MERKEZ Naval Combat Management System

Aselsan's indigenous naval combat-management system integrating sensors, weapons and command-and-control aboard Turkish Navy frigates, corvettes and support vessels.

In service since 2011

Compiled from public sources ·primary reference ↗ ·last verified 2026-07-05

Procurement snapshot

Availability & export

Türkiye export-licensed

SSB-administered; growing export programme, some Western sub-component dependencies.

Channel: Direct commercial / G2G

Fielded & proven

Operator data not public

In service since 2011. Status: active.

Lifecycle cost (est.)

No public unit price to model from.

Interoperability

No standardised NATO calibre / datalink detected in public specs.

Derived guidance from public data, export regime by country of origin, lifecycle from the GAO ~30% acquisition rule. Verify eligibility, pricing and offsets with the manufacturer and your acquisition authority.

Overview

The MERKEZ (Advanced) Combat Management System is Aselsan's shipboard C2 suite, fusing radar, sonar, electronic-warfare and weapons data into a single tactical picture for Turkish Navy platforms including the MILGEM Ada-class corvettes and Istanbul-class frigates. It was developed to reduce dependence on foreign combat-system suppliers under Turkey's national naval modernization program.

Full specifications

Software & C2

Command, control, mission and combat-system software capability.

Software type What the software does: combat management, battle management, mission planning, fire control, EW management, cyber defense or ISR fusion.: Naval combat management system
Operating domains Warfare domains the software covers: air, land, sea, subsurface, space, cyber. More domains means broader joint integration.: Sea
Data links Tactical data links and networking standards supported: Link 16, Link 22, MADL, TADIL. Overlap indicates interoperability.: Link 16, Link 11
Open architecture Standards-based, modular design (FACE, OMS/UCI, SOSA) versus a closed proprietary stack. Open architecture eases upgrades and third-party integration.: Proprietary
Integrates with Platforms, sensors or effectors the software is designed to command or fuse.: radar, sonar, electronic warfare, shipboard weapons

Specifications compiled from public Aselsan and reference sources ↗. Published defense figures are approximations, treat comparisons as directional. Last verified 2026-07-05.

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