ULAQ surface-vessel family
A Turkish family of autonomous naval and port-security vessels, including the export ULAQ-11 and larger ULAQ-12 designs.
- Country / region
- Türkiye
- Programme status
- Order / production commitment
- Sources reviewed
- 21 Sept 2026
- Primary domain
- Sea surface
- System type
- Uncrewed surface vessel
- Developer / manufacturer
- ULAQ Global / ARES Shipyard / Meteksan Defence
- Origin / production countries
- Türkiye
- Other names
- ULAQ USV; ULAQ-11; ULAQ-12
- Variants / configurations
- ULAQ-11 PSV — Qatar procurement configuration; ULAQ-12 — separate larger naval configuration; ULAQ-14 — manufacturer-labelled development; surveillance/search-and-rescue/security; ULAQ-15 — manufacturer-labelled development; scaled-up ULAQ-12 and modular naval roles; ULAQ-6 KAMA — separate smaller branch
- Operators / programme customers
- Qatar Coast Guard — ULAQ-11 customer; contract confirmed; Türkiye — development and naval programme context
Evidence & current status
The current catalogue's Under Development labels remain explicit for ULAQ-14/15. Neither the ULAQ-11 export contract nor ULAQ-12 specifications proves orders, acceptance or numerical performance for those larger designs.
Role & capabilities
- Maritime surveillance
- Port and infrastructure security
- Modular naval payload carriage
Specifications in context
- Configuration
- ULAQ-12 modular USV; local, remote and autonomous modes
Supplier-published figure; configuration and operating conditions affect performance.
Source ↗ - Hull / propulsion
- ULAQ-12: twin diesel engines with waterjets
Supplier-published figure; configuration and operating conditions affect performance.
Source ↗ - Dimensions
- ULAQ-12: 12 m length; 3.74 m beam; 0.85 m draft
Not the ULAQ-11 export configuration.
Source ↗ - Displacement / mass
- Not established in the reviewed public sources.
Public data gap; no estimate or neighbouring variant value substituted.
Source ↗ - Payload
- ULAQ-12: 3 tonnes
Supplier-published figure; configuration and operating conditions affect performance.
Source ↗ - Endurance
- Not established in the reviewed public sources.
Public data gap; no estimate or neighbouring variant value substituted.
Source ↗ - Range
- ULAQ-12: up to 800 nautical miles
Supplier-published figure; configuration and operating conditions affect performance.
Source ↗ - Speed
- ULAQ-12: 35 knots maximum
Supplier-published figure; configuration and operating conditions affect performance.
Source ↗ - Sea state / environment
- ULAQ-12: sea state 5 advertised
Supplier does not fully specify every mission limitation.
Source ↗ - Sensors
- Day/night optical awareness and mission-specific sensing
Supplier-published figure; configuration and operating conditions affect performance.
Source ↗ - Communications / control
- Line-of-sight and beyond-line-of-sight links; supervised remote/autonomous operation
Supplier-published figure; configuration and operating conditions affect performance.
Source ↗ - Launch / deployment
- Shore or supporting-ship control stations
Control-station location, not certification of every ship launch arrangement.
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