President of Defence Industry Agency (SSB) Professor İsmail Demir announced on the first day of 2023 that the Turkish Armed Forces received a new portable electronic attack system to protect units from RF Controlled Improvised Explosive Devices (RCIED) Traps. Meteksan developed the MERTER. SSB and Meteksan signed the Portable Electronic Attack System (MERT/ MERTER) development project at IDEF 2019 for the Turkish Land Forces requirements. The company exhibited the product for the first time at the Meteksan Defence booth at IDEF 2021.
MERT/MERTER is an Electronic Warfare (EW) system that operates in the V/UHF frequency bands to prevent remote target elements from communicating. The Portable Electronic Attack System, designed to meet various operational requirements, will be able to cover the entire V/UHF frequency band and protect a fixed facility or a moving vehicle/convoy from RCIED traps.
MERTER has been designed for single-person use and can be easily transported by single personnel. Meteksan develops a vehicle-mounted or fixed version which is called MERT. MERT/ MERTER have also been developed in a structure that can simultaneously detect targets in the entire operating frequency band with its channelled broadband receiver unit. MERT/ MERTER can be controlled by a tablet or computer while activating the electronic attack with its high-gain directional and omnidirectional antennas.
The system structure allows remote control via a radio link. MERT/ MERTER can be powered by its own batteries and also be operated over the generator/vehicle alternator/mains. As the year 2023 begins on Sunday, it can be assumed that the system was delivered to the Armed Forces on the last working day of 2022.
