# HAVELSAN’s Nationalized Boards Boost Naval Capabilities

- Link: https://www.military.africa/2025/03/havelsans-nationalized-boards-boost-naval-capabilities/
- Published: 2025-03-07T09:28:03+01:00
- Author: Military Africa

HAVELSAN has further enhanced its command and control capabilities by nationalizing
commercial off-the-shelf electronic boards previously sourced from abroad, such 
as Single Board Computers (SBCs), Time Cards, Various Interface and Power Cards,
and Compact PCI Backplanes used in the domestically developed Ship Data Distribution
System (GVDS).

The 56th member of the Ship Data Distribution System (GVDS) family, produced using
electronic boards developed by HAVELSAN engineers, successfully passed the Factory
Acceptance Test for MİLGEM-6 with a 100% success rate, earning an “A” grade.

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With all electronic boards now developed in-house by HAVELSAN personnel, the Real-
Time VxWorks operating system drivers have also been optimized to run at full performance.
As a result, HAVELSAN’s GVDS hardware and software solution—considered the heart
of naval vessels—now incorporates fully nationalized electronic boards.

The same high-performance electronic hardware and software infrastructure can also
be utilized in other projects, such as the Peace Eagle (Barış Kartalı) airborne 
early warning and control aircraft.

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## A Key Achievement in Nationalization

Commenting on the successful nationalization of electronic boards for the Ship Data
Distribution Systems, HAVELSAN General Manager Dr. Mehmet Akif Nacar stated:

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“This achievement has been made possible thanks to the strong emphasis placed on
nationalization by the Presidency of Defense Industries, the Ministry of National
Defense, and the Turkish Naval Forces Command in the systems we develop. We also
owe this success to our electronic design engineers, system engineers, real-time
and embedded software engineers, mechanical design engineers, industrial engineers
responsible for manufacturing, as well as our technicians and technical staff who
contributed at every stage of the process. I extend my heartfelt thanks to each 
and every one of them.”

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## Expansion of HAVELSAN’s Platform Data Distribution Systems

HAVELSAN’s Platform Data Distribution Systems product family continues to expand.
In addition to the Ship Data Distribution System and the Submarine Information Distribution
System, the family will soon include the Barış Kartalı (BK) Mission Computing Systems(
MCS) as part of the Peace Eagle Project.

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