Roketsan Akya

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Akya
TypeHeavyweight dual-purpose ASW and ASuW torpedo
Place of originTurkey
Service history
In serviceMay 2024-Present
Used by Turkish Navy
Production history
Designer Turkish Navy ArMerKom ("Research Center Command")
Manufacturer Roketsan
Produced2021
Specifications
Mass1,200 kg (2,600 lb) [1]
Length7 m (23 ft) [1]
Diameter533 mm (21.0 in) [1]
Warhead weight350–380 kg (770–840 lb) [1]

Engineelectric motor
Operational
range
50+ km
Maximum speed 45 kn (83 km/h; 52 mph) [1]
Guidance
system
Wire-guided with fiber-optic cable, active/passive sonar homing, wake homing
Launch
platform
Submarine

Akya is a new-generation heavyweight torpedo developed by Roketsan for the Turkish Navy. As of 2021, its tests completed, and it went in serial production. [2] "Akya" is the Turkish name of Leerfish. [3]

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History

The heavyweight torpedo project was initiated by the ArMerKom ("Research Center Command") of the Turkish Navy in 2009. Roketsan was signed for the realization. [4] The serial production of Akya started in 2021 after the test firings successfully completed in 2020, which began by July 2013. It is planned that the Reis-class, Preveze-class and Gür-class submarines will be equipped with Akya. [5] It will replace the torpedoes of type Mk 14, Mk 23, Mk 24 (Tigerfish) Mod.2, Mk 37 Mod.2 & Mod.3 and SST-4 Mod.0. [6]

AKYA successfully completed its first live firing trial on 27 December 2023, when it was fired from submarine TCG Preveze and destroyed target ship ex-TCG Gazal. [7] The first delivery to the Turkish Navy was conducted in May 2024. [8]

Features

Powered by a brushless DC electric motor and counter-rotating propellers using high-energy electrochemical batteries, Akya is able to achieve a speed exceeding 45 kn (83 km/h; 52 mph) and a range of more than 50 km (27 nmi). It has a proximity fuze and an underwater shock-insensitive warhead 350–380 kg (770–840 lb) in weight. [6] Externally wire-guided with a fiber-optic cable, the heavyweight torpedo has active/passive sonar head and is capable of acoustic countermeasure, wake homing. [2] The 1,200 kg (2,600 lb) heavy torpedo is 7 m (23 ft) long and has a diameter of 533 mm (21.0 in). [5] [9] [6]

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