Advancements and Deployment of Turkish UAVs: A Strategic Overview

Is there an internal weapon bay on Kizilelma? I haven't seen any external hardpoints

Yes, Internal weapons bay.

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CEO Haluk Bayraktar: "KIZILELMA's flight time is about 5 to 6 hours with full load, about 2 tons... the prototype that appears here is the flying prototype, there are two more prototypes like this [being made]."

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npWbHAm8tYA
Also external stores from official brochure of Kizilelma
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Not UAV development per say, but it's an important factor - Turkey's Aselsan developed 1280x1024 10nano pixel pitch MCT MWIR. The detector will be used in next generation of E/O turrets developed for UAV's

Test video of the FPA
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ASELSAN MEROPS E/O developed for MALE type UAVs
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Sensor Specs of ASELSAN MEROPS ;

Thermal Imager
MWIR @ 1280x1024 pixels
HD Daylight Camera
Full Colour @ 4098x4098 pixels
HD Near Infrared Camera
4098x4098 pixels
Low Light Camera
1280x1024 pixels
SWIR Camera
1280x1024 pixels

Mass 50kg
Dimensions 430mm(d)x510mm(h)
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We could effectively say that, Turkey is no longer behind some of the best E/O producers with many of the critical components produced in Turkey.
 

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Plans are still underway to build that Turkish drone factory in Ukraine. On Sept. 9, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky received Haluk Bayraktar, the CEO of Baykar Defense, manufacturer of the eponymous Bayraktar drones, in Kyiv. “We discussed the details of the construction of the Baykar factory in Ukraine and the production of new products using Ukrainian components,” Zelenskyy said after their meeting.


Furthermore, according to Turkey’s state-run press, the Ukraine plant will assemble the new Bayraktar Ainici drone (which is far larger, more heavily armed and advanced than the TB2) and the upcoming Kizilelma uncrewed fighter jet.
 

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