At the DIMDEX defense fair held in Qatar TurDefAnswering the questions of Defense Industry President Prof. Dr. İsmail Demir gave information about the engines supplied from South Korea for the Altay main battle tank. Demir said, “The Korean engine will power the Altay Tank until the BATU is ready. We negotiate on quantity. We need to set an amount that will secure ourselves. For example, 50, 100 engines can be said. We need to talk about it, and the quantity will also affect the price. There are elements in the engine equipment that the Koreans supply from abroad. These parts will also be localized within the scope of our BATU project. We will give an advantage to Korea in this regard.” made a statement.
BATU Power Group will be integrated into the Altay tank in 2024
Mesude Kılınç, Head of SSB Engine and Power Transmission Systems Department, stated that they aim to accept BATU, which is the power group project of the Altay tank, on the tank in 2021, at the "Defense Technologies 2024" event organized by the Istanbul Technical University Defense Technologies Club.
Stating that it will be a very challenging test process, Kılınç stated that a project process will be carried out in the field, including tests of 10.000 kilometers on the tank. Stating that critical subsystems were also developed locally within the scope of the project, Mesude Kılınç said, “We attach great importance to the local development of critical subsystems. This makes our challenging project even more difficult ”.
Mesude Kılınç also explained the most challenging and most important points in the BATU Power Group project, which will power the Altay tank. Stating that the Altay power group is a power group that will work under difficult conditions, Kılınç emphasized that this means that the tank will work at high power for a long time.
Mesude Kılınç stated that the volume constraint is one of the most important problems and that high power should be given at a low volume. Stating that task profile studies and load spectrum studies need to be well managed and well structured, Kılınç said, “We create a mission profile with the necessary support from the TAF and NATO operations, we create the load spectrum and we provide the developments in line with these conditions.” he said.
Stating that critical subsystems are also challenging, Kılınç said, “If critical subsystems were not required to be developed locally, we would not have to deal with these technical studies. However, within the scope of the project, we continue to progress in the calendar both to develop subsystems locally and to meet the final engine and transmission performance targets. We are working hard to develop the 2024 calendar by continuing risk management activities uninterruptedly," he said.
Source: defenceturk
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