“Sky’s Edge: ASELSAN’s MURAD 100-A AESA Radar Soars in Bayraktar KIZILELMA’s Maiden Flight”
The combination of these engagement abilities with beyond-visual-range missile directing makes MURAD 100-A an essential technology for contemporary aerial warfare, significantly improving the efficiency of both piloted and unmanned aircraft. Its incorporation with the Bayraktar AKINCI was finalized in 2024, with the initial flight on AKINCI occurring in February 2025, followed by various test flights validating its radar capabilities.
With the integration on KIZILELMA now accomplished, the radar reveals transformative capabilities, allowing simultaneous multi-target identification, tracking, and missile directing. The successful inaugural flight validates its adaptability to various aerial platforms and readiness for operational use.
Engineered for contemporary aerial conflict, MURAD 100-A integrates broad frequency accessibility, exceptional detection capabilities, GaN-based power enhancement, digital beam forming at the sub-array level, along with time-interleaved operation, ensuring accurate and dependable performance in both air-to-air and air-to-surface contexts.
