Manufacturer catalog

TÜBİTAK SAGE

TÜBİTAK SAGE is Turkey's Defense Industries Research and Development Institute, a government defense R&D organization under TÜBİTAK that develops missile, munition, guidance, warhead, propulsion, and test technologies for the Turkish Armed Forces and national defense industry.

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Founded in 1972, SAGE operates as a Turkish state research institute rather than a private prime contractor. Its public mission centers on providing the defense industry with high-value technologies, products, and services through R&D, and its official systems catalog spans air-to-air missiles, cruise missiles, precision guidance kits, UAV munitions, air-defense missiles, shelter-penetrator munitions, thermobaric bombs, and test infrastructure.

For this catalog, TÜBİTAK SAGE is most directly represented through the GÖKTUĞ air-to-air missile family. The published BOZDOĞAN and GÖKDOĞAN weapon records carry the system-level specifications and test chronology, while this manufacturer page supplies the institutional context behind SAGE's design and development role.

Air-to-air missilesCruise missiles and stand-off munitionsPrecision guidance kitsUAV munitionsAir-defense missile technologiesWarheads, propulsion, and test infrastructure

Notable Systems

BOZDOĞAN air-to-air missile, Within-visual-range air-to-air missile, Munitions

BOZDOĞAN air-to-air missile

Within-visual-range air-to-air missile

SAGE identifies BOZDOĞAN as the within-visual-range member of the GÖKTUĞ air-to-air missile family, with official data describing an imaging-infrared seeker, solid-propellant rocket motor, and 25+ km range.

Sources: BOZDOĞAN - Within Visual Range Air-to-Air Missile
GÖKDOĞAN air-to-air missile, Beyond-visual-range air-to-air missile, Munitions

GÖKDOĞAN air-to-air missile

Beyond-visual-range air-to-air missile

SAGE identifies GÖKDOĞAN as the beyond-visual-range GÖKTUĞ missile, with official data listing an active-radar seeker, datalink-enabled engagement modes, and 65+ km range.

Sources: GÖKDOĞAN - Beyond Visual Range Air-to-Air Missile

Manufacturer History

  1. Defense R&D institute founded

    SAGE's official institutional page says TÜBİTAK SAGE was founded in 1972 to meet the needs of the Turkish Armed Forces and national defense industry organizations.

    Sources: Who We Are

  2. GÖKTUĞ project contract

    Anadolu Agency reported that the original GÖKTUĞ project contract was signed on December 14, 2012 for Turkish Air Force air-to-air missile requirements.

    Sources: Bozdoğan ve Gökdoğan füzelerinin tasarım doğrulama testleri tamamlandı

  3. BOZDOĞAN and GÖKDOĞAN design verification

    Anadolu Agency reported that design-verification tests for the BOZDOĞAN and GÖKDOĞAN missiles had been completed under the GÖKTUĞ project.

    Sources: Bozdoğan ve Gökdoğan füzelerinin tasarım doğrulama testleri tamamlandı

  4. Expanded public systems catalog

    SAGE's official systems page listed a broad public portfolio that included guidance kits, cruise missiles, UAV munitions, air-to-air missiles, air-defense missiles, shelter-penetrator munitions, and thermobaric bombs.

    Sources: Systems

Website links
Official websiteOfficial systems catalogTÜBİTAK institution page

Public English material sometimes renders the institute name without Turkish diacritics or with a hyphenated TÜBİTAK-SAGE form. The profile keeps TÜBİTAK SAGE as the canonical manufacturer label because the connected weapon records use that exact public attribution.

Manufacturer Sources

  • Who We ArePublisher: TÜBİTAK SAGE | Note: Supports SAGE's 1972 founding, public mission, Turkish defense-industry role, and government research-institute context. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • SystemsPublisher: TÜBİTAK SAGE | Note: Supports SAGE's public systems portfolio across missiles, guidance kits, UAV munitions, air-defense missiles, penetrator munitions, thermobaric bombs, and related categories. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • BOZDOĞAN - Within Visual Range Air-to-Air MissilePublisher: TÜBİTAK SAGE | Note: Supports SAGE's BOZDOĞAN product attribution, within-visual-range role, imaging-infrared seeker, solid-propellant motor, and 25+ km range. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • GÖKDOĞAN - Beyond Visual Range Air-to-Air MissilePublisher: TÜBİTAK SAGE | Note: Supports SAGE's GÖKDOĞAN product attribution, beyond-visual-range role, active-radar seeker, engagement modes, and 65+ km range. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • Bozdoğan ve Gökdoğan füzelerinin tasarım doğrulama testleri tamamlandıPublisher: Anadolu Agency | Note: Supports GÖKTUĞ project chronology, the BOZDOĞAN and GÖKDOĞAN family split, design-verification completion, and initial-production context. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • File:Göktuğ.jpgPublisher: Wikimedia Commons | Note: Supports the rights-clear GÖKTUĞ display image, author credit, IDEF 2019 caption context, and CC BY-SA 4.0 license. | Accessed: 2026-07-11

Produced weapons

Category

Munitions

Standalone missiles, bombs, rockets, torpedoes, and guided or unguided explosive payloads.

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BOZDOĞAN air-to-air missile, Within-visual-range air-to-air missile, MunitionsBOZDOĞAN air-to-air missileWithin-visual-range air-to-air missileBuilt in: TurkeyBOZDOĞAN is TÜBİTAK SAGE's within-visual-range member of Turkey's GÖKTUĞ air-to-air missile family. Public sources describe it as the infrared-guided counterpart to the GÖKDOĞAN beyond-visual-range missile, with official SAGE specifications listing a 25+ km range, high-resolution imaging infrared seeker, thrust-vector-controlled solid-propellant rocket motor, LAU-129 compatibility, and Turkish F-16 firing and integration tests.