Turkey’s first national mine hunting sonar, the Nusrat-1915, is set to enter the inventory of the country's Naval Forces Command in the third quarter of this year.
Developed with an indigenous design by the defense firm Armelsan, the Nusrat-1915 is an active sonar with the ability to detect and classify moored and ground mines. It is planned to be available for use in the third quarter of this year.
The general manager of Armelsan, Can Emre Bakım, told Anadolu Agency that the company has been working for a decade to end the Turkish Navy's foreign dependency in the field of underwater acoustic systems especially sonars.
Pointing to another of Armelsan's products, the Aras 2023 Diver Detection Sonar, Bakım said this system would be used to protect Turkey's flagship to-be TCG Anadolu, against enemy divers.
The company is also carrying out preliminary studies for a different version of Nusrat-1915. This will be a smaller hunting sonar that can be integrated into remote-controlled surface vessels.
