Turkey has taken another important step in the defense industry.Within the scope of domestic and national technology move, many military projects continue to develop from engineers to technicians.The Presidency of Defense Industries announced that the 'Gökdeniz Near Air Defense System' will be integrated into the Istanbul Frigate this year.In May, GÖKDENİZ Close Air Defense System successfully destroyed the high-speed target in its last fire test on the ship.According to the SSB memo, GÖKDENİZ is a critically important close air defense system as the last layer in the defense of ship platforms against air threats.These systems, which are defined as "Close-In Weapon System (CIWS)" in English in the world, enable ships to be defended against a wide range of threats such as unmanned aerial vehicles, airplanes and helicopters, especially anti-ship missiles.In GÖKDENİZ, in addition to the gun with a 35 millimeter barrel, search radar, tracking radar and E/O sensors are located on the same platform.In this way, the system can perform all the functions of target detection, threat prioritization, automatic tracking and destruction of the engaged threat.The system, in which a 35 millimeter double gun produced by MKE is used, has a firing rate of 1100 shots per minute.Thanks to the use of ASELSAN and MKE jointly produced particle ammunition called ATOM, high efficiency can be achieved against current air threats.Another important capability of GÖKDENİZ is its automatic stripless ammunition feeding mechanism.Thanks to this mechanism, two or more types of ammunition can be loaded into the system at the same time and the desired type of ammunition can be selected and used by the operator.GÖKDENİZ, which can be used against surface and land targets as well as air threats, can successfully fulfill its tasks for different purposes with the said mechanism.All of the basic sub-components such as 35 millimeter weapons, ammunition, radars, E/O sensors, motion control systems, mission computers used in GÖKDENİZ were developed and produced domestically by the Turkish defense industry.Photo GallerySOLOTÜRK broke new ground in the world with its new maneuverFew countries in the world have the ability to develop and produce their own close air defense system.For this reason, not only the Turkish Armed Forces, but also the sailors of other friendly and allied countries show great interest in GÖKDENİZ.