STM GEMED: Enhancing Turkey’s Naval Power in the Blue Homeland
Acceptance tests for the Ship Combat and Effectiveness Evaluation Model (GEMED) Project, which aims to enhance the analysis, procurement, system, and tactical development capabilities of Turkish warships, have recently concluded. STM Defense Technologies Engineering and Trade Inc., a leading developer of advanced technologies in the Turkish defense industry, continues to provide the Turkish Army with national and innovative systems in both software and platform construction. The successful completion of the acceptance tests for the GEMED Model Project, developed by STM and stakeholder institutions under the TÜBİTAK SAVTAG 1007 program, marks a significant milestone.
Speaking about the project, STM General Manager Özgür Güleryüz emphasized the company’s expertise in simulation and decision support solutions. He stated, “On one hand, we are equipping our Navy with modern and national platforms, while on the other hand, as STM, we are developing software that will add intelligence to our platforms and headquarters. With GEMED, our simulation-based decision support solution, we will be able to evaluate the combat effectiveness of our Naval Forces’ combat platforms. This will provide scientific decision support in tactical development, design, and procurement decisions.”
The GEMED Project has involved the development of models for nearly 100 combat elements and subsystems. By utilizing GEMED’s platform, sensor, weapon, and countermeasure models, effectiveness analyses for surface, underwater, and air operations can be conducted. This allows for the repetition of combat scenario analyses in a simulation environment before they are carried out in the field. The implementation of GEMED will significantly contribute to maximizing the combat readiness level of the Turkish Naval Forces.
Furthermore, more than 40 mission applications for sea, air, and underwater operations have been conducted in the GEMED environment. This simulation environment, developed by STM engineers, is used for combat effectiveness evaluation, decision support, and tactical development for ship design, modernization, and supply. Users have the capability to assign various tasks to relevant platform models and create task plans through conditional transitions between tasks. Additionally, users can perform multiple runs with different configurations, decision mechanisms, and behaviors under different environmental conditions. The simulation results can then be analyzed using multi-criteria decision-making techniques.
The completion of the acceptance tests for the GEMED Project represents a significant achievement for STM in enhancing the capabilities of Turkish warships. The project’s advanced simulation and decision support solutions will undoubtedly contribute to the further strengthening of the Turkish Navy’s combat effectiveness and strategic decision-making processes.
