NEWS
C-suite says increasing
visibility into network and
application performance will
drive business innovation
Turkey’s first
national armed
drone system
added to
inventory of
Turkish Armed
Forces
S
ongar, the first national armed drone
system to be developed by ASİSGUARD,
has been delivered to the Turkish Armed
Forces (TAF) after the successful completion
of acceptance tests. Equipped with advanced
features, Songar will undertake critical tasks
in operations conducted by both TAF and the
security forces.
Equipped with an automatic machine gun,
Songar can carry out operations within
a 3 km radius. The system can transfer
images in real time and carry 200 rounds
of 5.56×45mm NATO ammunition. The
drone features a specially designed flexible
ammunition feed chute (ammunition belt)
and an automatic firing mechanism, and can
operate at altitudes of 2,800 metres.
A
Riverbed survey has found that
over 70% of C-suite decision
makers believe business innovation and
staff retention are driven by improved
visibility into network and application
performance. The survey findings
unveiled in the Rethink Possible: Visibility
and Network Performance – The Pillars
of Business Success report cite a positive
correlation between effective technology
and company health, a finding that
is supported by the fact that 86% of
C-suite and IT decision makers (ITDMs),
and 87% of business decision makers
(BDMs), reveal that digital performance is
increasingly critical to business growth.
Three-quarters of all groups surveyed
have felt frustrated by current network
performance, with IT infrastructure being
given as the key reason for the poor
performance. This problem is exacerbated
by a lack of full and consistent visibility, as
one in three ITDMs report that they don’t
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have full visibility over applications, their
networks and/or end-users. Furthermore,
almost half of the C-suite (49%)
believe that slow running and outdated
technology is directly impacting the
growth of their businesses. This highlights
the importance of implementing new
technology to drive productivity, creativity
and innovation.
Business priorities and challenges are
evolving, so the technology they rely
on needs to advance too. Over three
quarters (76%) of ITDMs acknowledge
that their IT infrastructure will have to
change dramatically in the next five years
to support new ways of doing business. A
further 95% of all respondents recognise
that innovation and breaking boundaries
is crucial to business success, emphasising
the need to embrace new technology. This
may be why 80% of BDMs and 77% of
the C-suite say they believe that investing
in next-generation technology is vital.
Stating that it has been working hard to
develop the system solutions required by
Turkey and the rest of the world, Ayhan
Sunar, General Manager at ASİSGUARD,
underlined that the Songar system is
currently unique: “As one of the most
prominent drone systems in our product
family, Songar can undertake many
critical tasks, including locating the target
area, eliminating the threat, transferring
real-time images and carrying out
post-operation damage assessment. It
stands out as one of the leading national
capabilities in asymmetric warfare as a
result of its firing accuracy.”
Launched for the first time at IDEF’19, Songar
is undergoing continuous improvement
through intensive efforts. It has achieved
further success in field tests after the
integration of a grenade launcher in place
of the machine gun and its firing precision
has been significantly improved with the
inclusion of an ‘Electronic Sight and Ballistic
Calculation Module’, specially designed by
ASİSGUARD. National and international
patent applications have been made for
Songar’s unique stabilisation system.
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