Akinci & Aksungur and Turkish Unmanned Fighter Aircraft Program

[TheMightyBender]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1281919660896784384

Ukraine requested to buy more Bayraktar TB2s

 

[Agha Sher]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1281919660896784384

Ukraine requested to buy more Bayraktar TB2s

They already operate 12 and are seeking to acquire 6 more, right?

 

[Deliorman]

With good drone operators and proper EW capabilities the way Turkey has them Ukrainians can very fast make good advances in Donbas and Luhansk. They buy the drones but lack the EW which is the secret to success in such conditions- fighting paramilitary forces with strong support by Russia and having good Air Defense at their disposal.

 

[TheMightyBender]

They already operate 12 and are seeking to acquire 6 more, right?

6+6

 

[Lozengrad]

TAI Anka~TAI Şimşek Target Drone

 

[tornadoss]

TAI Anka~TAI Şimşek Target Drone View attachment 650670

I guess it's not Şimşek. Şimşek is a bigger drone afaik.

 

[SİLAHDAR]

Mald kind of thing or something ?

 

[Faheka]

 

[tornadoss]

View attachment 650671 View attachment 650672

Hımm I guess it's şimşek I thought it was bigger.

 

[DEFENCETURK]

ŞİMŞEK target drone system integrated into ANKA UAV

According to the information by Azeridefence, Turkish Aviation and Space Industry (TAI) continues to introduce the ŞİMŞEK target drone system in Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan. As part of the project, ŞİMŞEK High-Speed Target Drone System was tested in Azerbaijan.

TAI stated that Şimşek target drones were selected in order to use during the firing tests conducted by the Azerbaijan Air Force to test the effectiveness of the air defence systems. After the negotiations between TAI and Azerbaijan Air Force, the ŞİMŞEK High-Speed Target Drone System, which was brought to Azerbaijan in late 2019, carried out six flights within 3 days, 3 of which were in the test area near Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan.

Integrated into ANKA Unmanned Aerial Vehicle

TAI, which continues to develop new concepts on ŞİMŞEK High-Speed Target Drone System constantly, integrated the Şimşek target drone system into ANKA Unmanned Aerial Vehicles recently. ŞİMŞEK target drone, which can be integrated into each wing, is launched from air to air.

According to the information provided by Azeridefence, TAI managed to make another breakthrough in the unmanned aerial vehicle industry, integrating a target drone into ANKA UAV which has more than 50.000 hours of flight and has proved itself in the domestic and foreign operations. The “ŞİMŞEK” target drone system, which can be launched not only from land platforms but also from surface platforms, can land using a parachute after completing its mission.

Being reported which was reported to provide a very successful performance in the military drills conducted by the Turkish Navy, ŞİMŞEK served as a target drone during the military drills of the Naval Forces Command between the dates of 12-17 January 2020 in the Aegean Sea.

ŞİMŞEK

Being an indigenous Design and Development program, ŞİMŞEK High-Speed Target Drone System program was initiated in 2009 to meet the increased training requirements of the Turkish Armed Forces (TAF).

System will meet the requirements of high-speed target drone simulating enemy aircraft and missiles for air to air, ground to air, anti-aircraft gunnery and missile systems’ tracking and firing training. Open architecture design of ŞİMŞEK High-Speed Target Drone System can be modified with respect to end-user requirements.

General Features of ŞİMŞEK System

• 45 minutes of endurance
• Mission altitude between 1000ft (350m) to 15000 feet (4500 m) (ASL)
• 50 km LOS Data Link Range with GCS

https://en.defenceturk.net/simsek-target-drone-system-integrated-into-anka-uav/

 

[BordoEnes]

What i am wondering is that if its possible to use the integration of Simsek on the Anka as a defence mechanism, effectively making it a decoy for incoming missiles. Atleast thats the first thing that came to mind when i saw the pictures. Seems like a pointless achievement otherwise, i mean a target drone is a target drone, doesnt matter if its launched from the air or ground.

 

[what]

Someone has to explain to me why you would shoot a target drone from another drone. I dont see the benefit?

 

[Turan09]

Israel used targets drones to trick egyptian air defences. egyptians used so many air defence missiles on incoming worthless target drones that they were pretty much defenceless against real israeli attack... Perhaps we want to try this doctorine.

 

[kartal1]

Someone has to explain to me why you would shoot a target drone from another drone. I dont see the benefit?

To use it as a low cost decoy that could confuse air defense teams in target prioritization and make the air defense teams show themselves and waste missiles over the false threat. Simsek have 50km range which is perfect for opening up corridors against various systems. It is like a drone launched low cost MALD. With the integration of Kuzgun and SOM missiles to our UAV platforms we would be able to conduct this kind of SEAD/DEAD missions by drones.

 

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