Akinci & Aksungur and Turkish Unmanned Fighter Aircraft Program

[cabatli_53]

Farnborough 2010: TAI details MALE UAV offering

July 20, 2010

Further details of the Anka MALE UAV being developed by TAI for the Turkish armed forces have been revealed by the company at Farnborough International Air Show.

The UAV, which is costing over $100 million to develop and deliver, was officially rolled out in Turkey on 16 July. The company said that the UAV is now undertaking ground tests and a maiden flight is expected in October this year.

The contract for Anka was signed in 2004 and the critical design review was performed in June 2009. The company was keen to emphasise that Anka was not a prototype but a fully fledged procurement.

The UAV is an advanced composite design powered by a Thielert heavy fuel engine. Ozcan Ertem, executive vice president integrated aircraft, said that the aircraft had a 24 hour endurance at 30,000 feet and a range of 200km with the current datalink.

Anka has a wingspan of 17.3 metres and length of eight metres. The max take off weight is 1600kg and a payload of over 200kg. The system is transportable on a C-130 transport aircraft.

The sensor fit for the aircraft is being provided by a Aselsan. It includes the company's Aselflir-300T EO/IR sensor and a SAR/GMTI which is currently in the process of trials aboard a manned aircraft.

Initial operational capability with just the EO/IR sensor is set for September 2011. Full operational capability with both sensors is scheduled for December 2011.

To date the Turkish Air Force has ordered three aircraft with the attendant ground control system. However, TAI believes that further domestic orders will be forthcoming once the system is fielded. Ertem told UV that TAI is able to accommodate manufacture of up to 10 air vehicles a year on its current production line.

By Darren Lake, Farnborough

 

[idune]

This is great development for Turkey. Now Turkey can use these in Iraqi border where PKK terrorists are active. Perhaps, exporting these will be bit far into future but co operating with Pakistan and sharing tech will greatly benefit both.

 

[Jigs]

Why was Turkey paying hundreds of millions dollars to Israel to buy drones and trying to buy drones from the USA when they could build their own,, or can they?

'Turks are trying to pass Israeli UAVs as their own' - Israel ...
Jun 16, 2010 ... "There is no such thing as Turkish-made UAVs, simply because they do not manufacture any unmanned aerial vehicles. ...
'Turks are trying to pass Israeli UAVs as their own' - Israel Business, Ynetnews

Kind of odd that this drone comes out just as there is a problem with Israel. Concidence I wonder.

Your trolling buddy.

You shouldn't post in threads you have no info about. Let me break it down so you might able to wrap you mind around this issue better.

When we ordered Heron drones they were for a stop gap solution. Do you know what that means? It means generally a smaller arms purchase for whatever is needed before your main one. The Heron drones ran into delays. This was IAIs fault because Aselsan’s Aselfir 300T turret which was going to be integrated into their platform which they themselves said they could do and it would work failed because their UAV could not accommodate such a heavy payload of advanced sensors and laser range finders. This was also the reason General Atomics pulled out of the race knowing they could not fit that system on the MQ-1 Predators. Yet IAI said they could just to get the contract which they failed to meet. This resulted in a Heron that was too heavy and could not operate at the altitude specified in the contract. IAI said they would install a more powerful engine on it but ran into more delays. They have since solved the problem 6 out of 10 have been delivered with 4 on the way and 18 million dollars have been payed for compensation of late delivery.


While all this is going on TAI had been working on Turkey's own UAV for years. Which ended up accommodating that same payload the others had trouble with.


Or you can not read any of this and post nonsense.

 

[cabatli_53]

BTW, TAI will be able to produce 10 Anka per year When the program passed to serial production...

 

[cabatli_53]

ANKA Official presentation video -1

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ANKA Official presentation video-II

 

[LegionnairE]

Here, another official video...

 

[cabatli_53]

Aselsan SAR radar

Anka before roll-out

 

[Babur Han]

A serious Expert Member in WAFF(DrOkuz) claimed according to TRT ANKA has made it's first Flight, but no Video was released by TAI.

 

[TrMhMt]

but no Video was released by TAI.

But why? why do they wait? Many of people are waiting for that !! Hope we will see a video soon !!!

 

[anafor2004]

ANKA make it's first flight successfully .

 

[Faheka]

Happy new year pak bro's!

 

[CaptainPrice]

Happy new year pak bro's!

Agir abi! Haha that's nice.What a proud name.

 

[[TR]AHMET]

Vestel Karayel Tactic UAV
6 UAV and 3 ground station received the order.

Endurance : 20 Hours
Payload : 80 kg
Altitude : 22.000 feet
Range : 150 km

http://video.ntvmsnbc.com/yerli-insansiz-hava-araci.html

 

[mshoaib61]

Turkey's 1st MALE UAV Makes Test Flight

ANKARA - Turkey's first medium-altitude, long-endurance UAV made its first test flight Dec. 31.

Dubbed the ANKA, the 600-kilogram UAV flew for 14 minutes, said officials from Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI), Turkey's main aerospace company and the UAV's developer.

They said a total of 180 engineers have been working since 2005 on the ANKA, which was unveiled last summer.

Powered by a 155-horsepower diesel engine, the UAV has a wingspan of 17.3 meters and a composite body eight meters long.

TAI officials said the ANKA would eventually fly up to 23,000 feet for 23 hours.

Turkey has made smaller UAVs, but this is the first drone in the MALE category. Turkish procurement officials aim at full self-sufficiency over the next several years after having bought Israeli-made Heron MALE drones last year.

In the meantime, Turkey also is seeking to buy armed MQ-9 Reaper drones from the United States, but it has not received U.S. approval for the sale.

Turkey's military has used the UAVs mostly against Kurdish separatists operating in the country's southeast bordering Iraq and Iran.

They said a total of 180 engineers have been working since 2005 on the ANKA, which was unveiled last summer. Powered by a 155-horsepower diesel engine, the UAV has a wingspan of 17.3 meters and a composite body eight meters long. TAI officials said the ANKA would eventually fly up to 23,000 feet for 23 hours. Turkey has made smaller UAVs, but this is the first drone in the MALE category. Turkish procurement officials aim at full self-sufficiency over the next several years after having bought Israeli-made Heron MALE drones last year. In the meantime, Turkey also is seeking to buy armed MQ-9 Reaper drones from the United States, but it has not received U.S. approval for the sale. Turkey's military has used the UAVs mostly against Kurdish separatists operating in the country's southeast bordering Iraq and Iran.

 

[Conqueror]

Vestel Karayel Tactic UAV
6 UAV and 3 ground station received the order.

Endurance : 20 Hours
Payload : 80 kg
Altitude : 22.000 feet
Range : 150 km

ntvmsnbc Video Galeri

great specs.. but I wish Range was more than 150.. probably nearing 500Km. Possible?