriyet University, participating in the "We are enough for us, my Turkey" campaign initiated by our Presidency on a company and personnel basis, and organizing a 10 thousand meter public run within the scope of the 100th anniversary celebrations of the Sivas Congress in 2019. By signing a protocol with Sivas Information Technologies Vocational and Technical Anatolian High School, the students started basic electro-optic courses and applied project activities. ASELSAN Sivas; By providing scholarships, internships and employment continues to support education.

ASELSAN Sivas has become one of Turkey's approved R&D centers. As a result of the importance it attaches to quality in production, it received AS9100 Aerospace Industry Quality Certificate. ASELSAN Sivas' future goals include nationalizing and mass producing IP-based city security camera systems, increasing its foreign export capacity to a minimum of 20% of total sales, becoming one of the top 3 companies in lens production in Europe in 2023, and making Sivas electro-optical It includes turning it into a valley.