Turkey’s Ares Shipyard, Meteksan announce ASW Variant of ULAQ Unmanned Warship Our Bureau 645
Turkish companies Ares Shipyard and Meteksan have unveiled an anti-submarine warfare (ASW) variant of the ULAQ Unmanned Surface Combat Vehicle (USCV).
“The darkness of the seas is no longer as safe as before! Turkey s First and Only Anti-Submarine Warfare Unmanned Vessel ‘ULAQ ASW DSH’ very soon,” Ares Shipyard tweeted April 23.
ULAQ has been built from advanced composites, has 400 km range, 65 kmph speed, day/night vision capabilities, encrypted communication infrastructure, which can be operated from mobile vehicles and headquarters or from sea platforms such as aircraft carriers or frigates, will be used for missions like intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance, surface warfare, asymmetric warfare, escort missions, strategic infrastructure protection.