The Regional Positioning and Timing System ( tr, Bölgesel Konumlama ve Zamanlama Sistemi), shortly BKZS, is a space-based project of the
Turkish Armed Forces on
global positioning
The Global Positioning System (GPS), originally Navstar GPS, is a satellite-based radionavigation system owned by the United States government and operated by the United States Space Force. It is one of the global navigation satellite sys ...
and
time transfer by
satellite navigation system.
The aim of the project is to provide positioning and timing information, which Turkish Armed Forces need during peace, crisis and
military operations, independently from the existing foreign systems, which can be disabled in times of conflict.
The project is developed by the Defence Technologies and Engineering Inc. (Savunma Teknolojileri ve Mühendislik A.Ş.) (STM), a subsidiary of the Undersecretariat for Defence Industries. Currently, the project is in the first phase, comprising evaluation of the feasibility study.
It is planned to launch five military
reconnaissance and
Earth observation satellite
An Earth observation satellite or Earth remote sensing satellite is a satellite used or designed for Earth observation (EO) from orbit, including spy satellites and similar ones intended for non-military uses such as environmental monitoring, me ...
s over the next few years.
References
Military equipment of Turkey
Space program of Turkey
Satellite navigation systems
Wireless locating
Time signal radio stations
Proposed military equipment
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