Turkey’s Aselsan Inks $92.5M Deal For SARP Remote Control Gun System

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10:23 AM, January 5, 2018
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Turkey’s defense company Aselsan has signed a 76.8 million euro ($92.5 million) deal with BMC Otomotiv, one of the country’s major commercial and defense vehicle producers.

“An agreement regarding the procurement of SARP Remote Control Gun System for the needs of Turkish Land Forces and Gendarmerie General Command have been signed [...] Deliveries will be made in 2018,” state-run Anadolu Agency reported Friday, citing Aselsan’s regulatory filing.

Aselsan says its SARP remote control weapons platform features “fire-on-the-move capability, day and night imaging, automatic target tracking, a laser range finder for accurate ballistics, last round warning, manual backup and high ammunition storage capability”.

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