ASELSAN, the jewel of the Turkish defense industry, enhances aerial platforms with superior visual capabilities through its ASELFLIR-500 Electro-Optical Reconnaissance, Surveillance, and Targeting System. This next-generation system is designed primarily for use on unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), as well as helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft.
Advanced Imaging Technology
The ASELFLIR-500 offers clear imaging under all weather conditions with a high-resolution infrared camera operating in the 3-5 micrometer wavelength, a true Full HD daylight camera, and a SWIR/NIR camera. Additionally, the system is equipped with tactical features such as laser target designation, range finding, and point tracking, providing operational superiority.
Applications
- UAVs/UCAVs: Enhancing remote intelligence and targeting capabilities
- Attack/Assault Helicopters: Precise target identification during dynamic operations
- Fixed-Wing Aircraft: Wide-area surveillance and reconnaissance missions
- Border Security and Anti-Smuggling: Air-supported security operations
- Maritime Missions: Coastal and open sea monitoring activities
Advantages
- Superior range performance: Ability to detect targets at much greater distances
- Compact and lightweight design: Reduces load on aerial platforms, improving fuel efficiency and flight time
- Modular structure: Easy maintenance with line-replaceable units (LRUs)
- Digital video processing: Real-time image analysis and enhanced clarity
- Internal sensor alignment: Minimizes calibration requirements in field conditions
Local Power, Global Standards
Fully developed with indigenous resources, the ASELFLIR-500 takes Turkey’s technological independence in defense a step further. Thanks to its advanced imaging capabilities and multiple targeting modes, it serves as the ultimate eyes and ears on the battlefield during both peace and operational times.
Category | Feature |
|---|---|
| Optical System | 220 mm diameter common optical aperture |
| Narrow and very narrow field of view for HD IR, HD Day TV, and HD SWIR cameras | |
| Larger aperture for increased light gathering and extended range | |
| Imaging Capabilities | HD IR Camera – High performance |
| HD Day TV Camera – 4096×2880 sensor resolution, 1920×1080p output | |
| HD SWIR Camera – High resolution | |
| Day TV camera offers 12.8 times more pixels than 1280×720p systems | |
| Common fields of view for all cameras | |
| AI and Video Processing | Fully digital video processing line |
| Advanced AI-based image processing | |
| Simultaneous multi-target tracking on IR, Day TV, and SWIR video | |
| Precise detection of target position, direction, and speed | |
| Laser Systems | Laser target designator |
| Laser range finder | |
| Laser point tracking and pointer | |
| Stabilization and Alignment | Internal sensor alignment unit |
| Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU) | |
| Precise stabilization | |
| Automatic alignment with platform | |
| Physical Features | Compact and lightweight design |
| Single line-replaceable unit (LRU) | |
| Operates reliably at high altitudes and low temperatures | |
| Performance Advantages | Superior range, high resolution, clear image quality |
| Clear HD video output without digital zoom |
