ASELSAN KILIÇ Launches New Period in the Sea Harbin!

Global marine safety scenarios, Since Ukraine-Russia War in a conversion from the root. We are on the verge of a era where the billion dollar can be left out of purely by several hundred thousand dollars of crazers, skippers and amphibian ships. Turkish defense industry is not only a follower of this new era, but the founder of the game in person with developed doctrines and platforms. Finally, a new system exhibited in the background of the EFES 2026 drill, which was held in İzmir, clearly announced the new rules in the underwater of the sea harbin: ASELSAN KILIÇ.

For the first time, this camikaze underwater dronu family, which appeared in HOME EXPO, became the focal point of both domestic military decision receivers and foreign military delegations in EFES 2026. Combining traditional torpidos' bulky and high cost with the flexibility of modern autonomous systems and the ability of a network-based harp, these platforms provide a completely new dimension to the human-free marine vehicles ecosystem.

What is a Kamikaze Underwater Drone, Why is a Critical Technology?

The traditional ways of destroying the goal in marine battles are certain: guided missiles, throwing from water-top vessels, heavy torpidos or coastal postboard systems thrown from submarines. However, all of these systems require huge infrastructures as logistically, and the cost of each horse is measured by millions of dollars. More importantly, the platforms that fire these weapons are the primary goal for enemy radars and sons.

The concept of the underwater dronu of Kamikaze completely reverses this risk equation. Designed as an autonomous underwater tool, but these systems with a high infiltrative harp header in the body are programmed to reach the profit of the enemy element with a sinful approach. The biggest difference that distinguishes KILIÇ from a traditional torpido is that there is no need to watch a linear cruise directly to the goal after being launched. It is a smart ammunition that can lie in the pusua under hours of water, choose the goal, dynamically update its route and most importantly move in a "salt" and can pass enemy air and marine defense systems.

The damages caused by the Russian Black Sea Fleet with unmanned water-top vehicles of Ukraine are fresh in memory, early warning radars developed to block threats above the water and machine gun platforms can remain completely desperate against a cyber-physical threat. Here's what's going on to the site to fill this doctrinsel cavity.

How does ASELSAN Work? Technical Architecture and Speedability Home

ASELSAN engineers understand that global sea tribute trends are very strict when designing the KILIÇ architecture. The system has a low silue as it will not be noticed in radar or electro-optic systems by water-based elements while running completely in the western foundation. But here’s the most critical engineering success, communication and target tracking mechanism.

A highly thin and optimized pole structure under the vehicle water, while maintaining the course of the fly autonomous under the water, stays on the surface immediately of the water surface or is removed on the surface when necessary. Compact sensors located on this structure while tracking the targets on the water; system can connect to the command center via three different channels according to the situation and the need of harekat:

Wired Control:

It provides secure communication by leaving zero RF (Radyo Frequency) trails in shallow waters, port mouths or intensive electronic mortar areas.

RF Communication:

The close distance between the vision line (LOS) offers uninterrupted data transfer in operations.

Satellite Communication:

On the open seas, hundreds of sea shafts allow the mummmat to be guided globally in operations aimed at targets.

This hybrid communication capability allows KILIÇ to command from a single center or another unmanned water vehicle in the region. When ASELSAN’s vision charts are examined, these systems are not only thrown out of the coast, but also integrated into larger non-human water-top vehicles and are clearly seen to be transported to open seas and swing out there. With multiple KILIÇ’s artificial intelligence-based algorithms, there is a lot of structure to create with each other, a potential to lock the final systems of the enemy group and collapse the defense line.

CILIÇ 10 and CILIÇ 200: Task Definitions and Varyant Analysis Home

ASELSAN is developing the KILIÇ series in variants with different range and useful load capacities to provide operational flexibility. EFES 2026 details in this family, now two main models are featured: KILIÇ 10 and KILIÇ 200. Figures in the names of variances directly indicate the operational range capabilities of systems.

CILIÇ 10 is a more tactical level of protection and dominant mug. In order to stop the elements of the submarines, frog man tims, or the amphibians approached to the port mouth. Due to its low cost, it can be produced in very high numbers and deployed as an invisible underwater mine field around the critical bases.

CILIÇ 200 is a strategic power multiplier. The range up to 200 knots means that this mummmat can reach the main sea bases in the depth of the enemy by throwing from strategic bases in the Aegean or the Eastern Mediterranean. It means that it can reach the high value targets (transparent vessels, logistic support vessels, command ships). KILIÇ 200 is an asymmetric deterrent element based on the bigger harp header and advanced SATCOM integration.

How Does Unmanned Marine Tools Change War Doctrin?

The concept called "Distributed Maritime Operations" in military literature aims to distribute its task to a large number of cheap, small and biodegradable platforms instead of installing all capabilities to a single huge and expensive platform. ASELSAN KILIÇ is the full equivalent of this doctrine under the water.

The effectiveness of a marine power in the past was measured by the number of rolling or submarines, which has. However, in today’s network-based harp environment, these large vessels have become an open goal for long-range vessel missiles and smart underwater ammunitions. Thanks to systems such as KILIÇ, it is now possible to bring the main ships of a donor to the risk, the operation of the enemy Navy into the "habited area".

