Minister of Industry and Technology Mehmet Fatih Kacir, said in a statement from the social media account, “TUBITAK Bilgem critical components developed with domestic and national facilities Radar Signal Scelling Tactical Electronic Support Podu F-16 EDPOD, all the tests against real radar systems successfully completed all the tests. National Technology moves in line with our country’s critical infrastructures and unique technologies,” he said.
EDPOD, an integrated radar signal sensor in F-16 aircraft; Enemy target and tracking radars, missile guidance radars and target lighting radars signals, defining these environmental threats, recording by recording, raw data recording with high capacity and precision positioning. Another prominent feature of F-16 EDPOD is the ability to save radar contact information, location information and signs, which are of great importance in post-task analysis, with high capacity. In addition, the threat information detected was designed to be shared with other armed force elements through certain data channels.
The development of F-16 EDPOD with systems of its equivalent abroad, the development of critical components by TÜBİTAK BİLGEM Advanced Technologies Research Institute (İLTAREN) with domestic and national facilities and provides a critical competence in the field of electronic warfare in the field of defense technologies. (DHA)
