| Meteksan Savunma Sanayii A.Ş. | |
| Location City: | Ankara |
| Location Country: | Turkey |
| Key People: | Aziz Tunç Batum (CEO) Selçuk Kerem Alparslan (President) |
| Num Employees: | 450 |
| Industry: | Defence Software Electronics |
| Products: | Radar Systems, Perimeter Surveillance Systems,Electro-Optic Systems, Underwater Acoustic Systems, Communication Systems, Platform Simulators |
| Homepage: | meteksan.com |
Meteksan Savunma is a Turkish defense technology company based in Ankara, specializing in radar systems, perimeter surveillance systems, laser and electro-optic systems, communication systems, underwater acoustic systems and simulators. It is part of Bilkent Holding, a large conglomerate funded by Bilkent University, which is Turkey's 15th largest industrial group, and privately held.[1]
Meteksan is one of the suppliers of the Turkish Armed Forces, and has been involved in projects such as missile defense systems, attack helicopters, UAVs, corvettes and underwater weapons systems.[2]
Meteksan Defence is established in 2006 as a subsidiary of Bilkent Holding and Bilkent University. The company's first contract was Army Operational Training Center Project. Then "Millimeter Wave Radar Techniques for Land Target Acquisition"[3] and "Naval Warfare Simulation System" projects were awarded through TUBITAK funds.[4]
In 2009, it was designated as a "Center of Excellence in Underwater Acoustics" by Turkey's Undersecretariat for Defense Industries, the first such center established as part of a Turkish government initiative to increase the output of its local defense industries.[5] [6] [7] Since 2010 Meteksan launched a product oriented strategy within the defense electronics and has become one of the fastest growing private-sector companies of defense industry in Turkey.
Meteksan demonstrates a performance higher than international industry benchmark, and reveals more than 250,000 USD revenue per employee. The company operates a successful network of suppliers and SMEs; maximizes direct personnel efficiency ratio to its highest in Turkish defense industry, while minimizing overhead to total expense ratio.