Turkish Coast Guard Command CN-235 fitted with Advent Marti C2 system
Havelsan – a defence software and systems company headquartered in Ankara, Türkiye – announced on January 2 that it had successfully integrated its Advent Marti (Advent Seagull) next generation command-and-control (C2) system onto a CN-235MP-100M maritime patrol aircraft (MPA) operated by the Turkish Coast Guard Command.
Advent Marti is a member of the Advent CMS product family developed for the Turkish Naval Forces Command, specifically designed for special mission aircraft and helicopters. The Advent Marti solution provides real-time surveillance, situational awareness, and advanced command and control capabilities.
The new-generation airborne C2 system was designed and developed domestically by Turkish engineers and is being integrated onto a number of platforms. Havelsan’s own literature is peppered with illustrations of the Türk Deniz Hava Komutanlığı’s (Turkish Navy Aviation Command) CN235-100MPA, which once seems to have been intended to be the lead platform. It will also be integrated on a range of fixed-wing, rotary wing and unmanned platforms, including the TAI Aksungur drone.
The first Coast Guard aircraft to have Advent Marti integrated was TSCG-553 (c/n C155), one of the three CN-235MP-100Ms that are currently operated by the Turkish Coast Guard Command’s Izmir Hava Grup (Air Group) at Adnan Menderes Airport in northern Türkiye. This milestone marked the first time that the ADVENT MARTI system had been put into use aboard an operational aircraft. The Coast Guard Command’s two remaining CN-235MP-100Ms are also expected to receive the new C2 system.
The Advent Marti will provide the Coast Guard Command’s CN-235MP-100M fleet with real-time data sharing and effective operational coordination capabilities between the force’s air, land and naval assets, fusing information from multiple NATO datalinks (VMF, Link 11, Link 16, Link 22, JRE and SIMPLE ) and non-NATO datalinks (Link-Green, Link-Y, NEC). Developed under the leadership and coordination of the Turkish Naval Forces Command and designed specifically for special mission aircraft and helicopters, the system analyses the data it receives from the aircraft’s sensors and simultaneously distributes it with the relevant command centres.
According to Havelsan, the Advent Marti system “is configurable and adaptable with a wide range of sensors and equipment to meet the requirements of various platforms, such as [MPA], maritime surveillance aircraft, helicopters and UAVs”. As a complete system, the Advent Marti will be capable of supporting a variety of mission sets, including intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR); search-and-rescue (SAR); electronic warfare (EW); tactical datalink relay and anti-submarine/surface warfare (ASW/ASuW) operations, as well as to aid in the prevention of illegal activities, such as drug smuggling, hijackings and human trafficking.
