Akıncı combat drone of Bayraktar at Teknofest, 17 September 2019, By Wikimedia user (CeeGee).
On August 29, Turkey’s leading drone manufacturer Baykar handed over the first four Bayraktar Akıncıs combat drones to the Turkish military.
The advanced drones entered service with the Turkish military in a ceremony held in the northwestern province of Tekirdağ and attended by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Baykar’s Chief Technology Officer (CTO) Selçuk Bayraktar and many other officials.
“With the Akıncıs UCAV [unmanned combat aerial vehicle], Turkey has become one of the top three countries in this technology,” Erdogan, who signed the new drones, said during the ceremony.
Two Akıncıs drones were handed over to the Land Forces Command, 2nd Army Drone Battalion Command while the other two drones entered service with the 341st Gölge [Shadow] Squadron of the Air Force Command.
“With Akıncı UCAV, Turkey has become one of the top 3 countries in this technology” https://t.co/rxRCHmm4jk pic.twitter.com/8zB2tedipv
— Turkish Presidency (@trpresidency) August 29, 2021
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— BAYKAR (@Baykar_Savunma) August 29, 2021
With a wingspan of 20 meters, Akıncıs is among Turkey’s largest combat drones. The drone was designed by Baykar to carry out intelligence, surveillance and target acquisition (ISTAR) missions, command, control and communication (C3) tasks as well as combat operations.
The combat drone can deliver a wide variety of weapons. Earlier this year, the drone test-fired the MAM-T glide bomb. The bomb has a maximum range of 30 km and is guided by GPS as well as semi-active laser. The drone also tested the HGK-84 guided bomb.
Last July, Akıncıs set a new national aviation record by flying at an altitude of 38,039 feet and staying in the air for 25 hours and 46 minutes.
The Akıncıs combat drone will boost the long-range combat and surveillance capabilities of the Turkish military, which has been expanding its operations in the Middle East and North Africa like never before.
5 votes, all 1 star. Turks must be proud of the envy.
I doubt votes on SF anyhow affects the performance of the drone
Who cares about your votes. They only matter on SF.
Turboprop = nice slow & easy target for Syrian SAM’s. Don’t think for a moment that a ceiling height of 38,000 feet will save them should they stray much past Idlib’s occupied territories.
All done with US and European tech and paid by filthy Gulf Wahabbist nouveau riche trash!
The whole civilization is based on utilizing the previous expertise. Thats how humans evolve. Rediscovering is the pointless, expensive and stupid. Unless no access due to sanctions.
nope…. Jealousy can be very painful peppeee
Fuck Turkey
Fuck Erdogan not Turkey
ukraine jizz on your hijab
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Erdogan is suck and noob very bad president and very corrupt
They are all corrupt not just Erdogan every government is. He is corrupt or not he is doing excellent job or Turkey….
F*** you too c***
well said.
turkey and ukraine make the best tech. russia is dying, southfront is dying, censorship and communism will kill you all.
nice aerial target …..too big and slow its worthless against advanced air defences
I doubt they were planning to send it in vanguard
Too big and slow? Well, they are big enough to carry 24 munitions – enough to wipe out an entire convoy of Russian troops in Syria in one strike mission alone. They are also stealthy enough to hover right above S400 and Pantsir batteries undetected. You should be careful of your overconfidence in Russian air defense systems. These drones are more deadly than Bayraktar TB2
Probably Turks should concentrate on firefighting equipment Report -200 Turkish muslims killed in forest fires and floods in august 2021
Not economically feasible to invest that much into something seasonal.
Behind you 🖕
meanwhile inflation is rising in banana republic of turdonoid. Thats why turds being so desperated to be smuggled to central and western europe xD
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