Turkish UAV Developments & Fielding

Aksungur delivery to Chad; it seems they'rebecoming a serious TAI customer with 3 different types of equipment already in service.

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Source:
https://video.haber7.com/video-gale...gur-cad-hava-kuvvetlerinde-boyle-goruntulendi
 
Lacy said:
I remember reading some news about when ASELFLIR-600 will be ready for testing but I can't remember the claim. Anyone knows? Was it this year?
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ASELFIR-600 or MEROPS 25inch gimbal was debuted in 2022, being tested at Aselsan's South African branch.

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I believe it's also being touted for the mid-life E/O upgrade of the S.African Rooivalk attack helicopter
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https://twitter.com/x/status/1792348729858768951
View: https://x.com/anadoluagency/status/1792348729858768951

Edit: I cannot match the satellite view of the target coordinates to the crash site photographs, but probably its just me. Camera view matches the photos though.

Edit2: It seems the target coordinates on Akinci's viewfinder does not match the actual location of its own marker. No idea why. Different projection maybe?
Coordinates shown: 38 46 04 N, 46 41 33 E
Actual coordinates of the target marker: 38 43 9 N, 46 39 18 E
 
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This is a screenshot taken from FlightRadar24 showing the route the drone took to undertake the SAR mission in Iran. They really did draw the star and crescent on the way back to Turkey. This is a great publicity coup for the Akcini UAV.

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Forest Green said:
It seems almost like Iran should have invested more in a search and rescue drone rather than Shaheds.
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Launching Shaheds basically forces your opponent to waste SAMs, and id they don't shoot it down they're basically risking valuable targets getting hit or people getting hurt. And even with a mediocre manufacturing base, you could easily produce tens of thousands of them annually.

Shaheds have a great ROI, the problem is that their MALE class drones are pure shit without any capable EO gimbal or SAR radar.

I reckon they could import Chinese subcomponents and assemble them locally, why they're not doing that truly baffles me.
 
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GeekerSeeker said:
Construction of the land based ski jump platform for tb3 take off tests continues at Kesan airport (one of Baykar's main flight test fields).

Take off tests from L400 LHD is expected to start this year after land based tests.

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Land-based ski-jump construction (for TB3 short take-off tests) has been completed now.

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TB3 prototype has flown to Kesan to start ski-jump tests.

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View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RKXZkrs2Pqo
 
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