The future of air warfare: Bayraktar KIZILELMA

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https://twitter.com/x/status/1648331204720992257

 

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https://twitter.com/x/status/1648774469018632192

 

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Let me introduce KE's cousin, ANKA-3:

 

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[PakAlp]

Let me introduce KE's cousin, ANKA-3:

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Looks amazing. I can see 6th generation fighter jet being developed by Turkey by 2035. An UAV with AI, Aesa, Stealth, high tech missiles, bombs.

Turkish firm unveils Anka-3 combat drone ahead of maiden flight

The Anka-3 photo suggests the UAV is equipped with two orange-colored drones, which appear to be Simsek target drones converted to loitering munitions.

www.defensenews.com

Anka-3.
Maximum takeoff weight of 6,500 kilograms (14,330 pounds)
Payload capacity of 1,200 kilograms (2,646 pounds).
Maximum altitude 40,000 feet
Last 10 hours at 30,000 feet,
Cruise speed 250 knots (288 mph)
Top speed 425 knots (489 mph).

 

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KE in formation flight with F-16 without any human control.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1652681486103920641

 

[CSAW]

For the first time in history a manned and unmanned fighter jet has been integrated by AI. F-16 OZGUR (Turkish Aerospace upgraded Block 30) flys in formation with Baykar KIZILELMA Unmanned combat fighter. F-16 OZGUR pilot commanding KIZILELMA.

No human input. The KIZILELMA is relying solely on its onboard sensors and AI algorithms.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1652708118101626882

 

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by Fatih Ekmen

 

[PakAlp]

KE in formation flight with F-16 without any human control.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1652681486103920641

Would love to watch how the KE maneuvers.

 

[aziqbal]

For the first time in history a manned and unmanned fighter jet has been integrated by AI. F-16 OZGUR (Turkish Aerospace upgraded Block 30) flys in formation with Baykar KIZILELMA Unmanned combat fighter. F-16 OZGUR pilot commanding KIZILELMA.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1652708118101626882

this is quite unbelievable

TFX + Kizilema = deadly combination

add in ANKA-3 + AKINCI + TB2

would take out any modern military air defence including multi layered defence like Israel

and even before TFX moves in and ground forces

 

[dBSPL]

this is quite unbelievable

TFX + Kizilema = deadly combination

add in ANKA-3 + AKINCI + TB2

would take out any modern military air defence including multi layered defence like Israel

and even before TFX moves in and ground forces

The concept being worked on is much more complex than what you have stated here, involving many other specific platforms. For example, have you seen this before?

 

[merzifonlu]

The concept being worked on is much more complex than what you have stated here,

True. When it comes to cruise missile/guided munitions/kamikaze drones etc etc, we are in a position to compete with the USA even in product range, if not in the number of products. Moreover, each critical component of these is domestic production. So we can produce as much as we want.

 

[Hakikat ve Hikmet]

Would love to watch how the KE maneuvers.

Selcuk Bayraktar's graduate work at the UPenn was on the implementation of the automatic aggressive maneuvers by the jet powered UAVs. After completing his masters over there he moved to the MIT for the doctoral program to further his research. He left the program halfway and returned to Turkey. And, the rest is history....

 

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by Fatih Ekmen

I wonder if there would an in-flight refueling variant of this drone which can juice up manned fighters as is done by the USAF.