The enemy fleet loses the free of harekat, when the detection of dozens of camikaze drones, which is almost impossible, because it does not make active sonar broadcasting, which is not certain where he yachted under the water. This situation is the most effective way to continuously implement the procedures of the enemy, beyond the psychological pressure, the time-consuming submarine defense harbi (DSH), which is the most effective way to stress a frost in logistics and operational.

Uzanan Ecosystem to KILIÇ from Albatros IDA Experience

ASELSAN’s success in developing underwater camikaze dronuIt is not a coincidence or a process started from scratch. The company proved the ruffle in this area first on the water. A lot of eight Albatros Kamikaze IDA, in a very complex sea taste, performed in Eastern Mediterranean in 2023. The test was the first concrete evidence that the unmanned flocks can be immersed in a ship in the Turkish sea doctrine.

OPEN series, The multiple algorithms obtained from Albatros project are refinedly adapted to the water of the target locking software and command control experience. Moreover, ASELSAN had a significant hydro-acustic and turquoise accumulation of autonomous underwater vehicles (AUV) with its discovery-eye-oriented autonomous underwater vehicles. When it comes to combining the devastating philosopher philosophy of Albatros, a fatal hybrid power appeared, such as CILIÇ.

The next stage of this integration will carry the KILIÇ drones, such as MARLİN or MİR, large-scale human-free water-top vehicles, one-onrpido bucket on the backs. In this way, no human element can be arranged shock raids with underwater camikaze drones, which is released from a human-free water-top tool to a enemy port of hundreds of miles beyond.

Why was EFES 2026 A Critical Scene?

EFES Tattoos are a huge live showcase where Turkish Armed Forces are the largest and most prestigious erection verbal shots, as well as domestic defense industry products are presented to the global market. EFES 2026 was an organization where there were dozens of official delegations from the Middle East, North Africa, Turkish Republics and Asia-Pacific region.

ASELSAN’s CILIÇ 10 and CILIÇ 200 models are a strategic marketing move, which immediately captures the forefront in exhibition areas and scenario presentations in the gang. Traditional coastal defense missile systems (CDCM) have very large logistic footprint with both launchers and radar stations and can be easily detected and destroyed from satellites. Yet KILIÇ can be moved to the operation area even on a small port boat, behind a truck or civilian-looking. KILIÇ for countries that require asymmetric solutions due to the fact that it does not have enough budget to take billions of dollars or expensive missile batteries, or its geographic structure (adalik and recessed crossroads), literally derived from the cactus. The most KILIÇ’s operational flexibility and cost-effectiveness of foreign military experts participating in Tatbikata was a clear indication of this situation.

New Joint and Export Potential in Blue Native Strategy

Turkey shape geopolitical safety as a country surrounded by three sides seas through Blue Native doktrini. Given the discussions of the sovereignities in the Aegean Sea and the energy sharing fights in the Eastern Mediterranean, the Turkish Sea Forces must have a deterrent power anywhere. KILIÇ is a tremendous asymmetric superiority to Turkey in these territories. Especially the islands offer a perfect natural camouflage area for making shallow and complex underwater ballography, KILIÇ 10 and KILIÇ 200 s digest operations.

When we look at the export size, Turkish defense industry has gained with UAVs like BAYRAKTAR TB2 andsız in the last decade, the perception of "unmanned systems brand" is now transferred to the sea area. KILIÇ is not only the countries looking for cheap ammunition; a kind of visionary product that will want to add inventory to ease the logistics load of modern and technologically advanced frosts. ASELSAN’s sensor will finish, the vertical integration power in the electronic harp and communication area, without external dependence of these systems, it will make it possible to produce and export high parts without being affected by warehouses.

As a result, this vision exhibited in EFES 2026 is the most concrete evidence that the Turkish defense industry is not only able to localize the existing technologies, but began to sew new forms of harekat to the global military literature. KILIÇ under the water is withdrawn; the cards in the sea harbin are redistributed.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

1. Is ASELSAN KILIÇ a torpido?

No, KILIÇ is more than a traditional torpido. Torpidos are ammunition that fires from a particular platform and quickly copes with the goal. KILIÇ is a smart camikaze autonomous underwater tool, which can make autonomous turquoise, lie for a long time under the water, update the route and move in a lot.

2. 2. How to be controlled when the drones are under the water?

CILIÇ has three different communication modes according to the task scenario. Wired control for zero trail under shallow waters and dense electronic mortar is used in radio frequency, open seas and long range tasks via special pole structure removed on the water surface.

3. What are the differences of CILIÇ 10 and CILIÇ 200 models?

KILIÇ 10 is a tactical model optimized for port, base and shallow water defense with a range of 10 knots. KILIÇ 200 is a long range system developed in order to bring out a range of 100 to 200 marine spindles and to destroy strategic enemy elements in open seas.

4. Which platforms can be launched?

The system has a highly flexible launch infrastructure. As it can be launched from coast lines, port facilities, small boots; MARLİN, MİR or Unmanned water-top vehicles like ALBATROS (IDA) integrated and can be shaken in open seas.