Roketsan Ballistic Protection Center (RS-BPC) is the Turkish center of excellence for the design, manufacture and support of survivability solutions for the Turkish Army and international customers. RS-BPC is the supplier of the armor system of Altay Main Battle Tank. Recent projects include modernization of Turkish Leopard 2A4 Main Battle Tanks. 60 Leopard 2A4T1 Armor System has been integrated to the tanks and 160 tanks will be modernized by the end of the ongoing programme. In addition to tank modernization programmes, 180 RPG Protection Kits have been integrated to KİRPİ MRAP’s and various types of armored vehicles which include 6x6/8x8 APC. Furthermore, solutions for air platform and force protection are already battle proven and ready for our customers. RS-BPC’s extensive infrastructure includes open proving ground and ballistic laboratory for testing of all kinds of modern ballistic threats (ATGMs, APFSDS, mines, RPGs and IEDs), material dynamic characterization equipment and simulation hardware.
The core competencies of RS-BPC are summarized as: