ANKARA — Turkey's state-controlled missile producer Roketsan has signed a deal with the Polish company WZL1 to make its debut in Poland.

Roketsan has said that the deal with WZL1 aims to have two of its products, the Cirit and the UMTAS, to be integrated into Polish armed forces platforms in the inventory of the Polish armed forces.

"Roketsan and WZL1 have agreed to cooperate in order to offer solutions [to the Polish military] based on Roketsan's Cirit and UMTAS systems," the company said.

In early 2014, Roketsan, won a $196.2 million contract from the United Arab Emirates for its Cirit laser-guided rocket system in 2014. Cirit is one of several programs launched by Turkey to equip the Turkish Army's T-129, AH-1P Cobra and AH-1W Super Cobra attack helicopters with low-cost precision strike capabilities. The 70mm rocket has a range of eight kilometers.

Airbus Helicopters, formerly Eurocopter, selected the Cirit for a test and integration program to equip the company's EC635.

Roketsan also has ​developed an anti-tank missile, the UMTAS, later renamed Mizrak-U. whose first deliveries Turkey's procurement bureaucracy awaits. The missile, which hasn't been delivered yet to Turkey's procurement office, has had several successful field tests. A parallel program dubbed Mizrak-O — the medium-range version of Mizrak-U — also awaits a government go-ahead for serial production.

The Mizrak-U, with its infrared imaging and laser-seeker options, is an anti-tank missile with a range of eight kilometers that can be used in air-to-ground and ground-to-ground operations. Roketsan officials said the system is going through further technical tests and tests for compatibility with environmental conditions.

The Mizrak-U is considered the official anti-tank system for the T-129 and the Anka, Turkey's first locally developed unmanned aircraft. Armored land vehicles and naval vessels are other potential Mizrak-U platforms.

Burak Ege Bekdil was the Turkey correspondent for Defense News.

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