INitial personnel have been recruited for the project, according to Adam. Maehmet Sarı, the Deputy General Manager of the Defense Ministry’s Shipyards department, who recently made a presentation at the 9th Maritime Systems Seminar.
Following completion of the designing of the national submarine, construction periods will be planned. The first of the REİS Class submarines are expected to join the submarine fleet between 2022 and 2027. These will be the Turkish Navy’s first AIP submarines. They will be constructed domestically at the Gölcük Shipyard.
The Integrated Combat Systems factory admission test has been successfully completed. Representatives from the Turkish Naval Command, the The Undersecretariat for Defence Industries (SSM) and ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems attended the testing.
The first ASELSAN communication systems solution developed for a submarine platform was supplied as part of the project. The Integrated Combat System provides underwater and above surface sound and data communication systems.
Communications System (Tactical Data Links, including (Link11 ve Link22)
Satellite Communication System
Identification Friend or Foe System (IFF)
Combat Management System (CMS)
User Systems
Message Operation Systems
Data Modems
Emergency Comms. Equipment
Power Distribution System,
Cooling for Operator Consoles
Consoles and Distribution Units
General Specs for Reis class submarines
Length: 67.6 m (three meters longer than standard subs on average)
Outer diameter of vessel: 6.3 m
Height: 13.1 m (Excluding periscopes)
Underwater displacement: 2,013 tonnes
Surface speed : 10+ knot
Speed under water: 20+ knot
Crew: 27
