{"id":325,"date":"2015-05-11T09:00:26","date_gmt":"2015-05-11T09:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/?p=325"},"modified":"2015-09-28T10:11:57","modified_gmt":"2015-09-28T10:11:57","slug":"turkey-signs-contract-with-navantia-sedef-for-the-construction-of-a-light-aircraft-carrier-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/2015\/05\/11\/turkey-signs-contract-with-navantia-sedef-for-the-construction-of-a-light-aircraft-carrier-2\/","title":{"rendered":"TURKEY SIGNS CONTRACT WITH NAVANTIA-SEDEF FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A LIGHT AIRCRAFT CARRIER"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2015\/09\/xlarge_JUAN_CARLOS_F-35-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-326\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2015\/09\/xlarge_JUAN_CARLOS_F-35-1.jpg\" alt=\"xlarge_JUAN_CARLOS_F-35 (1)\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2015\/09\/xlarge_JUAN_CARLOS_F-35-1.jpg 640w, https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2015\/09\/xlarge_JUAN_CARLOS_F-35-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2015\/09\/xlarge_JUAN_CARLOS_F-35-1-560x373.jpg 560w, https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2015\/09\/xlarge_JUAN_CARLOS_F-35-1-260x173.jpg 260w, https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2015\/09\/xlarge_JUAN_CARLOS_F-35-1-160x107.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>After more than a year of negotiations, Turkey has signed a contract for the construction of a Landing Platform Dock\/Light Aircraft Carrier. The contract was signed between the Undersecretary of Defense Industries (SSM) and the Turkish shipbuilding company Sedef.<\/p>\n<p>The new vessel is going to be a version of the Landing Helicopter Dock Juan Carlos I class, with a sky jump ramp and a front lift so that the Turkish ship can accommodate and operate F-35B Lighting II aircrafts.<\/p>\n<p>The selection of the Spanish design was announced on 27 December 2013, while the main contractor is the Turkish shipyard Sedef. Although the Turkish Navy initially wanted a stripped down version of the Landing Helicopter Dock (LHD) Juan Carlos I class, second thoughts led to a change of plans and the new version of the LHD will be able to carry 8-10 F-35B and 12 helicopters.<\/p>\n<p>The Turkish ship will be equipped with a sky jump ramp and a front lift in order to accommodate the operation of the short take-off and vertical landing aircrafts.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore the Turkish light aircraft carrier is going to be equipped with several Turkish-made subsystems that will increase the national defense industry value.<\/p>\n<p>The technical specifications of the Turkish landing platform dock\/light aircraft carrier according to Sedef shipyards are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Length overall: 231 meters<\/li>\n<li>Maximum beam: 32 meters<\/li>\n<li>Draught: 6.8 meters<\/li>\n<li>Height: 58 meters<\/li>\n<li>Displacement: 24,660 tons (Light Aircraft Carrier) and 27,079 tons (as a LPD\/LHD)<\/li>\n<li>Maximum speed: 21.5 knots (Light Aircraft Carrier) and 29 knots (as a LPD\/LHD)<\/li>\n<li>Range: 9,000 miles @ economical speed<\/li>\n<li>Electric propulsion with two x 11 MW Siemens eSIPOD; five MAN 16V32\/40 Diesel GenSets and two bow thrusters<\/li>\n<li>Complete hospital and sick bay.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The combat systems of the Turkish landing platform dock\/light aircraft carrier are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Genesis ADVEnt CMS made by Turkish company Havelsan with 20 consoles made by Turkish company Milsoft-Ayesas with amphibious and joint operations capability<\/li>\n<li>Link 11\/16\/22\/JRE\/VMF<\/li>\n<li>One x SMART-S Mk2 3D Search Radar<\/li>\n<li>Two x LPI radars (Alper radar made by Turkish company Aselsan)<\/li>\n<li>Two x Navigation radars<\/li>\n<li>One x Air traffic and control radar<\/li>\n<li>One x PAR radar<\/li>\n<li>Four x 25mm STOP stabilized gun system made by Aselsan<\/li>\n<li>Three x 12.7mm STAMP stabilized gun system made by Aselsan<\/li>\n<li>Two Raytheon Phalanx 20mm CIWS<\/li>\n<li>One ARES-2N R-ESM system made by Aselsan<\/li>\n<li>Jammers made by Aselsan<\/li>\n<li>Kalkan Chaff\/IR Decoy launching system made by Aselsan<\/li>\n<li>TORK torpedo countermeasure system made by Aselsan<\/li>\n<li>One AselFlir-300D IRST system made by Aselsan<\/li>\n<li>HF\/VHF\/UHF and satellite communication systems made by Aselsan<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Turkish landing platform dock\/light aircraft carrier has:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>5,440m\u00b2 flight deck;<\/li>\n<li>990m\u00b2 aviation hanger and can accommodate either 12 medium size helicopters or 8 CH-47F Chinook. When the aviation hanger and the light cargo garage are unified the ship can carry up to 25 medium size helicopters. Alternatively the ship can carry 8-10 F-35B and 12 helicopters. Six more helicopters can be hosted on the flying deck of the ship;<\/li>\n<li>1,880m\u00b2 light cargo garage for TEU containers and 27 Amphibious Armed Vehicles (AAV);<\/li>\n<li>1,165m\u00b2 dock which can host four Landing Craft Mechanics (LCM) or two Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC), or two Landing Craft Personnel Vehicles (LCVP) and finally;<\/li>\n<li>1,410m\u00b2 garage for heavy loads, which can host 29 Main Battle Tanks Amphibious Armed Vehicles and TEU containers.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Turkish Navy LHD\/Light Aircraft Carrier is to be designed for four mission profiles:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Amphibious ship transporting a Marine Corps Force for landings and land support operations<\/li>\n<li>Force projection ship transporting Army forces to any theatre of operations<\/li>\n<li>Aircraft-carrier<\/li>\n<li>Non-combatant operations: humanitarian aid, evacuation from crisis zones and hospital-ship in catastrophe areas.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The will crew consists of 261 personnel: 30 officers, 49 NCOs, 59 leading seamen and 123 ratings. The cost of the construction of the vessel is 1 billion dollars, and the ship is to be be completed by 2021.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After more than a year of negotiations, Turkey has signed a contract for the construction of a Landing Platform Dock\/Light Aircraft Carrier. The contract was signed between the Undersecretary of Defense Industries (SSM) and the Turkish shipbuilding company Sedef. 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