Advancements and Deployment of Turkish UAVs: A Strategic Overview

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It'll be a VERY capable VLO drone once they make the surfaces more smooth and remove the antennas as they transition into the LRIP phase... I'd wager that the flat nozzle will only come with the indigenous engine.
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snne said:
It'll be a VERY capable VLO drone once they make the surfaces more smooth and remove the antennas as they transition into the LRIP phase... I'd wager that the flat nozzle will only come with the indigenous engine.
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Yeah, they will likely follow the trend and have a flat exhaust nozzle on the TF-6000. On subject of of the TF-6000, TEI have performed 54 engine runs to date since it's first turn over on March 9th.
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The FULMAR 500-A Long-Range AESA Reconnaissance and Surveillance Radar being developed under a protocol signed with the Presidency of Defense Industries (SSB) in 2023. The FULMAR 500-A system is designed to fully meet the requirements defined by the Turkish Naval Forces Command. Leveraging ASELSAN’s extensive experience with AESA radars, the system will be able to continuously scan a 360-degree area with a coverage range of up to 200 nautical miles, tracking maritime and airborne targets.

FULMAR 500-A radar will be capable of detecting small maritime targets, such as periscopes and mines, performing target classification and identification, providing SAR (Synthetic Aperture Radar) and ISAR (Inverse Synthetic Aperture Radar) imaging, generating range profiles, and tracking moving ground targets. With its modular and open architecture, the radar system will support IFF (Identification Friend or Foe) integration. The FULMAR 500-A Radar System will first be deployed on national UAVs in 2026, and afterward, it will be integrated into all types of manned and unmanned aircraft systems performing maritime patrol missions.
 

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"Bayraktar TB3 and Akıncı performing a formation flight at TEKNOFEST Adana. In the near future, the unmanned fighter aircraft KIZIELMA will also take part in this formation flight."

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"Anka-III UAV, which made its first public demonstration flight at TEKNOFEST Adana, and its companions Hürkuş and Hürjet."
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Image from Teknofest 2024,
ANKA-II with Super Simsek as payload - "Super Simsek will be able to carry out air-to-surface and air-to-air attacks, and through electronic warfare systems installed as part of its own capacity, conduct missions such as detecting and suppressing enemy systems on the ground".
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It seems TEI and Baykar will adapt the TS-1400 Turboshaft engine to Akinci for UAV based SOJ and other missions.
Baykar will develop a larger Akıncı TİHA using a new engine that will evolve from TEI's TS-1400 Turboshaft engine.
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Thus, Akıncı TİHA can become the main platform for the UAV-SOJ project and the bomber UAV that can carry heavier loads.
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One of the most complete ANKAs is in the inventory of the Naval Forces Command. With its SARPER SAR Radar and EO/IR camera, ANKA-S offers the DZKK a serious reconnaissance capability from long ranges. The sea search and ISAR capability in SARPER provides a serious capability in taking sea pictures.

As a matter of fact, ANKAs equipped with SARPER and MİLSAR SAR Radars successfully detected mines coming from the Black Sea.
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Forest Green said:

ASELSAN Unveils Advanced Electronic Warfare Pods for Drones at SAHA EXPO 2024 in Türkiye

ASELSAN Unveils Advanced Electronic Warfare Pods for Drones at SAHA EXPO 2024 in Türkiye
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Turkish drone maker Baykar to invest $300 mln to develop jet engine, CEO says​

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I'd like to see how this comes to fruition, they need to invest heavily in infrastructure. Metallurgy wise, I think government based institutes who have already developed the know-how would be willing to share the know-how with them.

Apparently, their gas piston engine alternative to Rotax 912 is currently in test flights..
 
I think they want to mimic BYD's, Huawei's and other Chinese companies' vertical integration approach to UCAV business to decrease costs and increase profitability while also reducing risk.

Otherwise why not just get the TF6k/10k from TEI instead of this huge hassle of starting an engine company from scratch and developing not just the engines themselves but the infrastructure and human talent as well (if they don't want to steal personnel from TEI, Kale, TRMotor, Alp, etc. and use their infrastructure)?
 

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