Turkey - Coast Guard Command - Modernization
Coastal Surveillance Radar System Project (CSRSP) was put into effect by the Executive Committee of the Defense Industry on 12 December 2006 in order to establish Recognized Maritime Picture regarding homeland security and augment the efficiency of the Turkish Coast Guard Command to conduct its responsibilities assigned with the Law No. 2692 as a law enforcement unit in its responsibility area, including Turkish territorial waters, Turkish Exclusive Economic Zone, Turkish Search and Rescue Zone, which corresponds to a total area of 377.172 km2. More specifically the project aims to detect, identify and track the maritime vessels in the responsibility area of Turkish Coast Guard Command on 24-hours basis through the use of sensors, such as radar, electro optic, direction finder, automatic identification systems and to assess, display, integrate all the related data gathered by the current surveillance systems to Operations Centers of the Coast Guard as well.
The inventory of the Turkish Coast Guard includes AB 412 EP Helicopters. First two contracts (MARTI 1-2) were signed on March 1998 and the other contracs (MARTI 3-4) fort he additional helicopters were signed on December 2004. Most of the helicopters entered to the inventory and the others are scheduled to enter the inventory in 2010.
A new Multimission Helicopter Project was started to procure helicopters which have longer endurance and much more survivor capacity than AB 412 EP helicopters. The new helicopters are scheduled to enter the inventory untill 2015.
The inventory of the Coast Guard Command includes CN-235 CASA aircraft. In order to modify this aircraft to the coast guard duties, a Modification and Integration Project has been implemented in TAI facilities since 2004. The project is planned to be completed by 2011.
Under the Advanced Sudden Intervention Boat Project, an order was sent to Yonca Technical Dockyard on 06 May 2005 for Kaan-19 class boat under the scope of the "Expeditious Intervention Boat Project". Provisional acceptance of the said boat was conducted on 18 September 2006. Executive Committee of the Defense Industry decided that a new boat would be procured during its meeting dated 5 December 2007 due to the fact that the performance values of the said boat built as a research and development activity were found to be acceptable by Coast Guard Command.
Under the Turkish Coast Guard 190 Ton Boat Project, a total of 80 class CG Boats which were built in Istanbul Dockyard within the frame of the 1st and 2nd packages of the project are now part of the Coast Guard Inventory. Construction of 3rd package of the 80 class boats continues in Gölcük Dockyard affiliated to Turkish Naval Forces and the said boats are scheduled to enter the inventory in 2010 and 2011.
The CG Search and Rescue Vessel Project tender was finalized in 30 June 2006 and a contract was signed with RMK Marine Ship Construction Industrial and Maritime Transportation Enterprises Inc. Co. on 16 January 2007. It is planned that the ships constructed will be integrated to 2011, 2012 and 2013. Construction process of the first boat was completed and it is under assembly process.
Turkish Coast Guard 400-500 Ton Ship Project was initially planned, in addition to the 1700 ton ships, for the purpose of performing the coast guard missions more effectively in the Exclusive Economic Zone and up to search and rescue borders, under heavy weather conditions. The first one of 8 ships to be constructed under the project was scheduled to be integrated to the inventory in 2014. Subsequently, the program evolved into the Turkish Coast Guard 600 Class Ship Project. The first one of 8 ships to be constructed under the project was scheduled to be integrated to the inventory in 2016. Preparation for the Request For Proposal document was under process.
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