ASELSAN (Askerî Elektronik Sanayii A.Ş.)
| Registered office | Türkiye - Ankara |
|---|---|
| Other branches | Akyurt (TR) |
| Industries | Arms Industry |
| Categories | armour, arms, surveillance, border fortification, AI, border forces, biometrics, infrastructure |
| Sources |
ASELSAN - own website: https://www.aselsan.com/en/technology/product/2624/border-security-systems ASELSAN – taz: https://taz.de/Migration-policy-and-arms-industry/!5419418/ ASELSAN – EU paper: https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/218081 |
| Website | https://www.aselsan.com/en |
About the company
Aselsan is one of the most important quasi-state owned Turkish arms companies and produces mainly electronic components for the core Turkish weapons systems. In the war over Nagorno-Karabakh in autumn 2020, which was fought mainly with combat drones, weapon systems from Aselsan were also used by Azerbaijan and are said to have contributed significantly to its victory.
Contribution to the EU border regime
Aselsan is offering for border protection its "Mobile Border Surveillance System", which can be mounted on tanks, armoured vehicles and off-road vehicles and has, among other things, target detection and tracking functions. The company benefited significantly (together with Otokar) from the so-called "EU-Turkey-Deal", in which the EU provided 82 million euros for securing Turkey's borders. Since then, tanks and armoured vehicles equipped by Aselsan have been securing these borders. On the border with Syria, spring guns manufactured by Aselsan are allegedly also being used. Furthermore, Aselsan offers armed land robots. These are similar to the unmanned land systems that were tested together with PIAP within the framework of the EU research project TALOS. This project, with a total budget of almost 20 million euros, was to research the use of ground robots for border protection. In addition to Aselsan, the Israeli arms company IAI was also involved. Aselsan also benefits(s) from a good dozen other EU research projects - currently (May 2021), for example, from FITDRIVE, which is intended to evaluate people's driving ability with the help of artificial intelligence based on sensor data.
Added: Jan. 11, 2024
Last update: Jan. 28, 2024, 12:03 p.m.