Hisar (missile family)

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Hisar Air Defence System
TypeMobile surface-to-air missile
Place of origin Turkey
Service history
In service
  • HISAR-A 2021 (in service) [1]
  • Hisar-O 2021 (In service) [2]
Used by Turkey
Production history
Designer Aselsan
ROKETSAN
Designed
  • Hisar-A 2007 – 2020
  • HISAR-O 2007 – 2021
ManufacturerAselsan
ROKETSAN
Specifications
WarheadHigh explosive fragmentation warhead
Detonation
mechanism
Impact and proximity fuze
EngineDual pulse solid propellant
Operational
range
Flight altitudeHisar-A / A+: 5/7 km
Hisar-O/Hisar-O+: 10/15 km
Maximum speed Classified

The Hisar (Turkish: "fortress") is a family of short, medium and long-range surface-to-air missile systems being developed by Roketsan and Aselsan since 2007. [9] The missiles are developed by Roketsan, while most sensors and electronics are developed by Aselsan. The missile family consists of the short range Hisar-A [4] [5] and medium range Hisar-O air defence system. [4] [5] [6] [7] Missile seeker of Hisar-A and Hisar-O is infrared homing. [10] [11]

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Development history

On 18 April 2007, the Turkish Presidency of Defense Industries issued a request for information to international and domestic defence companies to meet a low to medium altitude air defense requirements under Turkey's Low Altitude Air Defence Missile System (T-LALADMIS) programme (Alçak İrtifa Hava Savunma Füze Sistemi in Turkish). [12] A total of 18 companies responded to the RFI. [13]

A subsequent request for proposal was issued on 28 September 2008, for the direct acquisition of 18 systems and options for up to 27 additional systems. [13] Following the initial missile tests of which was held for Hisar-A in 2013 and Hisar-O in 2014 the system got into production phase. [14] The final contract was eventually awarded to Aselsan as the prime contractor on 20 June 2015. [13] Other sub-contractors include Tübitak Sage for warhead and battery and Meteksan Savunma for data link. The award consist of a low-altitude system for 314,9 million euros and a medium-altitude system (T-MALADMIS) for 241.4 million euros. [15]

In a test on 7 December 2017, a steep-trajectory firing was carried out for the first time from the HİSAR systems, while their 360-degrees protection was also tested successfully. Flight and ballistic tests were also carried out. For the first time in the campaign, within which control and guidance capabilities of the HİSAR missiles met expectations, radar, command-control and fire control, electro-optic and communications elements of the HİSAR systems were also included for the first time. Target aircraft, target detection and follow-up, command and fire control and mid-range bombsight tests were successfully performed. [16]

In September 2020, Ismail Demir also revealed that Hisar-A will enter the inventory in 2020, in a press conference in Ankara. [17]

Test and development timeline

Operational history

On 3 March 2020, Turkey said the system would be deployed in Syria's Idlib province as part of Operation Spring Shield. [32] [33] Turkey has deployed a battery of HISAR-A+ to protect its troop stationed in Libya.[ citation needed ]

Hisar-A

Hisar-A (Turkish: Alçak İrtifa Hava Savunma Füze Sistemi) is based on an FNSS ACV-30 tracked vehicle chassis armed with four vertical launched Hisar-A short-range missiles supplied by Roketsan. [4] [5] The tracked Hisar-A system mounts its own mast-mounted Aselsan MAR radar and an electro-optic/infrared (EO/IR) system, allowing it to operate as an independent standalone system without the need to operate as a battery with a separate FCS. Hisar-A has dual pulse solid propellant rocket motor, and so will be effective and highly maneuverable air targets, but 5 km altitude. However, Roketsan recently improved the missile and called it Hisar A+, although its range is still 15 km, the altitude has changed from 5 km to 8 km, and proximity fuse was changed from laser to RF by TÜBİTAK SAGE, and seeker is not changed and made by Aselsan with IIR, highly resistant to counter measure systems. Test video has shown that missile hit the target with second fire rocket motor and speed up of missile and detonated at proximity of the target, not a direct hit. Hisar-A have midcourse guidance with INS and RF data link, terminal guidance with IIR. Some platforms will be continue with Hisar-A, the others will use Hisar-A+, additionally some platforms will use both Hisar-A+ and Hisar-O missiles so will gain more flexibility.

It was announced in 2020 that some orders on HİSAR-A would be replaced in favour of HİSAR-O which has a slightly longer effective engagement range and higher maximum altitude despite the size staying the same.[ citation needed ]

Hisar-O

Hisar-O at IDEF 2019. Rocketlauncer.jpg
Hisar-O at IDEF 2019.

Hisar-O (Turkish: Orta İrtifa Hava Savunma Füze Sistemi) is a vertical launched medium-range SAM system mounted on a Mercedes-Benz Zetros chassis. [7] [34]

Hisar-O missile system is very similar to Hisar-A family, and use same systems-IIR seeker, RF link, fuse, dual pulse rocket motor-but dimensions of the missile are bigger and the range is improved. Another difference is Hisar-O system used Aselsan Kalkan phased array 3D search and track radar. There will be a variant of Hisar-O, which is called Hisar-O+.

The Hisar-O has the capability to detect targets, track, identify and perform command and control, and fire control functions autonomously. The missile system is effective against fighter aircraft, attack helicopters, cruise missiles and unmanned aerial vehicles. [4] [5] [6] [7]

The system's general features also include management and distribution of command and control information, air defense mission planning at the battery and battalion levels, multiple engagement and successive firing, data links for midcourse guidance, integrated air picture generation, operational capabilities in the day, at night and in adverse weather conditions, a global positioning system (GPS) and navigation, remote control, wired or wireless communication between systems, 360° effective area with the capability of vertical launch, Multi-Target Multi-Radar fusion and embedded simulation, identification friend or foe (IFF), modular structure, hybrid control system. [4] [5] [6] [7]

Hisar-RF

Probably a new missile called Hisar-RF is under development. According to one source, Hisar-RF is the radar seeker variant of Hisar-O which first tested in August 2020. [36]

Foreign interest

Bangladesh has expressed interest in the Hisar-O air defense system. [37] [38]

Indonesia has signed a contract for the purchase of a variant of the Hisar-O and SİPER surface-to-air missile system from Turkish defense company Roketsan at Indo Defence 2022, the system is known as Trisula-O and Trisula-U, and its made specifically for Indonesia's demands, request, and needs. [39] [40]

See also

Weapons of comparable role, performance and era

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