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Koç Group company Otokar, is contracted as prime
contractor for ALTAY Project, conducted by SSM. The Company
shall be the exclusively responsible party to SSM regarding
the design, development, integration, prototype production,
testing, qualification of the first Turkish National Main
Battle Tank (ALTAY Tank) and all activities contained in
the Project.
Prime Minister Erdogan attended the ceremony
The signing ceremony was held with the attendance of Recep
Tayyip Erdogan, the Turkish Prime Minister, M. Vecdi Gönül,
the Turkish Minister of National Defence, Mustafa Koç,
chairman of the Koç Holding, Kudret Önen, President
of Koç Holding Defence Industry and Other Automotive
Group and Chairman of Otokar, and Serdar Görgüç,
General Manager of Otokar.
Sanghee Lee, the Minister of National Defence, representing
the Republic of Korea, the country to provide technical
support and assistance for the Project and the upper management
representatives of Aselsan, Hyundai-Rotem, Makine ve Kimya
Endüstrisi Kurumu and Roketsan were also present at
the ceremony.
Mr Kudret Önen, President of Koç Holding Defence
Industry and Other Automotive Group and Chairman of Otokar,
stated that backed with its engineering power, R&D facilities,
experiences and technical facilities, Otokar is ready to
design new generation tank which will fully meet the requirements
of the Turkish Armed Forces, and said: "We pride ourselves
on being charged for such a large-scale national project
of strategic importance. As it was always the case, we will
work hard to deserve this confidence in our Company, in
order to attain the result befitting our country. For 45
years, we have introduced many firsts to the automotive
industry. We have designed the first military armoured vehicle
and we realised export of armoured vehicles for the first
time. Since 21 years we are operating in the defence industry.
25 thousand military vehicles we produced are being used
by Armed Forces of more than 15 countries, primarily by
the Turkish Armed Forces, and UN duty units in several regions
of the world. With ALTAY Project, we will break new ground."
Mr Mustafa V. Koç, Chairman of Koç Holding,
stated that he is pleased that an affiliate of the Koç
Holding is preferred for the completion of ALTAY Project,
which is of utmost importance for Turkey's national defence
industry strategy, and said: "It is certain that this
Project will bring enormous acceleration to the land platform
development and production field of the defence industry.
In order to become leader in its region, Turkey requires
stable government, growing economy and strong armed forces.
Considering the prevailing threats and contemporary battle
area conditions, it becomes evident that modern equipment,
tools and devices which of hi-tech products and capable
to dispose of potential threats must be available further
to manpower in order to have contemporary and strong armed
forces. We have to develop its own resources and capabilities
and to develop our own technology also in this field. Only
in this way we can cope with the modern era and attain sustainable
growth in the national industry."
Murad Bayar, Undersecretary of SSM, talking at the ceremony,
said that it's very important that the ALTAY Project reached
to the contract signing phase. He also added that this Project
will supply Turkish Armed Forces, the third generation modern
main battle tank. He said further: "The studies on
the modern tank project firstly started on 1996 and was
targeted on a production under licence of an existing tank
in the world. But this project stopped on 2004 because of
the high costs. In 2005, we started working on Turkish National
Main Battle Tank Project and in 2007 Otokar had been chosen
as the prime contractor of the Project. And the project
is called ALTAY. The first 7 years of the Project will enclose
the prototype production and testing functions. After the
prototype tanks completed the serial production will start
for the first 250 tanks."
All intellectual and ownership rights of the ALTAY tank
belongs to Turkey
As result of the contract signed, the ALTAY Tank to be developed
under prime contractorship of Otokar will bring our country's
dependency on external resources to end. The Republic of
Turkey shall own all design and intellectual property rights
vested on the ALTAY Tank.
The Technical Data Package, which contains all information
and documents related with the design, development, integration,
test and production of the ALTAY Tank and which will constitute
the basis for mass production, shall be owned by the Republic
of Turkey, without any restriction and with all rights pertaining
there to.
The estimated budget for design, prototype production, tests
and qualification of the ALTAY Tank, which will provide
new technologies and skills to the Turkish defence industry,
is declared to amount to US$ 500 million. Design studies
for ALTAY tank shall be initiated under the prime contractorship
of Otokar. It is aimed to complete the project in 78,5 months.
Otokar will cooperate with subcontractors for the ALTAY
Project
Being responsible to SSM for design, prototype production,
testing, qualification of the ALTAY tank and the smooth
management of the project, Otokar shall work together with
the subcontractors mentioned hereinbelow. The subcontractors,
named as ALTAY team and being involved in this project shall
have the following responsibilities:
1. Sub-systems including but not limited to Fire Control
System, Command Control Communication Information System
shall be designed and developed by Aselsan, and Otokar and
Aselsan shall conduct integration studies in collaboration.
2. For certain areas, technical support and assistance shall
be obtained from Hyundai-Rotem, Korea; and certain sub-systems
of Korean origin shall be provided through Hyundai-Rotem.
3. 120 mm 55 calibre Main Gun System shall be produced by
MKE. The Main Gun shall be integrated into the tank by Otokar
and MKE. 4. The Modular Armour Package to be designed, developed
and produced by Roketsan, shall be integrated into the tank
by Otokar and Roketsan.
At later stages of the Project, further companies will join
the ALTAY team.
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armored vehicle COBRA, Otokar continues to execute contracts
abroad.
And
the KAYA is specially designed to provide mine and ballistic
protection for the troops on all terrain conditions, while
offering high mobility, ease of handling and outstanding
crew comfort. Otokar's know-how and experience in mine protected
vehicles gained with the COBRA, played an important role
in the design and development process of the KAYA. In order
to provide excellent cross country capabilities, the KAYA
was developed on the Daimler Chrysler Unimog 5000 running
chassis. Armored Cab and Crew Compartment are designed as
two separate units to utilize and maintain the Unimog 5000's
ultimate cross country capability. KAYA 4x4 mine protected
vehicle with its flexible body configuration can easily
be configured for different missions along with varying
user needs.
Three
different COBRA weapon carrier platforms, KAYA and KALE
mine resistant armoured vehicle family, the new OTOKAR ARMOURED
PATROL VEHICLE are displayed in the Otokar's stand. Besides,
visitors are informed about the ongoing studies concerning
the ALTAY Main Battle Tank Project. 
