Türkiye Receives First ‘ALP 300-G’ Portable Early Warning Radar System From ASELSAN
On May 20, ASELSAN delivered the first ‘ALP 300-G’ Portable Early Warning Radar System to the Turkish Armed Forces, which it began to develop in 2016 in line with the needs of the Turkish Air Forces Command. The delivery of the system, which is the longest-range Early Warning Radar produced domestically in Turkey, was celebrated with a ceremony held at ASELSAN’s Gölbaşı facilities in Ankara. Many senior military officials and industry representatives attended the event, including Minister of National Defense Yaşar Güler, Chief of General Staff General Metin Gürak, President of the Defense Industry Agency Haluk Görgün, Commander of the Air Forces General Ziya Cemal Kadıoğlu, and ASELSAN General Manager Ahmet Akyol.
Speaking at the ceremony, Minister of National Defense Yaşar Güler stated, “Today, we are witnessing with great pleasure the first delivery of the portable early warning radar system, which is one of the critical projects that will strengthen the power of our heroic army. I hope that this high-tech product will be beneficial and auspicious for our country and the Turkish Armed Forces.”
Güler emphasized that the existence of radar systems that identify and detect threats early and neutralize them by producing a counter reaction is of vital importance and continued by saying:
“Early warning radar systems, in particular, can detect and neutralize a wide range of threats, from aircraft and other air targets to ballistic missiles, and in this respect, they offer a tremendous defense opportunity for countries. Aware of this, we, as Turkey, initiated the necessary works, and as a result, our Defense Industry Agency and ASELSAN succeeded in producing the early warning radar system after working on it with great effort for years. With Turkey’s longest range, early warning capability, and effective mobility, such as fast installation and recovery, this new generation radar system has the most advanced features in its class. Thanks to this radar with high operational capabilities, we will quickly detect and track multifaceted threats, thus effectively responding to threats at long range and greatly increasing our country’s defense capabilities.”
Defense Industry Agency President Haluk Görgün, who took the microphone after the Minister of Defense, stated that the delivered portable early warning radar system is a very strategic product, adding:
“There are many different Italian, French and American produced radars in use in other countries around the world. The ALP 300-G that we delivered today outperforms all of them in terms of resolution, range, and accuracy. This radar has an active electronic scanning feature and can operate while standing still. The ALP 300-G radar has the ability to receive over 4 thousand transmissions. If one module part fails while it is working at a standstill, the remaining operations can still be completed. Furthermore, we have an advantage over rotating radars: this radar can receive the transmission without waiting for a rotation to be completed. It can also send a verification signal to improve its accuracy.”
Görgün also stated that over 435 thousand lines of code were used in the development of the ‘ALP 300-G’ radar, and said, “We have nearly 20 patents in the development of this radar. Our radar can also be deployed in 30 minutes. It provides uninterrupted communication by sending a radiolink to remote access.”
According to ASELSAN, the ALP 300-G (formerly ERALP) is a new generation S-Band radar designed for long-range early warning, with an antenna architecture based on AESA and digital beamforming infrastructure. The system, which can detect and track air-breathing targets, anti-radiation missiles, and stealth/low RCS targets from very long ranges, paves the way for multifunctional and multi-task operations by producing simultaneous beams in space using AESA and digital beamforming architecture, as well as multi-channel receivers.
The ALP-300 G System has features such as data fusion with other early warning radar systems and the ability to transfer tracking information to transfer the target, which is especially critical for ballistic missile defense. To support the radar’s operational modes, the long-range Mode 5 IFF interrogator is integrated with a high-gain IFF antenna. The system also has several ECCM features, including frequency/time agility, low sidelobe levels, jammer flash and nulling, and sidelobe blanking. Aside from the information contained in ASELSAN’s product brochure and the statements above, other capabilities and technical features of the ALP-300 G System are unknown at this time.