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Land · HAVELSAN · ~2024
HAVELSAN's medium-class tracked autonomous unmanned ground vehicle; carries a remote-controlled weapon station, navigates autonomously in GPS-denied environments, and conducts joint swarm operations with UAVs.
Specifications
- Platform: Medium-class tracked UGV
- Weapon: TRAKON LITE RCWS (7.62mm / 12.7mm)
- Autonomy: Remote control + autonomous route following, obstacle avoidance
- Navigation: Autonomous in GPS-denied (blinded) environment
- Payload architecture: Modular plug-and-play weapon/sensor integration
- Swarm: UGV/UAV data link (joint with BAHA)
- Role: Fire support, reconnaissance-surveillance, casualty/logistics transport
Beats: Hafif silahlı piyade / mevzi, Keşif-gözetleme ihtiyacı (insanı riske atmadan), İHA ile koordineli kara taarruzu, Yaralı tahliye / lojistik intikal
Loses to: Tank / ağır zırh, Topçu / havan saturasyonu, EW & GNSS karıştırma (otonomi kısıtlanır), Mayın / EYP'li açık arazi
With HAVELSAN's 'digital troop' concept, the first indigenous medium-class UGV able to share targets in real time with UAVs overhead and execute coordinated attacks.
Related systems
Related systems (Land): SİPER, HİSAR-O+, HİSAR-A+, SUNGUR, KORKUT, Tayfun, GÜRZ, S-400 Triumf, Patriot (PAC-3), Bora