Roketsan

Roketsan A.Ş.
Company typeJoint-stock company
IndustryDefense
Technology
Software
Aerospace
Founded1988, Ankara
Headquarters
Ankara
,
Turkey
Key people
Murat Ikinci
(General Manager)
ProductsRockets
Missiles
Cruise missiles
Mortars
Propellants[1]
Peripheral test
Simulation systems
RevenueIncrease $1.1 billion (2023)
Number of employees
3800 (2022)
Websitewww.roketsan.com.tr
Teber 81 Bomb Guidance Kit
Smart Micro Munition (MAM-L) platform with low payload capacity, e.g. unmanned aerial vehicles
FIM-92 Stingers made under license by Roketsan
Precision guidance kit HGK-84, penetrator bomb NEB-84 and laser seeker LAB of Roketsan

Roketsan Roket Sanayii ve Ticaret A.S. is a Turkish weapons manufacturer and defense contractor based in Ankara, Turkey. Incorporated in 1988 by Turkey's Defense Industry Executive Committee (SSİK) to establish the nation's industrial base on missile technology, the company has quickly risen to become one of Turkey's top 500 industrial corporations.

Roketsan's current share holders include Turkish Armed Forces Foundation (55.5%), ASELSAN (15%), MKEK (15%), Vakıflar Bankası (10%), HAVELSAN (4.5%).[2] Roketsan is best known for its wide range of guided and unguided rockets as well as guided missiles such as Bora, Tayfun, Atmaca, Cirit, UMTAS and OMTAS. The company also produces subsystems for Stinger, Rapier and ESSM missiles and provides technology and engineering solutions for other integrated civilian and military platforms. Recent developments highlight small-diameter precision-strike bombs for unmanned aerial vehicles.

Roketsan is the only Turkish company to have obtained CMMI/ DEV 3 (Capability Maturity Model Integration – for Development) approval for all its design and development processes.[3]

It was ranked 96th in 2018 and 89th in 2019 in Defense News' most valuable defense industry companies list.[4] In 2023, it was ranked 80th.[5]

The company is one of the organizers of the Teknofest Aerospace and Technology Festival.[6]

  1. ^ Roketsan Roket Sanayii ve Ticaret A.Ş., roketsan.com.tr (2012). "Üretim Yeteneklerimiz" (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 23 January 2015. Retrieved 11 November 2012.
  2. ^ "Participations « Roketsan". www.roketsan.com.tr. Retrieved 2016-05-23.
  3. ^ "Janes | Latest defence and security news".
  4. ^ "Top 100 | Defense News, News about defense programs, business, and technology". people.defensenews.com. Retrieved 2022-06-16.
  5. ^ "Top 100 | Defense News, News about defense programs, business, and technology". people.defensenews.com. Retrieved 2022-06-16.
  6. ^ "Teknofest İstanbul | Düzenleyici Kuruluşlar". 2019-09-25. Archived from the original on 2019-09-25. Retrieved 2021-02-01.