ULAQ

Turkey's ARES-Meteksan armed unmanned surface vessel family, built around modular composite hulls for port security, anti-surface warfare, anti-submarine warfare, ISR/EW, mine countermeasures and expendable strike missions.

Overview

ULAQ is a Turkish family of armed and missionized unmanned surface vessels developed jointly by ARES Shipyard in Antalya and Meteksan Defence in Ankara. The family ranges from the compact ULAQ KAMA expendable strike craft to 11 m-class port-security and surface-combat boats, 12 m ASuW/ASW variants and larger 15 m concepts for mine countermeasures and longer-range strike. It is one of Turkey's most visible naval-drone programs and has moved from prototype firing tests to Turkish Navy commissioning and Qatar Coast Guard export service.

The program's main distinction is breadth rather than a single headline performance figure. ARES and Meteksan present ULAQ as a common USV line for anti-surface warfare, anti-submarine warfare, port and base security, ISR, electronic warfare, mine countermeasures, firefighting and expendable attack roles, a scope reflected in public profiles by Naval Technology and Wikipedia. Its baseline armed form uses guided rockets or anti-tank missiles; planned and larger variants add lightweight torpedoes, sonars, anti-ship missiles or the Roketsan CAKIR cruise missile.

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