Defense Industry

Middle East Defense & Electronic Systems/Information Systems Ltd.

MEDELSIS is a defense representation and consultation company dedicated to providing the best intelligence on defense projects coming out of the pipeline or in planning cycle.

Located in Ankara, Turkey, the company was founded in April 2006 to maintain radically high standards in active sales, strategic planning, consultation, information gathering and reporting.

The MEDELSIS team is composed of seasoned professionals with more than 40 years of experience in defense sector. The company received ISO 9001 certification shortly after its foundation and abides by the highest standards of business conduct and code of ethics.

The company has the capability to meet specific requirements of its customers by assessing the market and providing reports on the day-to-day changes regarding armed forces several procurement programs.

Achievements

Members of MEDELSIS team have worked in defense divisions of several major companies prior to setting up MEDELSIS. These former companies include, but not limited to, ASELSAN, Siemens AG, FNSS and NUROL. Also a significant part of the knowledge comes from the service under uniform. The team members are thankful to those companies and the military, which helped accumulating extensive knowledge on defense systems and defense procurement worldwide.

During more than 40 years of service in defense sector, members of MEDELSIS team have contributed to their former companies with several major achievements. A short list is provided below for reference purposes only:

1. Design of full range of military communication systems from audio to microwave frequencies,

2. Sale of military TEMPEST-Clear communication systems to Turkish Armed Forces,

3. Sale of Ground-to-Air burst communication system to Turkish Air Force,

4. Formation of a consortium between a North American, a European and a Turkish company for selling an ATBM air defense system during the first Iraqi war,

5. Formation of a consortium between another North American, a European and a Turkish company for participating in the TAFICS (Turkish Armed Forces Integrated Communication System) tender,

6. Formation of a partnership between a North American, a European and a Turkish company to develop an armored weapon platform for customers in the Gulf region,

7. Formation of a partnership between another European and a Turkish company to develop an armored weapon platform for customers in the Gulf region and the Pacific Rim,

8. Obtaining a letter of intent from a country in the Gulf region to refurbish their war-damaged M113 fleet, 

9. Sale of armored infantry fighting vehicles to another Gulf country,

10. Sale of armored infantry fighting vehicles to a Far-Eastern country,

11. Formation of a partnership between a North American, a Far-Eastern and a Turkish company to develop a local production and technology transfer program for the sale of armored infantry fighting vehicles to the above-mentioned Far Eastern country,

12. Creating export potentials by registering the manufacturing lines to NATO-NAMSA (now NATO-NSPA), 

13. Realization of direct and indirect offset commitments.

Area of Expertise

1. communication systems;

• strategic backbone integrated communication systems and networks,

• tactical area communication systems,

• ruggedized front-line encrypted and non-encrypted communication systems, 

• ground-to-air digital burst transmission systems (for fighter aircraft)

• Link-XX host combat systems (for navy)

2. radar systems;

• primary 2D radars,

• long range 3D radars, 

• secondary radars (IFFs),

3. air defense systems;

• Roland (low-altitude), 

• Patriot (ATBM),

4. ground systems;

• tracked armored infantry fighting vehicles,

• tracked armored personnel carriers,

• tracked armored platforms for different weapon stations,

• tracked armored platforms for reconnaissance, engineering, ambulance, command post, etc..., 

• tracked amphibious assault vehicles,

• wheeled armored vehicles,

• wheeled armored weapon stations,

• light tanks,

• MBTs,

• self-propelled howitzers,

• entire BoM for M113 based platforms and ILS for service in the field,

5. weapon platforms, launchers, guns and ammunition; 

• 25 mm chain guns and ammo, AP, HE, etc...,

• 105 mm ammo, APFSDS, HE

• 120 mm ammo, APFSDS, HE, HEAT

• 155 mm ammo, HE, Cargo, Smart Guided 

• 40 mm grenades and grenade launchers, 

• 120 mm rifled mortars and ammo,

• 120 mm smooth bore mortars and ammo, 

• 12.7 mm rounds and guns (.50 cal.),

• 7.62 mm NATO rounds and guns,

6. add-on armors for ground systems; 

• corrugated,

• angled surface,

• depleted radioactive,

7. naval platforms and sub-systems;

• frigates (MEKO class),

• submarines,

• helicopter and aircraft carriers,

• naval vertical launching systems for surface-to-air, surface-to-ground and surface-to-surface missiles,

8. aircraft and gunships;

• ground support and anti-tank aircraft,

• fighter aircraft,

• VTOLs & STOLs,

• aerial early warning system platforms,

• utility and attack helicopters,

• drones and UAVs,

• any flying object coming out of places like Skunk Works*.

Members of MEDELSIS team have been also active in contributing to the defense society by writing in major defense journals and publications and sharing their knowledge on engineering, science and defense. A short list is provided below:

1. Tactical Communication Systems in Mobile Service, Defence and Aerospace Magazine (Mönch Group), July/August 1989, pages 66-68, joint article by Sinan ILICAK and Incihan USLUEL,

2. Highlights of Turkish Armed Forces Integrated Communication System, Defence and Aerospace Magazine (Mönch Group), May/June 1992, pages 19-24, article written under pseudonym Cenan ILIKCA,

3. Communication Projects of Turkish Armed Forces, Defence and Aerospace Magazine (Mönch Group), July/August 1992, page 24, article written under pseudonym Cenan ILIKCA,

4. Turkish Armed Forces Integrated Communication System Status Report, Defence and Aerospace Magazine (Mönch Group), November/December, 1992, pages 11-14, article written under pseudonym Cenan ILIKCA,

5. Highlights of Turkish Armed Forces Integrated Communication System, Defence and Aerospace Magazine (Mönch Group), January/February 1993, pages 43-46, article written under pseudonym Cenan ILIKCA,

6. Communication Projects of Turkish Armed Forces, Defence and Aerospace Magazine (Mönch Group), May/June 1993, pages 37-40, article written under pseudonym Cenan ILIKCA.

Members of MEDELSIS team have also represented Turkey at NATO between 1993 & 1995 as a member of EDIG (European Defence Industries Group), under a Working Group for Industrial Benefit and Development of Critical Defence Technologies within Western European Armaments Group (WEAG), under NATO Industrial Advisory Group (NIAG), a subordinate body of the Conference of National Armaments Directors (CNAD).

* Skunk Works is a term used in engineering and technical fields to describe a group within an organization given a high degree of autonomy and unhampered by bureaucracy, tasked with working on advanced or secret projects. The term "Skunk Works" is now a registered trademark of Lockheed Martin. MEDELSIS have a very high regard for visionaries such as late Clarence "Kelly" Johnson and late Ben Rich, who led the Skunk Works of Lockheed Martin and pioneered many innovations in science and technology.