Elektroland Defense showcased the multi-purpose unmanned ground vehicle “GÖKBÖRÜ”, developed with national resources, for the first time at SAHA 2026. SAHA 2026 International Defense, Aerospace Industry Fair, organized at Istanbul Expo Center with the organization of SAHA Istanbul, the largest defense, aviation and space industry cluster of Turkey and Europe, continues. At the fair, where Anadolu Agency is the Global Communication Partner, GÖKBÖRÜ, a domestic and multi-purpose unmanned ground vehicle developed with national resources, was introduced.
GÖKBÖRÜ can reach a speed of 30 kilometers per hour and has a carrying capacity of 800 kilograms. GÖKBÖRÜ, which can operate on 70 percent steep slope and 45 percent side slope, offers high mobility in difficult terrain conditions thanks to its front, rear, right and left independent wheel groups. The system, which can keep the payload section constant even in rugged and unstable terrain, provides effective solutions to different operational needs.
In his statement to AA correspondent, Elektroland Defense General Manager Ferhat Uğur stated that the Turkish defense industry sector can work integrated with other sectors. Uğur said: “Our aim is to produce multifunctional systems that are effective, have low production costs and can appeal to multiple users. GÖKBÖRÜ, which we launched today, is such a system. We think that the sector, which has developed with the influence of the Presidency of Defense Industries, should now shift to civilian areas.
Because we have so many things to defend; we have forests, coasts, agricultural lands. That is why we want to produce cost-effective robots to cover other sectors with the experience and knowledge we have gained here.” GÖKBÖRÜ has a structure that can work in all kinds of terrain. Pointing out that NASA has a robot system sent to Mars today, Uğur said, “We evaluated all the ‘What are the pros and cons of that robot system?’ With the same mechanism structure, but by adding our own patented product to it, we turned it into a more functional structure that can go to the geographical conditions of the country in any environment such as mountains, mud, desert, forest.” he said.
Expressing that the GÖKBÖRÜ 6×6 unmanned ground vehicle is cost-effective, Uğur said, “Today, you can buy it cheaper than the price of a vehicle to be used in agriculture. You can carry loads on it. You can think of it as a multi-purpose load carrying platform. “It is designed to operate everywhere, whether in the field of defense, agriculture, search and rescue teams.” he said. Uğur stated that even if the system is damaged, it can be quickly repaired and put back into the field, and that this is due to the fact that all software, hardware, electronic and mechanical systems are developed with domestic resources, and that this approach is critical in terms of operational continuity and reducing foreign dependency.
Stating that there is demand for GÖKBÖRÜ from abroad, Uğur continued: “That was one of the biggest features of this fair. We have reached the stage of an agreement for 30 units with one of the nearby countries but one of the countries on the European side. They found us at this fair. They also had a similar quest. They were looking for a system that was cost effective, multi-use, and could be adapted as desired, and when they researched, came and saw the tests, they were convinced that this was the solution.
We are waiting for your order now. This order is not for our company, it is for this country. Because the more we export abroad, the more money we can bring to our country, how we can develop technology, how we can direct our human resources correctly, the success in aircraft will also be in land vehicles.” “We are a land-oriented nation, we know the land” Uğur said that the concept has changed in the world, land vehicles are modernized and unmanned systems come to the fore, and Turkey is the most advanced country in the world in land vehicles.
Stating that the Land Vehicles Department and the army attach great importance to this, Uğur said, “In the tests we have carried out so far, we do not experience any difficulties when we say we want to try this in the field. When we say ‘We want opinions’, we have an experienced security force who conveys all their experiences. “We can reach ideas from there, such as ‘If this is like this, this will be better.'” he said.
Uğur stated that they did not produce robots by locking themselves in a laboratory with 4 scientists and 5 engineers, but that they did the production together with the Turkish nation, soldiers and police, and said, “That’s why this is the best in the world. Will it get any better than this? Will be. Again, a Turkish company will make it. Maybe we will do it, maybe another Turkish company will do it. The best thing is that it will be like this again.
It can’t be any other way. Because we are a land-oriented nation, we know the land.” he said. Source: AA
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